Overview
- The Massachusetts Office of the Child Advocate is publishing its investigative report Wednesday morning with a public briefing scheduled for 11 a.m.
- A’zella Ortiz, 4, was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center on Oct. 15, 2024, and was pronounced dead, according to court records.
- Her father, Francisco Ortiz, has been indicted on murder, improper firearm storage, and multiple counts of permitting bodily injury and reckless endangerment, and he remains jailed awaiting trial.
- Police reports say Ortiz told officers the child fell from a kitchen table, while treating doctors documented a skull fracture consistent with a fall from two stories.
- Court documents note two other children at the home, ages 2 and 5, appeared bruised, malnourished, and dehydrated.