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Dad Killed Daughter Carrying His Baby: Cops

Body is tossed into boiler
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted May 14, 2009 4:30 AM CDT
Dad Killed Daughter Carrying His Baby: Cops
Members of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner's office remove the remains of a Bronx teen who officials say was killed by her father.   (AP Photo/David Karp)

A 14-year-old girl strangled by her father was carrying his baby, prosecutors revealed yesterday. Miguel Matias, 36, has confessed to killing his daughter because he caught the teen typing  "sexy things" on her computer, reports the New York Daily News. Authorities have now discovered that DNA taken from girl's fetus matches her father's. Her naked body was tossed in a boiler in the family's apartment building. Matias has now been charged with rape and incest, in addition to murder.
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