A Worcester man pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including murder, on Wednesday after he claims his 4-year-old daughter died falling off a kitchen table last year.
Francisco Ortiz, 34, of Worcester, faces the charges of murder, three counts of reckless endangerment of a child, three counts of permitting injury to a child and one count of improper storage of a firearm. He was arrested on Oct. 15, 2024, and arraigned two days later. In June, he was indicted and his case moved to Superior Court. He was then arraigned on Wednesday.
He has continued to be held without bail…