GRANT COUNTY– The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) and the Ulysses Police Department have made an arrest related to the February 2019 death of a 3-year-old in Ulysses.
Just after 8:30p.m. Monday, On Monday, Feb. 24, authorities arrested Uraquio “Rocky” A. Arredondo, at his home in the 900 Block of S. Cheyenne in Ulysses, Kan, according to a media release from the KBI.
Arredondo was arrested for first degree murder and abuse of a child. He was booked into the Grant County Jail on $500,000 bond.
The arrest follows a yearlong investigation by the KBI and the Ulysses Police Department into the death of 3-year-old Carlos Valenzuela III. On Feb. 26, 2019, police and EMS were dispatched to the child’s home after they received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive child.
Valenzuela was first transported to Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital and was then transferred to a Denver, Colo. hospital for treatment. He died Feb. 27, 2019 in Denver. Arredondo was in a relationship with child’s mother.
The Grant County Attorney will prosecute the case. Any further inquiries should be directed to the County Attorney’s Office.