A Solano County Superior Court judge on Monday reset a trial date for a 27-year-old Rio Vista man arrested more than four years ago in connection with the death of his 2-month-old son.

Tre K. Clay, 27, of Rio Vista 

Scheduled for a trial setting, Tre Kenneth Clay appeared in Department 23, where Judge John B. Ellis ordered him to return for a trial management conference at 8:30 a.m. March 3  and for a jury trial at 8:30 a.m. March 4 in the Justice Building in Vallejo.

During the morning proceeding, Ellis also relieved the Solano County Public Defender from representing Clay and appointed Jeannette Garcia, who recently retired from the Public Defender’s Office, to represent Clay.

Deputy District Attorney Elaine Kuo leads the prosecution.

Clay, who is charged with assault on a child with great bodily injury resulting in death, a felony, remains without bail in the Stanton Correctional Facility in Fairfield. He was previously scheduled to face a jury trial this month.

Clay has entered a not-guilty plea to a felony charge, court records show. A murder charge against him has been dropped.

Clay was taken into custody by Solano County Sheriff investigators without incident on Jan. 23, 2021, at his Fourth Street apartment. The DA’s Office filed its complaint on Jan. 26, and he faced jail arraignment three days later.

He is suspected of severely injuring the infant, who later died at an East Bay hospital. Clay was booked into Solano County Jail on a Ramey warrant, an arrest order issued by a judge before the prosecutor has filed formal charges.

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According to a press release issued at the time by the Rio Vista Police Department, officers received a call during the evening of Jan. 18 about an infant with “suspicious injuries” who had been taken to Kaiser Permanente Antioch Medical Center.

Rio Vista officers began an investigation and immediately requested the assistance of detectives from the Solano County Sheriff’s Office.

Shortly after arriving at Kaiser Antioch, the infant was taken by ambulance to UCSF Oakland Children’s Hospital. Sheriff’s detectives responded to both hospitals and were told the infant had died from his injuries.

Detectives continued their interviews and evidence collection at both hospitals. A search warrant was obtained for the Fourth Street apartment, where investigators believe the infant suffered life-ending injuries. Sheriff’s detectives and crime scene investigators processed the scene and collected evidence, according to the press statement.

During the following days, more interviews were conducted, camera footage reviewed, evidence processed, an autopsy performed and behavioral experts consulted, which led to the arrest warrant for Clay, according to police.