China Arnold's 3rd trial underway

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Opening statements wrapped up Tuesday afternoon in China Arnold murder trial.

She is the Dayton mother accused of killing her baby, Paris Talley, in a microwave oven back in 2005.

Opening statements started at 1:30 p.m. and took about an hour.

After a 15 minute recess, at 2:50 p.m. the trial resumed and Prosecutor's called Dr. Russell Uptegrove, a forensic pathologist with the Montgomery County Coroner's Office, as their first witness.

This is the third trial for Arnold. Her first trial ended in a mistrial.

She was found guilty during a second trial, but the verdict was thrown out due to prosecution misconduct.

During previous trials, Arnold's attorney's arguend the real suspect is a child.

The trial was scheduled to last four weeks, including a week of jury selection. However, jury selection took a day and a half longer than expected.

If found guilty during this trial, Arnold could get the death penalty.