The father of a young Tuscaloosa girl is now charged in the 20-month-old's weekend death.

Samuel Cabbil, 31, is charged with capital murder, said Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit Capt. Kip Hart. The victim has been identified as Kandice Cabbil.

Investigators responded to DCH Regional Medical Center about 10:15 p.m. Sunday. When they arrived, they learned the little girl had been brought in by an ambulance from Broadmoore Gardens Apartments on Third Avenue East in Tuscaloosa.

Samuel Cabbil, Hart said, reported that he found her unresponsive and called 911. She was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Hart said they almost immediately believed foul play was involved and suspected Cabbil was involved. The injury took place inside an apartment where Cabbil, Kandice and other family had friends had spent the day, but it was not Cabbil's apartment.

He was found in the area, and taken into custody for question. He was held overnight on a traffic writ until he was formally charged Monday with capital murder.

Kandice's body was taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Montgomery for autopsy. On Monday, the results showed she died from blunt force trauma.

Hart did not say where on Kandice's body she was injured. He said a number of items of evidence was taken from the apartment, but he said that doesn't necessarily mean a weapon was used in the killing.

Kandice's mother was not at the apartment when Kandice was killed. There were four to five other children in the apartment at the time but they weren't injured. Hart said not all of the children belonged to Cabbil, and said DHR has been brought into the case.

Cabbil is being held without bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

Hart said he's worked a number of child death cases in which arrests were never made. "We're just fortunate we have been able to make a charge in this child's death."

There were four or five others in the apartment. DHR did become involved. These children were not all mr. cabbils and the mother.