Crime & Safety

Baldwin Park Man Charged With Child's Murder to be Back in Court Tuesday

A Baldwin Park man who was charged with inflicting fatal injuries on his 21-month-old boy will be back in court Tuesday for an arraignment that has been delayed several times over the last few months..

David Paz Vasquez is accused of murder and assault on a child causing death; he is being held in lieu of $1 million bail, according to the Sheriff's Department inmate information website.

Vasquez had arraignments postponed in July and June and September..

The child, Joshua Anderson Vasquez died at a hospital June 12, according to Lt. Joe Bale of the Los Angeles County Coroner's office.  He had suffered blunt force injuries to the head and torso.

Following the child's death, Sheriff's Homicide Bureau detectives went to the family's home in the 3700 block of Downing Avenue later that day to investigate a suspicious-death.

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