Missouri Dad Accused Of Beating 6 Year Old Daughter To Death With Baseball Bat Allegedly Put Body On Roof Of Home Covered In Sheet

[PEOPLE] Authorities in Missouri have arrested the father of a 6-year-old girl who, they say, was bludgeoned to death with an aluminum baseball bat. On Sept. 2, police handcuffed Dustin Beechner after the 37-year-old father allegedly led investigators to the body of his daughter, Jozlyn Marie Beechner. A probable cause statement obtained by PEOPLE alleges that the little girl died from blunt force trauma. Jozlyn's body, the probable cause statement notes, had been placed on the roof of Beechner's home, beneath a white sheet.

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