An Aug. 24 trial date for a Donna man who authorities said admitted to abusing his 3-year-old daughter after she died in Nov. 2024 has been postponed.

Jose Manuel Uresti was in court Tuesday for a hearing where prosecutors asked for more time due to the availability of one of their medical examiners. A state district court judge set a pre-trial hearing for Nov. 3, 2026, to determine the new trial date.

According to previous reports, deputies with the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of an unresponsive child on Nov. 21, 2024, at the 9700 block of Klarrisa Drive in rural Donna.

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Deputies at the scene found the child’s mother and Uresti’s wife — Wendy Sarai Rivera — and one other person performing CPR on the child. The child was hospitalized and pronounced dead within an hour of the initial report.

According to the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, Uresti confessed to hitting and biting his daughter, Sophie Sky Uresti, on several occasions. He was arrested on Nov. 23 at the Anzalduas International Bridge. 

Hidalgo County jail records show Uresti remains jailed on a bond of $1.46 million.

Uresti's wife was also arrested in connection with the case and arraigned on a charge of failure to report a felony. She remains jailed on a $2 million bond.

During Tuesday’s hearing, prosecutors indicated they expected the trial to last two weeks.