Infant suffers seizures caused by head trauma

The fate of a 27-year-old man is still unknown Thursday.

Jurors in the case of Freddy Ordonez are resting Thursday night, before they return to the courtroom to deliberate the future of the father.

On Thursday, Ordonez told jurors what happened hours before his 15-month-old son died.
He testified how the infant fell from his arms while the two were in the shower. Ordonez said that's when Uriah hit his head on the corner of the bathtub, before he went into seizures.

But during cross-examination, Ordonez admitted Uriah had been sick and throwing up for days. He said the only person he called was Uriah's mother.

"The defendant's testimony today didn't seem to maintain consistent theory as to how this child was injured from Tuesday and eventually died in the home with no emergency care," said Susana Martinez, district attorney.

The trial resumes at 8:30 a.m. Friday. If Ordonez is found guilty, he faces a maximum of 29 years in jail.