MANITOWOC, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — More than five years after the death of a 2-month-old child, Matthew Brown-Edwards was convicted Thursday of first-degree reckless homicide in the case.
A jury also convicted him of child abuse causing great harm and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Sentencing is Aug. 30, according to a court official.
The case against Brown-Edwards, 28, saw multiple trial postponements for several reasons, including changes of his attorney, the COVID-19 pandemic and a mistrial during jury selection.
Paramedics were called to a Two Rivers home in 2018 for an injured child. The baby was eventually taken to a suburban Milwaukee hospital, where the child died four days later of blunt trauma to the head. Brown-Edwards told police several versions of what happened.
