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Jul 9, 2009 6:11 pm US/Central

Dad Charged With Murder In Dallas Baby's Death

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J.D. Miles

DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 3: KTVT / KTXA
Click to enlarge 2 of 3: Dallas police issued an Amber Alert for Daisja Weaver on June 10, 2009.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 3: Dallas County Sheriff's Dept./KTVT / KTXA

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A new Dallas Police affidavit says the parents of a 9-month-old child left their baby in vehicle overnight before disposing of their little girl's body.

The arrest affidavit says the girl, Daisja Weaver, was "put in the back seat of her father's car, face down, with the body strapped into the car seat."

The lifeless body of the child was found in the car the next day, according to the affidavit.

The father drove the mother to work the next day with the corpse still in the back seat and sat outside her office for most of the day, the affidavit says.

The document goes on to say that later that day the mother called Dallas police to say her daughter had been kidnapped after an unknown intruder entered the family's apartment. An Amber Alert was issued for the case, and a reward was offered for the girl's safe return.

Days later the mother recanted her story to police, telling detectives the baby had not been kidnapped and that the father had tossed the baby into Lake Lewisville.

The arrest affidavit says when the couple drove to Lewisville Lake they found a sandbag which they used to anchor the little girl's body.

Both parents were been arrested for tampering with evidence in the case. The father states the baby drowned while he was giving her a bath and that in a panic he and his wife made up the kidnapping story.

The father, Alandus Weaver, has now been charged with capital murder in the case.

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