01/05/2026
A man charged with Abuse of a Child gave multiple conflicting accounts of what happened to a 1-year-old girl who was critically injured on December 16th, 2025, according to a newly released affidavit.
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Wichita Fire & EMS were dispatched around 5:31 PM to the 5500 block of South Handley after Kevin Mitchell, 30, called 911 to report a 1-year-old girl was not responding. Dispatch advised the child was not conscious or breathing. Upon arrival, EMS found the child lying on her back on a couch with fixed, dilated eyes that did not react to light. EMS determined the situation did not appear to be medical in nature based on the childโs condition & injuries, & requested Wichita Police respond.
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The EMS captain reported that when asked what happened, Kevin said he had been swinging the child around while playing with her when she suddenly became unresponsive. He denied that she hit her head & said he did not know whether she had fallen or suffered any head trauma. After the child was moved to the ambulance, EMS observed a bruise on the left side of her head near her temple.
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At the hospital, doctors reported the child had a large right-sided subdural hematoma with an approximately 9-millimeter midline shift of the brain. She was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in extremely critical condition. Medical staff also documented multiple bruises on her body, including her left leg, stomach, & chest, along with additional abrasions & scars.
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Detectives later spoke with the childโs mother, who said she had left her children in Kevinโs care while she went to a plasma center. She reported the 1-year-old was acting normally & did not appear sick or injured before she left. In later interviews, she told detectives she had previously seen Kevin discipline the child by grabbing her face around her mouth. She also admitted to spanking the child days earlier with a belt & grabbing her shoulder, which she believed could explain some of the injuries seen in photographs.
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Forensic examinations were also conducted on the childโs siblings. A forensic nurse documented bruising on a 2-year-old sibling & abrasions on a 6-month-old sibling. In a later interview, the mother told detectives she believed those injuries were caused by Kevin.
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During a post-Miranda interview, Kevin initially told detectives he did not know how the child was injured. He said he had been throwing her into the air, spinning with her, & tossing her onto a bed. He said that after picking her up a third time, the child became unresponsive. He insisted she did not hit her head on anything. Kevin later changed his account & told detectives that while spinning with the child in his arms, he tripped over the edge of the bed, causing the child to fly out of his arms & strike her head on a windowsill or shelf before landing on the floor between the bed & the wall.
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Kevin told investigators the child was not responding normally after the fall & her breathing became shallow. He said he attempted to help her breathe by blowing into her nose & mouth. When that did not help, he took her to another room where his mother told him to call 911.
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Detectives noted Kevin provided multiple, inconsistent versions of events. In follow-up interviews, he changed key details of his account, including how many times he threw or spun the child, where he was standing when he fell, & what the child struck when she left his arms. Detectives documented that he alternated between saying the child did not hit her head & later claiming she struck a windowsill or shelf.
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In a press release issued the following day, Wichita Police said there were 5 children in the home at the time of the incident, ranging in age from 6 months to 9 years old.
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Kevin was arrested on December 17th & later formally charged with Abuse of a Child, alleging that he unlawfully & recklessly caused great bodily harm, abusive head trauma, permanent disability, or disfigurement to a child under 18 years of age. He is being held on a $750,000 bond.
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The Affidavit- https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZqmyw5ZPz66Tkh3nV4lVrejBVTTJpbOJzGV
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Our posts covering this:
12/16/25 - cutt.ly/ktanJg2H
12/17/25 Arrested- cutt.ly/ctan2mbO
12/19/25 Charged- cutt.ly/8thsjsQl
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