CENTENNIAL — The jury in the Aaron Thompson case finished its seventh day of deliberations without a verdict.
Thompson is on trial in the death of his daughter, Aaroné, who would have been 6 years old when he reported her missing in November 2005. Prosecutors, however, said she died two years earlier.
Thompson has been charged with 57 criminal counts, including child abuse resulting in death and abuse of a corpse.
Many of the charges are related to the abuse of other children living in the Thompson home on East Kepner Place in Aurora.
The six-week trial in Arapahoe County District Court was filled with emotional testimony, as six of the children took the stand.
Jurors heard the kids all say that they were beaten by either Thompson or Shelley Lowe, his live-in girlfriend, with belts, extension cords and even a bat.
But there was no evidence presented by the prosecution that directly linked Thompson to the death of his daughter. Her body has not been found. The jury could be struggling with the charges related to Aaroné.
Lowe died of heart failure in 2006.
As soon as the jury returns, The Denver Post will alert readers on its website, followed by updates on the verdict.
Carlos Illescas: 303-954-1175 or cillescas@denverpost.com
