The cries for help came from just behind the police station in Healdsburg, a small town in Northern California. In the parking lot outside police headquarters, officers found a naked man holding the wet, lifeless body of his 4-year-old daughter. Gerardo Ordaz, 42, was arrested early Monday after investigators concluded that he drowned his daughter in the baptismal pool of a nearby Roman Catholic church, the Healdsburg Police Department said. Inside the house of worship, investigators say, Ordaz drowned his daughter in the foot-deep water of the baptismal pool. After Ordaz arrived about 8:30 p.m. at the police station, officers tried to revive the girl and she was rushed to a hospital.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 22, 2016 07:18 UTC