DAYTON, Ohio --
Friday, Feb. 15, 2008 Update: The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a witness in the China Arnold trial, who was 5 years old at the time, told his father that he pulled Paris Talley’s body from a microwave in 2005.

The boy’s father said his son also identified an older child as the one who put the baby in the microwave. He said that child has a history of putting dolls in microwaves.

The judge declared a mistrial Monday, and ordered a new trial, but that new trial date has not been set. Arnold remains in jail.

Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 Update: A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a woman accused of killing her month-old baby by burning her in a microwave, finding that new defense witnesses bolster her innocence claim.

Judge John Kessler made the decision after hearing testimony privately from a juvenile who said he was at the apartment complex of defendant China Arnold on the August 2005 night that her infant died.

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The judge did not give details about juvenile's testimony.

The ruling comes after hours of closed door discussions between prosecutors, China Arnold's attorney and the judge.

Closing arguments were supposed to begin Monday morning but were delayed for undisclosed reasons. The jury was asked not to report for duty.

China Arnold is the Dayton woman accused of burning her month-old baby to death in a microwave oven.

A 12-member jury has heard six days of testimony and a parade of witnesses in China Arnold's trial. Arnold herself did not testify.

The 27-year-old was charged with aggravated murder in the August 2005 death of Paris Talley. Arnold has pleaded not guilty and could face the death penalty if convicted.

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Testimony Ends In China Arnold Murder Trial

After a long day of hearing testimony Friday, the defense has rested its case in the China Arnold muder trial in Dayton.

Earlier in the day the trial was put on hold Thursday morning after the judge asked the jury to take a break after only hearing from a few witnesses.

The judge said transportation issues stopped the next witnesses from getting to the courthouse.

The witnesses later arrived late Thursday afternoon from the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville. The inmates testified they had once been incarcerated in the Montgomery County Jail with Arnold.

Both women contradicted earlier statements from another inmate witness for the prosecution who said Arnold had told her, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it," when talking about the microwave death of her daughter, Paris Talley.

The defense witnesses said Arnold never talked to anyone about her pending murder case.

After the defense rested, the prosecution had a chance to call several rebuttal witnesses. The prosecution rested their case at approximately 5pm Thursday.

Stay tuned to News Center 7 and whiotv.com for more updates on this murder trial.