MCKINLEY PARK IN ALBUQUERQUE IS WHERE DOZENS OF RESIDENTS HELD A VIGIL FOR ONE-YEAR-OLD JAYDEN DAYEA THURSDAY NIGHT. JAYDEN WAS FOUND DEAD AT A NORTHEAST HEIGHTS HOME MONDAY, FEBRUARY 29TH. POLICE SAY THE BOY HAD BEEN BEATEN TO DEATH AND HAD BRUISES ALL OVER HIS BODY.
APD ARRESTED 29 YEAR OLD JORGE ORTEGA MONDAY IN THE BOY’S DEATH. HE’S CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE RESULTING IN DEATH. ORTEGA IS THE BOYFRIEND OF JAYDEN’S MOTHER AND WAS BABYSITTING HIM WHILE THE MOTHER WAS AT WORK.
