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"The trial for the man accused of a beating a 17-month-old child to death started on Monday.On Monday, Breandra would have been 3 years old. Instead on her birthday, a man is on trial in connection with her death. Breandra's father sat in the courtroom fighting back tears as he listened to the district attorney describe what she says Nathan Montoya did to her.\"Baby was lifeless, just flopping in his arms,\" Deputy District Attorney Dorie Biagianti Smith said. \"He lost control and beat her to the point he killed her.\"Montoya was babysitting the child, his girlfriend's goddaughter, last March at their Rio Arriba County home. Prosecutors said Montoya admitted to hurting the child because he was fed up with her crying.On this first day of Montoya's trial, the jury saw pictures of the baby's bloody and bruised body. A responding police officer took them through his investigation. But then the defense painted a very different picture.\"Some of the bruising the baby received were things that occurred while Nathan was trying to give her CPR, bring her back,\" defense attorney Dan Marlowe said. \"Nathan Montoya did not abuse this child.\"If convicted, Montoya faces a life sentence.\"My son is not the person, the monster they made him out to be,\" the defendant's mother, Amy Sandoval Montoya, said. \"If he had hurt that baby intentionally, we wouldn't be here. We're here because he's fighting for his freedom.\"The trial is scheduled to last until Thursday. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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