Boy, 6, ‘died of infection after his dad raped him with a stick for eating cake’
A FATHER who allegedly killed his six-year-old son by raping him with a stick for eating cake could face the death sentence if found guilty. Mauricio Torres is set to appear at Benton County Circuit Court in Arkansas for a retrial today over the shocking death of Maurice ‘Isaiah’ Torres. The youngster reportedly died of […]
A FATHER who allegedly killed his six-year-old son by raping him with a stick for eating cake could face the death sentence if found guilty.
Mauricio Torres is set to appear at Benton County Circuit Court in Arkansas for a retrial today over the shocking death of Maurice ‘Isaiah’ Torres.
The youngster reportedly died of septic shock after being horrifically violated during a camping trip to Missouri in March 2015.
It’s alleged the schoolboy was punished by his 50-year-old dad for eating a small piece of cake without permission.
He later died at a Bella Vista medical clinic near his home, reports Arkansas Online.
A medical examiner testified in the original trial that the death was caused by a bacterial infection resulting from sodomy.
Torres is charged with capital murder and battery and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Both state prosecutors and the defense team have the child’s mom Cathy Torres on their witness lists.
She pleaded guilty in March 2017 to capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Her husband was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in November 2016, but his conviction was overturned last year because of a technicality.
The same witnesses who were called in the first trial are expected to testify during the second trial.
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Torres is currently being held without bail in the Benton County jail.
He faces life imprisonment or possibly a death sentence if convicted of the murder charge.
He could be sentenced to from five to 20 years if a jury finds him guilty of the battery charge.