A Larimer County man is found not guilty in the killing of his girlfriend’s young son. Jaime Rodriguez, 28, was acquitted of charges of murder and child abuse resulting in death. He was accused of assaulting the 3-year-old boy while he was misbehaving inside a southeast Fort Collins store in March of last year. The boy was found by his grandfather two hours later unconscious in his home. He was pronounced dead at a local urgent care. The coroner listed the boy’s cause of death as strangulation, but evidence at trial showed there was no DNA was found on the boy’s neck. Read more at https://www.coloradoan.com/.
