ELIZABETH -- A man and woman charged in the beating death of their 2-year-old girl were found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday, but were cleared of murder.

The two defendants, Jorge Orozco and Raquel Ramirez, were charged in the February 2014 death of their daughter Dayana Orozco, who suffered six broken ribs and serve injuries to her lungs, liver and one kidney, according to evidence presented during the trial.

Authorities said the child died from a brain hemorrhage, apparently caused by a blow to her head.

Ramirez, 33, clutched her hands to her chin as a jury foreman announced that she was found guilty reckless manslaughter. Ramirez was found not guilty of murder and aggravated manslaughter.

The jury found the girl's father - and Ramirez' ex-boyfriend - Jorge Orozco, also 33, not guilty of murder, but guilty of aggravated manslaughter. Orozco showed no reaction when the verdict was announced.

First-degree aggravated manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison. Ramirez was convicted of a second-degree charge of reckless manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

Authorities said that Feb. 2, 2014, the parents and the girl were in Jorge Orozco's Elizabeth apartment. The couple had broken up sometime before and Jorge Orozco and his mother cared for Dayana during the week, with Ramirez coming to see her daughter on weekends.

The parents and child were in the apartment in the morning, but the father left shortly after noon. About 3 p.m. the child began violently vomiting, then stopped breathing, and Ramirez tried unsuccessfully to revive the girl.

Ramierz called several relatives, and spoke on the telephone with Orozco for 40 minutes, but never called police.

At 7:35 p.m., Jorge Orozco's sister came to the apartment and called police.

Police discovered Dayana Orozco covered in burises, authorities said. There were bite marks on her abdomen, back, cheek and arm that were later determined to have been made by her father.

Ramirez was charged with murder within days after the child died. Orozco was charged with murder two months later.

Jurors apparently accepted Union County Assistant Prosecutor Albert Cernadas' argument that Orozco had hit the child on the head, causing the brain hemorrhage.

In his closing argument, Cernadas, who said the parents "brutalized the child, played video clips of police interviewing each of the parents. Ramirez and Orozco each said the injuries were caused when the child fell because she had difficulty walking.

However, Orozco, when told of a laceration on the girl's scalp, told police he had tapped the child on the head.

Both were also convicted of endangering the welfare of a child. The charge of endangering the welfare of a child carries a 10-year maximum sentence.

Defense attorneys in the case had argued that police were unable to say which of the parents had caused the injuries.

Orozco's attorney, Thomas Butler, argued that his client was not in the apartment when the child died.

Ramirez' attorney, Roy Greenman, said the autopsy showed that the fatal injuries had to have occurred before the father left the apartment. Greenman has also noted that Ramirez had given birth to her second child less than three weeks before her daughter died.

Superior Court Judge John M. Deitch scheduled sentencing for April 28.

Both Ramirez and Orosco were immediately handcuffed after the verdicts were announced.

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