Man Accused Of Killing Baby Has Violent Past
PUEBLO – Were learning more about Kevin Buehler, the man accused of killing his 9-month-old cousin.
According to court documents obtained by NEWSCHANNEL 13, this isn’t his first run in with the law. It’s also not the first time he’s been arrested for violence against a family member.
“I knew him well enough to know that he didn’t seem like a crazy guy…he didn’t seem like the type of person that would hurt a kid,” said Jon Jaquez, who lives near Buehler.
Jon has known Buehler for about six months; he was shocked when he heard the news about his neighbor.
“Seemed friendly, played well with the kids, ran around on the little scooter you know…family guy I guess he looked like,” he said.
But court records show that Kevin Buehler wasn’t the family guy that some may have thought. In December 2007, he was arrested for attempted first-degree murder after attacking his sister. As part of a plea agreement that charge was dismissed and Buehler plead guilty to lesser charges of menacing with a simulated weapon and third-degree assault. He received a deferred sentence and was given two years probation as well as jail time.
Buehler is now locked up again, this time he’s accused of murdering his 9-month-old cousin, Iyana Perez, and throwing he body in a trash dumpster.
According to statements made to police by Buehler, the 22-year-old also has a child of his own. Sgt. Bravo tells NEWSCHANNEL 13 that according to Buehler, the child was born in prison where his girlfriend is currently serving time. Buehler told police that Social Services will not allow him to see his child, but wouldn’t tell police the details.
“He wouldn’t elaborate on why and we weren’t able to get a hold of social services, but something significant had to have taken place for him to be ban from seeing that child,” said Bravo.
Bravo says detectives will be contacting Social Services on Monday to find out more.
An autopsy on Iyana has also been scheduled for Monday morning. Police hope the results will answer a lot of questions about what took place when she died.
NEWSCHANNEL 13 also spoke with Buehler’s boss; he says Kevin worked for him as part of a work release program and that he was aware of his criminal background. He says Kevin was a good worker and never caused any trouble. NEWSCHANNEL 13 agreed not to release the name of the business where he worked.
Stay tuned to NEWSCHANNEL 13and KRDO.com for the latest updates on this story.