An Arlington man charged with killing a 2-year-old Findlay boy in 2016 is scheduled to go on trial today in Hancock County Common Pleas Court.
Brent R. Houdeshell, 29, is charged with murder, an unclassified felony; endangering children, a third-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a third-degree felony.
Judge Reginald Routson will preside over the case and a jury is expected to be selected today.
Houdeshell is accused of killing Breydon Ferrell, 2, his former fiancee’s child.
Findlay police were dispatched to 2030 Breckenridge Road, Apt. 3, on a report of an unresponsive child on March 31, 2016. Police said they were told the child had fallen out of his crib.
The boy was taken to Blanchard Valley Hospital and pronounced dead a short time later.
Officials said the back of the child’s skull was broken, and he also had bruising on the brain, a broken leg, and bruising on the face, arms, legs and feet, including the bottoms of the feet.
Houdeshell was serving a jail sentence in early 2016 for operating a vehicle under the influence, when he was released from jail on a medical furlough. After the boy’s death on March 31, Houdeshell was arrested and returned to jail.