A man awaiting trial in Buchanan County on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor now also faces charges stemming from a child sex assault in Atchison, Kansas.

County Attorney Jerry Kuckelman filed one count of aggravated sodomy against Austin Kau of Atchison this week. Kau is expected to be transferred to Kansas as soon as the Buchanan County case is resolved.

 

Kau is currently scheduled for a trial setting next month in Buchanan County. Investigators assert that a four-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in Atchison in early December. A few days later Kau was arrested in St Joseph for allegedly sending child pornography from a computer at a local manufacturing plant.

It’s not clear if there are more victims. According to court documents, Kau told police he “needs help,” and “had previously stated to witnesses that he had other child victims in the past.”

A trial-setting is scheduled March 5th in Buchanan County. Mr Kau is being held in the Buchanan County Jail, unable to post $40,000 bond.