Dad beat 9-year-old daughter to death with a belt because she smirked at him and spanking was not enough: Police

A Texas antheral is down bars aft constabulary accidental helium bushed his 9-year-old daughter to decease earlier this year.

Marquise Anderson, 35, was charged with superior execution of a idiosyncratic nether 10 years aged connected Tuesday, months aft his daughter, 9-year-old Joanna Shoulder, died of extended blunt unit injuries.

According to an affidavit obtained by section NBC affiliate KXAS, Fort Worth Police Department officers responded to Anderson's Fort Worth, Texas, location astatine 3:15 a.m. connected Feb. 8. First responders arrived to find Joanna lying connected the floor. When Joanna was taken to the hospital, constabulary learned that she was covered successful bruises. She succumbed to her injuries astatine the hospital, and homicide detectives turned their attraction to Anderson.

Police said a pistillate who was successful the location erstwhile archetypal responders were called told them that Anderson had allegedly disciplined Joanna with a loop the time earlier she died. In the mediate of the nighttime connected Feb. 8, Anderson woke the pistillate up and claimed that Joanna became sick portion she was successful the bathtub. He told the pistillate that helium near to get Joanna a solid of water, and portion helium was retired of the room, helium heard noises. When helium returned to the bathroom, helium recovered that Joanna had vomited and deed her caput aft falling.

The pistillate was performing CPR connected Joanna erstwhile paramedics arrived.

When constabulary spoke to Anderson, helium said Joanna had bedewed the furniture doubly that night. After the 2nd incident, helium enactment her successful the bathtub for 3 hours to cleanable her up. Police said Anderson admitted that helium spanked Joanna. After she purportedly smirked astatine him, helium past allegedly admitted to beating her with a loop that had a metallic buckle.

Anderson told constabulary that aft helium allegedly bushed Joanna with the belt, helium checked connected her portion she sat successful the tub. Her information seemingly deteriorated, and Anderson said Joanna became "sleepy, thirsty, hot, and slurr[ed] her speech." She past collapsed and started to vomit, and Anderson called 911. Police said Anderson provided aggregate explanations for the injuries to her head.

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According to police, the autopsy connected Joanna revealed that the 9-year-old suffered "abundant hemorrhage of the brushed tissues" and "multiple bruises connected Joanna's back, thighs, little extremities, and flank." She had aggregate blunt unit injuries to her caput and cervix and bleeding underneath her scalp and astir her cervical and thoracic spinal canal.

On June 16, the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that Joanna's mode of decease was homicide. Authorities arrested Anderson connected Tuesday. He remains successful custody astatine the Tarrant County Jail, wherever helium is being held without bond. His adjacent tribunal day was not instantly available.