Blue State Parenting - Dad Killed Daughter After She Text-Messaged Boy

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Cops: Dad Killed Daughter After She Text-Messaged Boy

Saturday, February 16, 2008

NEW YORK - A father who said he was upset with his teenage daughter for

text-messaging a boy was arrested Saturday on charges of killing the girl,

whose burned body was found stuffed in the boiler of his apartment building,

police said.

The 34-year-old man called 911 Saturday morning, claiming he had strangled

his 14-year-old daughter the night before because of the text messaging and

had dumped her body in a wooded area, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly

said.

The girl had been visiting Miguel Matias but lived in Pennsylvania with her

mother and two sisters. The parents were separated, and Matias had

visitation rights. He had a history of emotional problems and was

institutionalized after trying to set a car on fire with children inside in

Pennsylvania, Kelly said.

The daughter, believed to be in the car when Matias tried to burn it, was

the only child visiting him at the apartment, Kelly said.

Kelly couldn't say whether the teen was dead before she was stuffed into the

boiler, and the medical examiner's office is to determine the cause of

death.

There was no telephone listing for Matias at the address provided by police.