Jurors hit partial impasse in California kidnap-rape trial
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Four verdicts have been reached in the case of a California man charged with raping and kidnapping a 15-year-old girl who later married him, but jurors are at an impasse on a rape count.
The foreperson of the jury told Orange County Judge Michael Leversen on Thursday that the panel could not reach a verdict on the charge against 42-year-old Isidro Garcia.
Leversen asked jurors to return Friday, when he may provide additional instruction and time for deliberations.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Garcia is charged with rape, kidnapping and three counts of lewd acts on a child.
Prosecutors say Garcia abducted the teenage daughter of his then-girlfriend in 2004 and threatened and beat her when she tried to leave.
She reported Garcia to authorities in 2014.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Garcia's lawyer says the girl left willingly with his client.