Father Confesses to Beating, Squeezing 18-Month-Old Girl Till She Became 'Unresponsive'

The father of the missing 18-month-old girl from Hawaii has confessed to police that he beat, squeezed, and shook her until she appeared 'unresponsive.'

Kytana Ancog was last seen alive on Jan. 31 when her mother dropped the toddler off at her father Travis Rodrigues' Aiea home, reports Hawaii News Now.

According to the court documents released Tuesday, a witness said the 40-year-old man was also high on methamphetamine at the time of his daughter’s death, which is on or around Feb. 4. The authorities are yet to find the toddler's body.

The witness added that he saw Rodrigues slapping, kicking and swearing at the toddler. The attack left the child bleeding, but Rodrigues reportedly said it was chocolate and she had fallen in the shower.

The witness also told police Rodrigues tried to give the child a meth pipe and said, “That’s what she likes!"

The witness left the house and returned the next day to see the child “dangling as if lifeless” and Rodrigues "smoking methamphetamine and looked high.”

According to Rodrigues, though he believed the child was dead, he did not call the police. Instead, he wrapped the body in a bedsheet and placed it in a duffel. He then called his friend, Scott M. Carter, who agreed to give Rodrigues a ride to an acquaintance’s house with the girl’s body still in the car.

Police said while Rodrigues remained at the acquaintance's house, Carter left in the car with the body. Before leaving, Carter allegedly told Rodrigues that he would "take care of it.”

While Rodrigues was arrested on Feb. 13 and charged with second-degree murder in connection with her disappearance, Carter, arrested the same day, has been charged with first-degree hindering prosecution. The police are yet to find Kytana's body and have asked for the public’s help. Anyone with information can call 955-8300.

Meanwhile, the toddler's family is hoping that Carter will do the right thing and tell the police where the body is, Khon2 reported “I’m just hoping that if anyone knows where Kytana is that they would come forward, so that we can bring her home and lay our sweet baby girl to rest,” Lisa Mora, Kytana’s grandmother told the publication.

Mora added her daughter, Kytana’s mother, is heartbroken and blames herself.