Father used car seat to drown daughter

A US father who threw his daughter to her watery death while strapped in a car seat grinned in court when convicted of her murder.

Arthur Morgan III, of New Jersey, is likely to spend life behind bars after he was found guilty of killing two-year-old Tierra Morgan-Glover, whose body was retrieved from a creek in November 2011.

The girl's relatives gasped when Morgan smirked and winked at cameras as he was led from the courtroom.

"We finally got justice for Tierra Morgan-Glover," Marc LeMieux, first assistant Monmouth County prosecutor said following the verdict.

Jurors determined 29-year-old Morgan's actions were "knowing or purposeful" and that he killed his daughter to get back at her mother who had broken off their engagement, using a car jack to ensure her seat would sink.

Morgan was also found guilty of child endangerment and interference with custody.

He will be sentenced at a later date.

Source: NY Daily News
Author: Chloe Ross, Approving editor: Nick Pearson