For Immediate Release
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WORCESTER – A Worcester County Grand Jury handed up indictments for murder and other charges against a Worcester man in the killing of a 4-year-old child, and the abuse of two additional children, according to Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early, Jr.
Francisco Ortiz, 34, of Worcester, was indicted on one count each of murder and improper storage of a firearm, and three counts each of permitting bodily injury to a child and reckless endangerment of a child.
Ortiz was initially arraigned on charges of assault and battery on a child with substantial bodily injury, permitting substantial bodily injury to a child, assault and battery, two counts of permitting bodily injury to a child, and reckless endangerment of a child in Worcester Central District Court on October 16, 2024, and has been in state custody since.
The indictment moves the case to Worcester Superior Court, where he is expected to be arraigned on a future date.