CENTENNIAL | Arapahoe County jurors are deliberating in the trial of a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s son in 2011.
The trial for Ted Madrid wrapped up around noon Thursday after lengthy closing arguments from Madrid’s defense team and prosecutors.
Madrid is charged with first-degree murder and two counts of child abuse resulting in death for the January 2011 slaying of 2-year-old Caden Rodgers.
Madrid told police he was babysitting Caden and while the two were roughhousing, he tried to throw the tot onto a bed. He missed the bed, though, and Caden struck his head, knocking him unconscious. The boy never regained consciousness and later died at an area hospital. Madrid was arrested that night.
Madrid’s lawyer called the death an accident and said Madrid should be convicted of a lesser charge.
But prosecutors said that while Madrid may not have wanted to kill Caden, the boy’s death wasn’t an accident, either. Madrid’s failure to call 911 for 90 minutes after Caden hit his head lead to the toddler’s death, prosecutors said.
The trial lasted a week.
Madrid has been in jail since his arrest.