An Ahwatukee Foothills man has been convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse in the 2004 death of his young son.
Maricopa County prosecutors say jurors found 43-year-old Jeffrey Martinson guilty on Monday and he could face the death penalty. The aggravation phase of his case begins Tuesday afternoon in Maricopa County Superior Court.
Martinson was accused of killing his 5-year-old son Joshua Eberle-Martinson after a weekend visitation in August 2004.
The trial was delayed for years. It finally began three months ago with a private attorney assigned to Martinson his fifth set of legal counsel.
Authorities say the boy was found dead in a bunk bed at his father's apartment.
A laboratory tested Joshua's blood at the time of death and found toxic levels of a muscle relaxer.
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