Father accused of smothering months-old daughter in heavy blanket
A 22-year-old Riverside man accused of killing his three-month-old daughter by wrapping her in a heavy blanket to silence her crying, causing the infant to suffocate, is behind bars, awaiting arraignment.Kyle David Benitez is charged with murder, assault on a minor resulting in death and child cruelty for the death Dec. 30 of the baby girl, identified in court documents only by her initials, “E.B.”Benitez made his initial court appearance Wednesday, June 28, before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Sean Crandell, who appointed him a public defender and scheduled his arraignment for July 13 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.The judge also ordered the defendant to be held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside.According to Riverside Police O