20 year old Texas soldier, Dartarious Graham, (pictured centre) has been
charged with capital murder after his 2 year old daughter Peyton was
found
unresponsive with ‘suspicious’ injuries in his home in Fort Bliss,
Texas. According to police, the young father beat his 2-year-old
daughter to death after he became upset that she had soiled her diaper.
They also arrested Graham’s cousin Robert Franklin, 19 (pictured left),
for witnessing the attack and not doing anything to help the little
girl. The child's mother Elizabeth Graham, 23 (pictured right) was
charged with injury to a child by omission for no protecting the child
and failing to report the abuse which had been constant before the fatal
beating...
According to reports, Graham, who is a US army specialist, became very
angry after his daughter soiled her diaper. He then took her to his room
where he beat her for several minutes with a belt.
According to police, his cousin Franklin saw him take the child to his
room, looked through the door and saw Graham beating the little girl but
did nothing to stop him. He reportedly walked back to the sitting room
to watch TV.
Franklin later told police that Graham continued to attack the girl
until she became limp. They called 911 in panic and Peyton was
transported to El Paso Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced
dead an hour later.
The police learned the father had a history of beating the child and
nobody ever did anything to protect her. All three are being held in El
Paso County jail.
Dartarious Graham could face the death penalty or life without parole if
convicted.