SHARP COUNTY, Ark. — An Arkansas man is accused of holding his 12-year-old daughter's head underwater until she lost consciousness, KAIT reported.
The girl was flown to a Little Rock hospital after the alleged incident July 4, the television station reported.
The girl's mother, Elizabeth Cope, 32, was also arrested on suspicion of first-degree endangering the welfare of a minor, resisting arrest and interference with a law enforcement officer, KAIT reported.
Christopher Cope, 29, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree domestic battery, interference with law enforcement, resisting arrest and intimidating a witness, KATV reported. Authorities said he held his daughter underwater until she was "unconscious and foaming at the mouth."