PHOENIX (AP) — Jurors in Phoenix have begun deliberations in the case of an Indiana man accused of forcing his grandsons on two grueling hikes in the Grand Canyon last summer.
A clerk at U.S. District Court says the jury was given the case late Tuesday afternoon and started deliberations Wednesday morning.
Forty-five-year-old Christopher Alan Carlson, of Indianapolis, faces life in prison if convicted of any one of the six felony child abuse counts against him.
Prosecutors allege Carlson deprived his three grandsons of food and water, and pushed, choked and repeatedly kicked them during hikes on Aug. 15 and Aug. 28.
The boys were 8, 9 and 12 at the time and each hike lasted more than 15 miles.
All three boys testified during the trial, which began Feb. 15.
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