Police: Texas Man Confessed in Hammer Death of Daughter, 2

This undated photo provided by the Orange County Sheriff's Office shows Yovahnis Roque. A police affidavit says the Southeast Texas man found naked and stained with blood told officers that he killed his 2-year-old daughter, who had been bludgeoned with a hammer. Orange County Sheriff's Office via AP

ORANGE, Texas—A Southeast Texas man accused of bludgeoning his 2-year-old daughter to death with a hammer was naked and blood-stained when he told police officers he had killed the toddler, according to an affidavit.

An officer’s body camera captured 26-year-old Yovahnis Roque confessing on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the death of his child at their home in Orange, near the Louisiana border, according to the police affidavit. Roque was arrested and charged with capital murder.