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FULLERTON, Calif. (AP) A 31-year-old father was in custody Thursday for investigation of beating his 2{-year-old daughter to death, police said.
Salvador Davila was arrested Wednesday and held on $1 million bail, said Sgt. Ron Gillet.
A decision by Orange County prosecutors on whether to file charges was pending.
Police were alerted to the girl's injuries by paramedics responding Wednesday night to a call from Davila's apartment, where someone had reported the toddler was not breathing.
Miranda Davila had a pulse and was taken to Anaheim Memorial Hospital, where doctors determined she had numerous injuries to her head and other parts of her body, Gillet said.
``They were injuries consistent with child abuse,'' he said.
She was transferred to a pediatric intensive care unit at UC Irvine Medical Center and pronounced dead about 9 a.m. Thursday.
Davila allegedly told detectives he shoved one of his sons into the girl and that he did not intentionally harm her.
The girl's mother, Tonia Fernandez, 29, was questioned by police and released. The couple's three other children, ranging in age from 1 to 5, were in protective custody.