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Positive COVID test leads to delay in trial of Stockton Springs mom charged in son’s death

Positive COVID test leads to delay in trial of Stockton Springs mom charged in son’s death

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The trial of a Stockton Springs woman charged in the death of her 3-year-old son is on pause due to a case of COVID-19.

Jessica Trefethen’s jury trial began Wednesday at the Waldo Judicial Center in Belfast, but it’s now on hold after a prosecutor tested positive for COVID.

According to CBS 13, Superior Court Justice Robert Murray sent jurors home for the rest of week.

Testimony is currently set to resume on Monday.

Trefethen is charged with depraved indifference murder.

The medical examiner said her son, Maddox Willaims, died of battered child syndrome.

Trefethen pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Maddox’s death and the deaths of several other children last year sparked cries for changes to the state’s child welfare system.

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