Massachusetts Man Blames Kitchen Table For 4YO Daughter's Death

[Sugar Cookie]

A Worcester man is facing charges in connection with the death of his 4-year-old daughter, according to court documents.

Police responded to a Worcester apartment on Tuesday afternoon for a report that a child had fallen and was unresponsive. Francisco Ortiz, 34, said his daughter had fallen off a kitchen table and hit her head.

The girl was pronounced dead after being taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center

Police said the hospital staff reported the child had multiple visible bruises on various locations of her body. According to police, Ortiz said the bruises were a result of the girl falling off the table on several occasions.

An autopsy concluded the child had head and facial injuries consistent with a "two-story fall and not a fall from a table," according to court documents.

Ortiz faced several charges, including assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, domestic assault and battery and reckless endangerment of a child. He was also charged in connection to injuries found on his two other children, ages 2 and 5.

MSN

 

[runninfawn]

is there any piece of furniture in a home that is NOT the cause of the death of a child??? and wow a 4 y.o. that keeps falling off the table go figure wow and i guess the table also caused the injuries to his other 2 children... time to get rid of all furniture and eat. sit, sleep on the floor and oh yes not bathtubs or showers neither if you wan't your children to survive till they are adults .. smh ... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr some people ....

 

[Sugar Cookie]

is there any piece of furniture in a home that is NOT the cause of the death of a child??? and wow a 4 y.o. that keeps falling off the table go figure wow and i guess the table also caused the injuries to his other 2 children... time to get rid of all furniture and eat. sit, sleep on the floor and oh yes not bathtubs or showers neither if you wan't your children to survive till they are adults .. smh ... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr some people ....

You forgot to add to not walk down or up stairs.

 

[runninfawn]

You forgot to add to not walk down or up stairs.

opps forgot those nasty stairs ... and i wonder when some stupid person will try to blame the toilet lol

 

[Sugar Cookie]

opps forgot those nasty stairs ... and i wonder when some stupid person will try to blame the toilet lol

We had a toilet story -

 

[runninfawn]

We had a toilet story -

i read so many that one i must have missed otherwise i would have remembered it ..

 

[Symmachus]

Those pieces of furniture can be super unpredictable sometimes. If those furnitures didn't act so provocatively, just by tipping over whenever they want and bonking any toddlers' heads on their own whenever they feel like doing so, then maybe they wouldn't attract so much attention to themselves.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A Worcester man facing charges in the death of his 4-year-old daughter was deemed dangerous during a Wednesday hearing, where a prosecutor revealed a slew of disturbing new facts involving two other children who were removed from his home.

Francisco Ortiz, 34, appeared in Worcester’s Central District Court for a dangerousness hearing, one week after he was arraigned on charges of assault and battery on a child with substantial injury, permitting substantial injury to a child, assault and battery, two counts of permitting injury to a child, and reckless endangerment of a child.

Regarding the responding officer

“He made observations as to her persons, including that she had just a shirt on, was otherwise naked from the waist down, and appeared to have feces covering parts of her body,” Sans said of the officer’s discovery. “She had some bleeding from her mouth and lips.”

The officer also found two other children, a 2-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, in Ortiz’s home, which was said to be in a state of “disarray,” according to Sans. Those children were removed from the home by medical personnel to “ensure their overall well-being.”

Ortiz’s 4-year-old daughter was ultimately pronounced dead from her injuries. While the state is still awaiting an official cause and manner of death from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Sans decribed the young girl’s injuries as “significant.”

“The child’s bruises were significant injuries, including her left eye, her left and right earlobe, both sides of her neck and chin, her left and right arms, across her upper chest, her abdomen, both hips, her knees, her lower legs, her feet, as well as abrasions on her back,” Sans said.

During an interview with investigators, Ortiz claimed his daughter was injured in a fall from a kitchen table but a subsequent autopsy determined that the girl also had a “significant” skull fracture consistent with a two-story fall, according to Sans.

“The force required for that type of skull fracture would not have been associated with a fall of approximately five feet from a table in the home but would have been akin to a fall from a higher level,” Sans explained.

Sans the girl also had multiple rib fractures “in various stages of healing” before her death.

The 2-year-old boy removed from Ortiz’s home was also found to be suffering from a skull fracture and the 6-year-old girl, who is non-verbal, had various injuries throughout her body, including to her teeth, according to Sans. She also tested positive for fentanyl.

“The understanding is that the children were all severely malnourished and they were severely dehydrated at the time of this intervention by law enforcement,” Sans explained.

The three children were primarily in the care of Ortiz, who had been residing with his mother at her home.

“He is the sole exclusive caretaker of the children. His mom acknowledges at times helping to bathe the children,” Sans said. “Mom [of the children] is in and out of the picture, if you will, visiting at different times, sporadically.”

The mother of the children, as well as Ortiz’s mother, have denied ever striking the three kids, according to Sans.

The attorney representing Ortiz called the incident a “tragic case,” arguing that his client was the one who called for help. He also said Ortiz has been cooperative with investigators, asking for a “modest” cash bail.

The judge presiding over the hearing sided with the prosecution, deeming Ortiz dangerous. He will remain held without bail, pending an indictment and arraignment in superior court.

A plea of not guilty has been entered on Ortiz’s behalf.

Disturbing new details revealed as Worcester man charged in death of daughter is deemed dangerous

Investigators say the suspect's daughter was found "cold to the touch," covered in feces, and severely bruised.

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[Sugar Cookie]

A'zella Sky

 

[the cat did it]

Ah yes the magic table strikes again, just like the magic couch, toilet, stairs etc-those pesky things should be removed if they won't behave and "act" like proper inanimate objects-no one tried the magic shower to wake her? We also all just found out about the magic boob that is used to wake an unresponsive child up, but he's obviously not lactating-damn.

Very glad to see the Judge sided with the prosecutors and deemed him dangerous and denied him bond. He was living with his mother, he was the sole caretaker but she helped with baths sometimes. She knew. Those kids were SEVERELY malnourished. She knew. Those kids were SEVERELY dehydrated. She knew. She denied ever striking the children, MAYBE she did not-but she knew her POS son did. Don't get me started on the pop in mom. I hope the other babies are safe and none of them have access to them-EVER.

RIP Beautiful A'zella Sky