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LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — The third trial for Mauricio Torres begins on Monday, Jan. 30 in Benton County, according to court documents.
Torres was found guilty of capital murder twice, once in 2016 and once in 2020, for raping and killing his 6-year-old son, Isaiah, in March 2015.
He was sentenced to death in 2016 for using a stick to sexually assault Isaiah while the family was camping in Missouri.
The boy died at an Arkansas hospital the day after the assault.
Torres’ attorneys have said his actions were intended as punishment and the father didn’t know they could kill the boy.
A medical examiner testified that the boy’s death was caused by a bacterial infection resulting from sodomy and chronic child abuse.
The 2016 conviction was overturned by the Arkansas Supreme Court in 2019 due to questions about jurisdictionand because prosecutors could not use rape as justification for a capital murder charge.
Torres' 2020 trial ended in a mistrial when his stepson leaped out of the witness stand and tried to attack him in court while testifying during the sentencing phase.
ARKANSAS MAN TWICE CONVICTED OF KILLING SON FACES 3RD TRIAL
Torres now faces charges of capital murder and first degree battery.
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for him, according to our content partner, 40/29 News.
Jury selection for the third trial is set to begin Monday.
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