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'She was a little angel': Neighbors mourn 5-year-old girl police say was murdered by her father

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LITTLE GIRLS DAD IS IN CUSTODY. CHRISTINE: WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE. STARTING WITH SHELBY CASHMAN. LIVE FROM ALBUQUERQUE. REPORTER: THIS HAS BEEN A TERRIBLE DAY FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE ON AMHERST DRIVE OFF OF CARLISLE AND GIBSON. WE HAVE BEEN HERE ALL MORNING LONG. ALTERABLE AGENCIES HAVE GONE IN AND OUT OF THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX. NEIGHBORS ARE SHATTERED AT THE DEATH OF SARAH DUBOIS GILBEAU. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL AND SWEET GIRL THEY ARE SAYING. >> [CRYING] REPORTER: TEARS. >> HOW COULD THEY DO THIS TO A KID? REPORTER: TEARS OF ANGUISH. MONIQUE LIVED IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS SARAH DUBOIS GILBEAU. SHE SAID SARAH PLAYED WITH HER OWN CHILDREN. MONIQUE REMEMBERED HOW SHE USED TO PAINT HER NAILS AND DO HER HAIR. >> SHE WAS SO CUTE. A LITTLE ANGEL. REPORTER: POLICE SAY SHE WAS KILLED BY HER FATHER. ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, POLICE SAY HE CONFESSED TO EATING THE LITTLE GIRL WITH A SLIPPER AFTER SHE WOULD NOT DO HER HOMEWORK. HE THEN TOLD POLICE THAT HE BLACKED OUT. >> DETECTIVES ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY. REPORTER: RESCUERS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE LATE LAST NIGHT FOR A 911 CALL SAYING THE GIRL WAS IN CARDIAC ARREST. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, POLICE REALIZED IT WAS A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. >> THERE WAS PHYSICAL,. -- PHYSICAL TRAUMA REPORTER: THE FIVE-YEAR-OLD DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. LEAVING MANY WITH ANGER AND QUESTIONS. >> I HAVE SO MUCH ANGER. REPORTER: THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN MOURNING THE LOSS OF S

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A man has been arrested after police say he beat his 5-year-old daughter to death.According to a criminal complaint, 36-year-old Brandon Reynolds told police he became enraged after his daughter, Sarah Dubois-Gilbeau, didn’t want to do her homework, that “he didn’t know what came over him” and “that’s when the discipline set in.” He told police he started spanking her and “blacked out,” the complaint states. He eventually called 911 and reported that Dubois-Gilbeau had gone into cardiac arrest. When emergency crews arrived, they attempted to revive the girl before she was transported to UNMH, where she was pronounced dead. Rescue personnel contacted Albuquerque police to alert officers of the situation. The complaint states that when officers arrived, they noticed blood stains on the living room wall and carpet. A neighbor told police she heard Reynolds yelling, “'Get up!’ followed by sounds of someone or something being struck.” When officers arrived to the hospital, they observed severe bruising all over the Dubois-Gilbeau's body. The bruising, police said, was consistent with the tread from a shoe. Reynolds is being charged with child abuse resulting in death. Police said Reynolds and his daughter had recently relocated to New Mexico from California.Neighbors remember SarahThe neighborhood where Sarah lived is a tight-knit community. "She was so cute. She was a little angel," said one neighbor. The neighbor said she used to babysit Sarah. They would paint each other's nails, and do their hair. "She didn't deserve this," she said. She said the night of Sarah's murder, she heard something strange coming from her apartment. "I just heard a lot of banging," she said. Police have not released the official cause of death.