A Roseville father believes he shouldn’t stand trial on murder and torture charges in the death of his 9-year-old adopted son because, his attorney argued, that it was the defendant’s wife who sat on the boy and suffocated him to death.
Placer Superior Court Judge Angus Saint-Evens rejected that legal defense argument and upheld a previous court ruling ordering both of the boy’s adoptive parents to stand trial in the child’s death.
Cory Albert Blakley, 38, and Kimberly Rachel Blakley , 38, were the adoptive parents of the boy who has been identified by his family as Cyrus Blakley. The Placer County District Attorney’s Office filed charges of murder, torture and child abuse against both in connection with his death in February…