Lexington infant death case sentencing postponed after judge says defendant was not transported from jail

A Fayette Circuit Court sentencing hearing in Lexington connected to the 2024 death of an infant was postponed Tuesday after the judge said the defendant had not been transported from jail in time to appear. Amancio Torres-Trevino Jr., scheduled to be sentenced at 9 a.m., did not arrive to court when the case was called, prompting the delay.

According to the proceeding, about twenty minutes after the scheduled start, Torres-Trevino still had not appeared. Judge Thomas Travis addressed the courtroom and told those present that the failure to proceed was due to a transportation issue rather than a substantive change in the case posture. “As it turns out, they have yet to transport the defendant from the jail this morning,” Travis said, adding that it created “a bit of a procedural mix-up.”

Travis also said the court had been planning to continue the case otherwise, but the lack of the defendant’s presence prevented the sentencing from moving forward as scheduled. The judge set a timeline aimed at preserving orderly preparation for what comes next. He directed that both the defense and prosecution file any motions by a July 17 deadline ahead of a rescheduled sentencing hearing.

Torres-Trevino’s sentencing in the case follows a guilty plea entered earlier. The sentencing was being scheduled in connection with the death of Torres-Trevino’s 3-month-old son, Greyson Torres. As reported, Torres-Trevino pleaded guilty to murder and criminal abuse tied to the infant’s death.

Court records referenced in the report also identify the infant’s mother, Kaela Walker, as facing her own criminal charges connected to the death. In the account of the case, prosecutors allege that the baby was “intentionally abused” by his father for most of the three months he was alive, and that Torres-Trevino was alone with the child during the abuse.

The reporting further states that prosecutors allege Walker witnessed the abuse but did not report it. With Torres-Trevino’s sentencing now delayed, the next court date will be the point at which the court can impose a sentence based on the plea after the parties complete any motion practice permitted by the July 17 deadline.

No reason beyond the reported transportation lapse was given for Tuesday’s delay, and the rescheduled sentencing hearing will determine when the court can address the punishment phase after the defendant is brought before the judge. For now, both sides have been given a specific window to file motions before the postponed hearing.

The postponement highlights the procedural dependencies that can affect sentencing proceedings, especially when the defendant is incarcerated and transport timing is required for a hearing to proceed as scheduled. The case will move forward only once the court confirms the defendant’s presence and the parties complete the next steps set by the court’s deadline.