Accident or abuse? | Murder trial begins in death of Lacey baby

The mother’s boyfriend had been babysitting in 2022 when the 13-month-old boy died.

OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Thurston County jury began hearing testimony Monday in the murder trial of Eric Boudreau, accused of killing his girlfriend’s 13-month-old son.

Boudreau was babysitting the child on Veterans Day 2022. 

He claims the toddler, known as “Baby Jace,” died after falling down the stairs, but medical examiners concluded the child’s injuries were consistent with abuse rather than an accidental fall.

The child’s mother, Miranda Shaw, testified as the first witness, describing her son as “curious” and “sassy” with “a little bit of personality that was

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