A 23-year-old illegal immigrant from Guatemala has been charged with killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter

Police arrested Fredy Alexander Chingo Riz on Thanksgiving Day 2011 for the beating death of 3-year-old Athena Angeles. The Department of Children and Families said that they were in the middle of investigating abuse allegations before the child's death. A spokesperson for DCF said that the family had recently come to their attention after the child received medical attention but the department wasn't aware of the circumstances surrounding that medical intervention. State police began an investigation after the 3-year-old victim was taken from her home to Windham Memorial Hospital in cardiac arrest. She died at the hospital. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner concluded that the toddler died of blunt abdominal and chest trauma and ruled the death a homicide, police said. Chingo Riz, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, admitted to police that he had punched the girl in the stomach several times, according to court documents. He told authorities that he had beaten her at least two other times as well. Chingo Riz lived in the home with the 3-year-old victim and her mother. He was charged with manslaughter, risk of injury to a minor and assault. He was held on $1.5 million bond.