A Latino faces a capital murder charge after the death of a toddler

Eder Rodriguez-Guzman, 29, is being held without bond in the New River Valley Regional Jail. Neighbors identified the slain 2-year-old girl as Rodriguez-Guzman's daughter Jocelyn. Rodriguez-Guzman was from Mexico and had lived in Longview Court for about a year and a half. He worked at a Christmas tree farm and his wife at a restaurant in Blacksburg. Virginia law allows capital murder charges in a number of situations, including when a victim is younger than 14 and the suspect older than 20. Rodriguez-Guzman also was charged with assault and battery of a member of his household. The sheriff's office did not say if the assault victim was the toddler or someone else.