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    ​Judge to allow interview recording in Bella Vista murder trial

    By Tracy M. Neal
    The Northwest Arkansas News

    BENTONVILLE -- A Benton County circuit judge closed a hearing to the media and public over concerns about recordings from an accused killer being played in open court.

    Mauricio Alejandro Torres, 46, and and his wife Cathy Torres, 45, of Bella Vista are charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. The two will be tried separately. Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty in both cases.

    The couple is accused of killing their 6-year-old son. The jury trial for Mauricio Torres is set to begin Nov. 1.

    Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren presided over a suppression hearing Friday. Defense attorneys want Mauricio Torres' statements to police excluded from as evidence at trial.

    Jeff Rosenzweig, one of Torres' attorneys, requested Karren close the hearing to the media and public. Rosenzweig believes if the recordings were in the public domain they would impact Torres' chance for a fair trial.

    "We would have to try this case on the other side of the state," Rosenzweig said.

    Nathan Smith, Benton County's prosecutor, agreed playing the recordings in open court could have a negative impact on jury selection. Smith also was concerned if the recordings were played in open court they then could be subject to the state Freedom of Information Act.

    Karren said he already had reviewed the recordings and transcripts of the interviews at the attorneys' request. He saw the issue of free press and vs. the right to a fair trial.

    If potential jurors learned any information from the recordings it might make it impossible to qualify a jury, Karren said.

    Karren closed his courtroom to the media and public for the suppression hearing, but said his ruling only concerned Mauricio Torres' case.

    Capt. Tim Cook with the Bella Vista Police Department testified for about three minutes before the courtroom was closed to begin playing the recordings.

    They listened to several hours of recordings before Karren issued his ruling.

    Karren will allow the recordings to be used as evidence at Torres' trial. Karren said it was evident after reviewing the recordings Torres voluntarily agreed to speak with police. Karren said none of the interviews showed Cook made any inducements or promises to Torres to obtain the statements.

    Torres testified during the suppression hearing and the judge found Cook was the more credible witness.

    Mauricio and Cathy Torres could each be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or the death penalty if convicted of capital murder. They face from five to 20 years if convicted of first-degree battery.

    Maurice Isaiah Torres was pronounced dead at an area hospital March 29, 2015. A medical examiner determined the boy suffered chronic child abuse and his death was from internal injuries caused by rape, according to court documents.

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    Trial scheduled for woman accused of killing 6-year-old son

    By Tracy Neal
    The Northwest Arkansas News

    BENTONVILLE — A May jury trial was scheduled for a Bella Vista woman accused of killing her 6-year-old son.

    Mauricio Alejandro Torres, 46, and Cathy Lynn Torres, 45, are charged with capital murder and battery in the first degree. The two will be tried separately.

    Cathy Torres was in court Tuesday, and Circuit Judge Brad Karren scheduled the jury trial to begin May 5.

    A pretrial hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 16.

    Her trial was scheduled to begin Nov. 1, but her husband’s trial is now scheduled to begin that date.

    Prosecutor want to first try Mauricio Torres.

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    Jury picking starts in trial of Bella Vistan accused of killing son

    By Tracy Neal
    Arkansas Online

    BENTONVILLE -- Jury selection will begin Tuesday for a Bella Vista man accused of killing his son last year.

    Mauricio Alejandro Torres, 46, and his wife, Cathy Lynn Torres, 45, are charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. They will be tried separately. Prosecutors opted to try Mauricio Torres first. Cathy Torres' trial is scheduled to begin May 5.

    Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against both. Mauricio and Cathy Torres are being held in the Benton County Jail without bail.

    The couple are accused of killing Maurice Isaiah Torres, 6.

    Nathan Smith, Benton County prosecuting attorney, declined to comment on the case. Deputy prosecutors Stuart Cearley and Carly Marshall will assist Smith.

    Jeff Rosenzweig, Bill James and George Morledge will represent Mauricio Torres. Rosenzweig declined to comment on the trial. He said the defense will reserve its comments for the courtroom.

    A witness list filed by prosecutors includes more than 90 witnesses who may be called. A witness list from the defense team was not included in Torres' case file. The trial is expected to last three to four weeks.

    Seventy-five prospective jurors are scheduled to report at 9 a.m. Tuesday for jury selection.

    The first stage of jury selection will take place in Circuit Judge Robin Green's courtroom. Circuit Judge Brad Karren will preside over the case and the trial will be in his courtroom.

    The boy was pronounced dead at an area hospital on March 29, 2015. A medical examiner determined he suffered chronic child abuse and his death was from internal injuries caused by rape, according to court documents.

    The autopsy also found there were multiple healing and healed wounds and blunt force trauma to the child's head and other parts of his body, according to the probable cause affidavit.

    The Torreses could be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole or the death penalty if convicted of capital murder. They face from five to 20 years if convicted of first-degree battery.

    The Torreses also were arrested in connection with rape, a Class Y felony, but Benton County prosecutors did not file rape charges. Smith previously said the suspected rape occurred in Missouri, not in Benton County.

    Zachary Holly's murder case was the last death penalty case tried in Benton County.

    Holly, 30, of Bentonville was sentenced in May 2015 to die by lethal injection for killing 6-year-old Jersey Bridgeman in 2012. A jury found Holly guilty of capital murder, rape, kidnapping and residential burglary. Holly is being held on death row at Varner Supermax Unit.

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    Jury selection continues in Torres murder trial

    BENTONVILLE -- A man selected as a juror Tuesday in Mauricio Torres' capital murder trial was dismissed Wednesday after he said he couldn't impose a death sentence.

    The man was one of two jurors selected Tuesday. Jury selection continued Wednesday and three more people were selected.

    Four women have been seated to serve on the jury.

    Twelve jurors and three alternates are needed. Jury selection will continue today.

    Torres, 46, of Bella Vista is accused of killing his son, Maurice Isaiah Torres, 6, last year.

    Torres is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

    Nathan Smith, Benton County's prosecutor, told Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren the man selected Tuesday to the jury called the prosecutor's office Wednesday morning.

    Karren requested the juror report to his courtroom Wednesday afternoon.

    The juror said he had concerns about serving on the jury. The man said he had spent the last 24 hours thinking about the case and realized he couldn't morally or ethically impose the death penalty.

    "I don't find it in myself to give the death penalty," the man said as he sat in a chair in the jury box.

    Attorneys on Tuesday questioned prospective jurors, including the man who was later dismissed, about their feelings on the death penalty. The man didn't raise any objections, saying he could consider imposing life imprisonment without the benefit of parole or the death sentence.

    Karren told the man he found it "highly suspicious" after 80 minutes of questioning by attorneys and within 24 hours the man developed his opinion on the death penalty. Karren was suspicious the man was trying to avoid jury service on a lengthy trial.

    Karren dismissed the man from the jury, but ordered him back in court at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 11 to decide whether he should be held in contempt of court. Karren warned jury members not to have any contact with anyone involved in the trial, including prosecutors and defense attorneys. The juror said he lost his contact information and that's why he called the prosecutor's office. The man violated the court's instructions not to have any contact with the attorneys, Karren said.

    Smith on Wednesday continued to question prospective jurors about their feelings on the death penalty.

    The defense continued to question jurors about the death penalty, immigration and race.

    Bill James, one of Torres' attorneys, told one panel of prospective jurors Torres is a legal resident in the United States. Torres, who is from El Salvador, was brought into the county illegally in the 1980s, but became a legal resident.

    James wanted to know if prospective jurors could treat Torres fairly regardless of his immigration status.

    James said the case will be emotional and told prospective jurors they have to set aside emotions and return a fair verdict.

    "We don't want robots on the jury," James said.

    A jury will have to view photographs that will be used a evidence, James said.

    "These pictures are horrible," James said. "Bad as I've ever seen."

    James wanted to know if they could control their emotions and be fair to Torres after viewing photographs of the dead child.

    Maurice Isaiah Torres was pronounced dead at an area hospital March 29, 2015. A medical examiner determined he suffered chronic child abuse and his death was from internal injuries caused by rape, according to court documents.

    The autopsy also found there were multiple healing and healed wounds and blunt force trauma to the child's head and other parts of his body, according to the probable-cause affidavit.

    Torres also was arrested on suspicion of rape, but prosecutors didn't file a formal charge against him because the suspected rape happened in Missouri.

    Torres' wife, Cathy, also is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. Her trial is to begin May 5.

    Mauricio and Cathy Torres, 45, are being held in the Benton County jail without bail.

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    Search underway for alternate jurors in Bella Vista murder case

    BENTONVILLE -- It will take another day to select alternate jurors for the capital murder trial for a Bella Vista man accused of killing his 6-year-old son.

    Mauricio Torres and Cathy Torres are charged with capital murder and battery in the first degree. The couple is accused of killing their son, Maurice Isaiah Torres, last year. They each have pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for both.

    Prosecutors chose to try Mauricio Torres first.

    Three jurors were selected during Friday's proceedings to get the dozen needed for the jury. Nine people were selected to the panel during the first three days of jury selection. The jury is made up of seven women and five men.

    Three alternate jurors are needed for the case; one man was selected Friday evening.

    Jury selection resumes at 8:30 a.m. Monday for the search for the final two jurors.

    Alternate jurors are needed in case any of the 12 jurors need to be replaced on the panel.

    Circuit Judge Brad Karren said the trial is likely to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

    Maurice Isaiah Torres was pronounced dead at an area hospital March 29, 2015. A medical examiner determined he suffered chronic child abuse and his death was from internal injuries caused by rape, according to court documents.

    The autopsy also found there were multiple healing and healed wounds and blunt force trauma to the child's head and other parts of his body, according to the probable-cause affidavit.

    Torres also was arrested on suspicion of rape, but prosecutors didn't file a formal charge against him because the suspected rape happened in Missouri.

    Torres' wife, Cathy, also is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. She pleaded not guilty to the charges. Her trial is to begin May 5.

    Mauricio and Cathy Torres, 45, are being held in the Benton County jail without bail.

    If convicted of capital murder, the Torreses could each be sentenced to life imprisonment without the benefit of parole or a death sentence. They could each be sentenced from five to 20 years in prison if convicted of the battery charge.

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    Jury selection finishes in Torres murder trial

    By Yuna Lee
    4029tv News

    Bentonville, Ark. - The final alternative juror was selected Monday in the trial of Mauricio Torres.

    Torres is accused of abusing and killing his six-year-old son, Isaiah, in March 2015.

    Jury selection was delayed for about 15 minutes Monday morning. Defense attorneys for Mauricio Torres claimed the jail did not shave him properly, and asked for time to do so in the court bathroom. The defense also asked the judge to allow Torres to take medicine because he had a broken tooth that had him in pain.

    The jury of 7 women and 5 men were selected in a process that began week. 3 alternate jurors were also selected; two men and one woman.

    The jury was selected from an initial pool of 77 people summoned to appear last week, according to prosecutor Nathan Smith. This is the largest potential juror pool since the murder trial against Zachary Holly in 2015, Smith said.

    Opening statements were scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

    Isaiah Torres’ mother, Cathy Torres, was also arrested in the case. Court records show her trial is currently scheduled for May 5, 2017.

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Trial begins for Bella Vista father accused of killing his 6-year-old son

    By Tracy Neal
    The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette


    BENTONVILLE -- Mauricio Torres admitted to a Bella Vista police officer he and his wife spanked their son when asked about the bruises and marks on the boy's back

    Then Capt. Tim Cook told Torres a medical examiner determined his son died as result of chronic child abuse, but the main cause of death was the abuse had severed his rectum.

    "Raped," Torres replied to Cook in the interview. Cook told Torres 6-year-old Isaiah had been raped several times. Torres denied raping his son, maintaining he thought the boy was ill with diarrhea.

    "I thought it was a belly ache," Torres said. "I thought it was a belly ache."

    Torres, 45, of Bella Vista is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery in the March 30, 2015 death of Maurice Isaiah Torres. He previously pleaded not guilty to the charges. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

    His trial began Tuesday morning as the jury watched a recording of the interview with Torres. Torres sat at a table Tuesday with his attorney. He never looked at the screen as the recording played for more than two hours.

    Torres claimed he never saw his son bleeding, but Cook confronted Torres by saying police had found blood on cushions in the family's camper. Cook also said police found Isaiah's blood on several walls in the house and in the master bedroom and bathroom.

    Torres, almost two hours into the interview, said he would take responsibility for pushing his son in anger and causing him to hit his head, but he continued to deny he raped the child.

    "This was not supposed to happen," Torres said. "This was not suppose to happen ever."

    Nathan Smith, Benton County prosecutor, told jurors in his opening statement they will see an interview where Torres admits to the rape. The trial continues today.

    Bill James, one of Torres' attorneys, told jurors in his opening statement Torres didn't intend to kill the boy. James said Torres put a stick in his son's rectum and made him stand in a corner. Torres' wife, Cathy, later pushed the child down and the stick went further in the child and caused the injures that led to his death, James said.

    James told jurors Torres believed it was a punishment, and there's no evidence of sexual gratification.

    Smith earlier told jurors Torres, with the assistance of his wife, violently pushed the stick in their son, which led to the boy's death.

    Cathy Torres, 44, also is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. Her trial is scheduled for May.

    The couple was also arrested in connection with rape, but prosecutors didn't file a formal charge because they said the rape occurred in Missouri.

    Smith said Isaiah suffered unspeakable acts of abuse for 2 1/2 years before his death. His body was covered with marks from abuse, he said.

    Peri Heffernan and Hannah Welshenbaugh, two former teachers of Isaiah's, said they noticed bruises on the boy when he was a kindergartner at Ambassadors Christ Academy during the 2013-14 school year.

    Welshenbaugh said she once took a photograph of herself with Isaiah to document the bruising. She said she discussed the bruising with Heffernan and a school administrator. Heffernan reported the bruising to the state Department of Human Services, Welshenbaugh said.

    Franklin Mayhue, an emergency physician at Mercy Hospital in Bella Vista, said staff attempted to revive Isaiah the day he died. Mayhue said the boy had bruises on his face, bruising up and down one of his legs, a cut on his head and bruises on his back.

    Mayhue told Mauricio and Cathy Torres their son was dead.

    "I took them into the counseling room, and there was a lack of emotion when I told them," Mayhue said. "They just stared at me. I've never seen anything like that with the death of a child."

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    Man admits to rape in death of son, 6

    By Tracy Neal
    The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

    BENTONVILLE -- Mauricio Torres told a police detective he was about to make him a hero before he confessed to raping his son, which led to the boy's death.

    Torres, 46, of Bella Vista is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty. The trial continues today. Prosecutors may call two more witnesses before resting their case.

    Maurice Isaiah Torres, 6, died March 30, 2015. A medical examiner concluded the boy's death was the result of injuries from being raped and chronic child abuse.

    The jury on Wednesday watched two recordings of Bella Vista Police Capt. Tim Cook interviewing Torres.

    Cook interviewed Torres at the Benton County Jail on April 7, 2015. Cook had also interviewed him the previous day. Torres requested that Cook come talk with him. Torres waived his rights and talked with Cook without an attorney present. In the first interview played Wednesday, which lasted 3˝ hours, he maintained that his son's death was accidental.

    "I'm about to make you a hero of this in Bella Vista," Torres told Cook at the start the second interview.

    A upset and seemingly angry Torres said he was going to give Cook information to investigate. Torres was upset because he believed his wife, Cathy, had betrayed him and blamed him for the boy's death. Torres said he told Cathy he never would betray her and she now was using that against him.

    Cathy Torres, 45, is charged with capital murder and first-degree battery. She has previously pleaded innocent to the charges. Her trial is set for next May.

    Mauricio Torres said they never intended for their son to die.

    "You wanted the truth," Torres said. "I'm telling you the truth."

    Torres sat Wednesday at a table with his defense team as the recording played in a darkened courtroom. He looked down and never looked at the video as it played on a screen near him.

    "I said it was accidental because there was no intention to kill him," Torres told Cook in the interview.

    Torres said he placed a stick in his son's "bottom, but not all the way in."

    He said they used that punishment so his wife would not have to spank him. The couple had tried exercise and making Isaiah stand in the corner as punishment, Torres said. The couple took sweets from their daughters and that worked as punishment for the girls, but not Isaiah, Torres said.

    The family was on a camping trip in Missouri when he placed the stick in his son's rectum. Cathy Torres later became upset and pushed Isaiah down and he fell on the stick, Mauricio Torres told the detective. Torres said the stick was later burned. Torres said his son later complained about having stomach pains.

    Cathy Torres was upset because Isaiah had eaten cake, Mauricio Torres said in the interview.

    Torres said he first placed a stick in his son's rectum about a month before the boy died. It was the same stick used in Missouri. The couple also used the stick to spank Isaiah, Torres said.

    Torres said his son's death was accidental but "that abuse caused his death."

    Torres also admitted he and his wife spanked the boy and caused some of the bruises that were on Isaiah's body.

    "I just hung myself," Torres said after telling Cook he was telling the truth.

    Torres told Cook he was telling the truth even though he may get "the needle," a reference to the state's method of capital punishment.

    Jeff Rosenzweig, one of Torres' attorneys, requested a mistrial since jurors heard references to the word "needle." Benton County Circuit Judge Brad Karren denied the request.

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Sister describes abuse of 6-year-old boy in Bella Vista man's murder trial

    By Tracy Neal
    The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

    BENTONVILLE — A 6-year-old boy's sister described in court Thursday the abuse the boy endured before his death.

    Isaiah died March 30, 2015 as result of chronic child abuse and from his injuries as result of being raped.

    Mauricio Torres, 45, of Bella Vista is charged with capital murder and battery in the first degree. Prosecutors will seek the death penalty.

    The girl, 9, testified Wednesday morning at the murder trial for Mauricio Torres, the man she sometimes referred to as “Maurice” or “her old dad.”

    She said she saw her brother naked with his hands and feet tied in the bathroom. He had been punished for eating cake, the girl said.

    The girl said later that day her brother was not working outside and her father took him inside the camper.

    The door to the camper was slightly opened when she saw him use the stick on her brother, the girl said. Torres told police he first placed a stick in his son's rectum about a month before the boy died.

    According to the girl, she saw her father spank her brother numerous times with a stick. Her mother spanked him with a sandal, the girl said.

    She had also seen her father use a cable to hit her brother.

    The girl said Torres said her brother was forced to sleep in a cage to keep him from going anywhere or to get food. Her brother also had to take naps in the cage and once had to spend the night in a large trash can in their bathroom.

    The girl also described Isaiah being forced to eat feces and drink urine.

    She also testified that she saw either her mother or father pour bleach on her brother causing chemical burns and he was treated at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

    When questioned by Bill James, one of Mauricio Torres’ attorney, that she believes it was her mother that poured bleach on Isaiah.

    Prosecutors may rest their case Wednesday afternoon.

    Cathy Torres, 44, is charged with capital murder and battery in the first degree. Her trial is scheduled for May 2017.

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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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    Torres found guilty of capital murder in death of 6-year-old son

    A jury found Mauricio Torres, 45, guilty of capital murder and first-degree battery in the death of his 6-year-old son.

    Torres will face the death penalty or life in prison without parole, which will be decided during the sentencing phase of the trial.

    Deliberations took less than an hour. The jury went to lunch before reaching a verdict.

    http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2...-murder-trial/
    "There is a point in the history of a society when it becomes so pathologically soft and tender that among other things it sides even with those who harm it, criminals, and does this quite seriously and honestly. Punishing somehow seems unfair to it, and it is certain that imagining ‘punishment’ and ‘being supposed to punish’ hurts it, arouses fear in it." Friedrich Nietzsche

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