FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Mariposa father has been arrested and accused of killing his small child.
According to the Mariposa County Sheriff's Office, 21-year-old Jesse Ashton called 911 to report that his 22-month-old son was having a seizure.
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The child was taken by an air ambulance to a hospital, where he later died.
Mariposa County Sheriff's Detectives began investigating the child's death. Based on child's injuries and the result of the coroner's forensic exam, officers have arrested Jesse Ashton.
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He is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and is being held on $50,000 bail.