APD SAYS THE ONE-YEAR OLD BOY FOUND DEAD MONDAY AT A HOME ON RHODE ISLAND NORTHEAST HAD BRUISES ON HIS FOREHEAD. POLICE SPOKESMAN TANNER TIXIER TELLS US OFFICERS WERE SENT TO THE HOME TO CHECK ON THE UNRESPONSIVE INFANT … BUT PARAMEDICS COULDN’T REVIVE JAYDEN DAYEA AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.
TIXIER SAYS JORGE ORTEGA … WHO’S 29 … IS CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. HE WAS BOOKED INTO THE MDC WITHOUT BOND. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT ORTEGA IS THE BOYFRIEND OF THE CHILD’S MOTHER BUT IS NOT THE BOY’S FATHER. HE WAS BABYSITTING JAYDEN WHILE THE MOTHER WAS AT WORK. NEIGHBORS AND EVEN ORTEGA’S EX-GIRLFRIEND ARE SHOCKED BY THE INFANT’S DEATH. THEY SAY ORTEGA WAS A GOOD PARENT.
