Missouri man accused of beating 6-year-old to death with bat

(AP) — A 37-year-old man from Missouri is accused of beating his 6-year-old daughter to death with a bat. 

Dustin Beechner, of St. Joseph, is charged with child abuse resulting in death. 

During a brief court hearing Wednesday, a judge ordered that Beechner be held without bond. 

St. Joseph police say they were called to a home Friday and found the child dead with blunt force trauma to the head. 

According to a probable cause statement, Police said Beechner led officers to the house’s roof, where they found a child, identified as Jozlyn Marie Beechner, covered in a white sheet. 

Beechner does not yet have an attorney.