ALIQUIPPA, Pa.—A Beaver County man is accused of spilling boiling water on his 1-year-old daughter, causing her death last month.

Police say 37-year-old Troy Moon of Aliquippa swiped at a pot of boiling water and food tray on the stove after arguing with the child's mother.

Police say the water fell on 1-year-old Trinity Moon and her mother.

The Allegheny County medical examiner says the child died in a Pittsburgh hospital on April 23 of third-degree burns over about half her body.

Moon was arraigned Tuesday on homicide, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and child endangerment charges. He is being held in the Beaver County Jail without bail. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.

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