Father Guilty In Deaths Of 2 Babies Left In Abandoned Cars
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The father of two infants whose remains were left in separate abandoned cars was convicted Tuesday of complicity in the commission of involuntary manslaughter.
A judge also found Jacob Cisneros, 36, guilty of tampering with evidence and obstruction after he entered what's known as an Alford plea, in which a defendant maintains their innocence but acknowledges there's evidence that might lead a judge or jury to convict them.
Cisneros and his wife, Jenna, were investigated in November 2019, when cold-case detectives submitted DNA samples to a private forensic genealogy company from a deceased baby boy. The couple were then arrested in February 2020 on charges accusing them of leaving the body of their infant son in a car in 2017.
Soon after the arrests, authorities found the remains of a second infant, a girl, inside another abandoned car at an apartment complex where the couple once lived.
A cause of death for the baby boy could not be determined, but authorities said the girl died of asphyxia by the umbilical cord. However, authorities could not determine if this was natural, accidental or intentional.
Jenna Cisneros pleaded no contest in August 2020 to charges of involuntary manslaughter, endangering children, tampering with evidence and obstruction of justice. She is now serving a 25-year state prion sentence.
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