A 19-year-old man is going to trial on homicide charges after he was accused of killing his girlfriend's 10-month-old son .

Dominic Pinnick was arrested after the child died in July, and on Friday morning, he appeared in court for a preliminary hearing.

During the hearing, a forensic investigator testified that the child's injury couldn't have been caused by falling out of a bed, as Pinnick originally told the police.

"This was not an intentional death; it was accidental," said defense attorney Phil DiLucente. "I don't know who it was; it was an accident, you heard the judge say it could be reckless, which brings it to involuntary manslaughter."

Pinnick allegedly told investigators he accidentally bumped Najor Matthews' head against a bedpost while he was trying to soothe the infan

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