"Devoted dad" faces capital murder charges in beating death of 2-year-old daughter (Floyd County, Virginia)

Dad EDER RODRIQUEZ-GUZMAN has been charged with capital murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter, and with assault and battery "of a member of his household" (Mom?). Sounds like just another scuzzy abuser to me....

But once again, all the babbling idiots are out in full force assuring us how "calm" the alleged killer was, and how he was a "good guy" and "devoted father" and all that happy horsesh**. 

Why does the media waste our time quoting the clueless neighbors? And if you really must quote the neighbors, maybe it could be pointed out that the neighbors very often have NO IDEA what goes on behind closed doors.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/301580

Floyd County man faces capital murder charge in toddler's death
Neighbors identified the slain 2-year-old girl as Eder Rodriguez-Guzman’s daughter, Jocelyn, and said they could not imagine him harming her.
By Mike Gangloff
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UPDATE Nov. 25: Toddler's autopsy results could take a month

FLOYD — A Floyd County man faces a capital murder charge after the death Wednesday night of a toddler.

Eder Rodriguez-Guzman, 29, was being held without bond Thursday in the New River Valley Regional Jail.

Neighbors identified the slain 2-year-old girl as Rodriguez-Guzman’s daughter, Jocelyn, and said they could not imagine him harming her.

“He was calm, always joking,” said Marcella Morales, who lived next to Rodriguez-Guzman, his wife and their daughter in Longview Court, a small mobile home park just outside the town of Floyd.

Morales, who said she often baby-sat Jocelyn, recalled the family as friendly and religious.

“What do you call the people that come to your door and want to talk about Jesus? They were like that,” Morales said Thursday.

Rodriguez-Guzman was from Mexico and had lived in Longview Court for about a year and a half, Morales said. He worked at a Christmas tree farm and his wife at a restaurant in Blacksburg, Morales said.

Nelson Morales, Marcella Morales’ cousin, said he’d known Rodriguez-Guzman for years through soccer circles. He also recalled Rodriguez-Guzman as religious-minded and level-headed, calling him “just a really good guy.”

Rodriguez-Guzman also seemed to be a devoted father, Nelson Morales said. “He used to always have her with him,” he said of Rodriguez-Guzman and his child.

The Moraleses said they had no idea what happened Wednesday night. Like other neighbors, they said they heard no commotion and had no indication anything was wrong.

Authorities gave out little information on the circumstances of the toddler’s death. A news release from the Floyd County Sheriff’s Office did not name the victim and said only that officers were called to a home in the 100 block of Lance Drive at 9:39 p.m. and found a girl dead.

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.

On Thanksgiving afternoon, the porch light was still on at the Rodriguez-Guzmans’ mobile home. A brightly colored child’s seat sat in the back of a car parked next to a pickup truck in front of the home, and a child’s swing dangled from a tree behind the house. A climbing toy sat on the porch.