A Massachusetts father was denied bail after he claimed his 4-year-old daughter died after falling from a table whereas she suffered injuries consistent with a two-story fall, authorities said.
Francisco Ortiz, 34, was arrested in connection to the October 15 death of his daughter who was found deceased with significant wounds covering her body.
“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,” prosecutor Courtney Sans said.
Ortiz blamed the girl’s skull fracture on a fall from a kitchen table but doctors the fracture was consistent with a two-story fall.
“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.”
Officers removed two other children, a 2-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl, from the home where Ortiz lived with his mother.
The children were severely malnourished and dehydrated and had a variety of injuries. The older girl tested positive for fentanyl.
