April 14, 2025 4:14:32 PM

The 79-year-old man accused in multiple child rape and sexual exploitation incidents over more than a decade is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Friday, May 12th, in Anderson County District Court. Isidro Madrid, was arrested August 12th after a 12 year-old girl reported to a Children’s Mercy Hospital Social Worker in July about an incident that occurred at Madrid’s home two days earlier at a family gathering. He was subsequently charged in 14 assaults, alleged against four girls with birthdates between 1995 and 2011.

His preliminary hearing, set for a Judge’s Determination as to adequate evidence to justify a formal arraignment, is set for 9 a.m. Friday. Each charge carries a mandatory sentence of 40 years up to life imprisonment upon conviction.