Father left decapitated daughter for mother to find

A man believed to have decapitated his four-year-old daughter, and to have left the body for her mother to find, has been arrested in Washington DC.

Investigators had not found any history of domestic or mental health problems at the family home in Clayton, North Carolina, and still had no leads on a possible motive for the horrific killing, said Clayton police Lt Jon Gerrell.

Amber Violette told police on Friday evening that she had found her daughter, Katlin, with her head severed, police said.