Luis Luna has been in jail since August 2020 after prosecutors said he brutally raped and murdered his 8-month-old daughter, Savayah Mason, inside his west Harris County apartment.

HOUSTON A man charged with capital murder in the death of his 9-month-old daughter was scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge Tuesday. The girl, according to details of an autopsy report cited in court, was also sexually assaulted at the time of her death. Luna lived at the apartment with his three brothers, court documents reveal. After the baby died, investigators determined Luna was responsible for his daughters death, according to court documents. Luna told investigators the baby slept in her car seat next to his air mattress, court documents reveal.

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HOUSTON A man is charged with capital murder in the death of his 9-month-old daughter, who was also sexually assaulted an autopsy revealed, according to homicide investigators with the Harris County Sheriffs Office. Harris County Sheriffs Office deputies responded to an apartment complex in the 15000 block of Westpark at 12:20 a.m. regarding an unresponsive infant. An investigation was opened into the childs death, deputies said. An autopsy conducted at the Harris County Institute of Forensics indicated the child had been sexually assaulted and died due to asphyxiation during the assault, deputies wrote in a release Monday. After interviewing Luna, investigators determined he was responsible for his daughters death, deputies said.

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