KANSAS CITY —A Jackson County judge last week convicted a Kansas City man of a series of crimes against a young child who was found naked in the area of Brush Creek in 2019, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker.
Gerald Smith was convicted by the judge of Statutory Sodomy in the 1st Degree, Assault in the 1st Degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
According to court records, police were dispatched Sept. 13, 2019 to the area Blue Parkway and Lawn on a reported found juvenile. The caller told responding officers that he had seen a naked girl in the middle of the road. Officers found the child. The girl was transported to a nearby hospital for treatment. KCPD detectives used video, cell phone records and other data to pinpoint the defendant. In April 2020, Detectives were notified that the defendant's DNA was found on the child victim.
The defendant will be sentenced on Oct. 31, 2024, at 10:30 a.m.