Two people have been arrested in Indiana for allegedly neglecting a 3-year-old child and beating her because she was "disrespectful" and would wet the bed.

Joshua Cajigas, 24, and Mellie Jackson, 22, have both been charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in catastrophic injury. Cajigas also faces charges of domestic battery causing serious bodily injury and battery causing serious bodily injury, police said.

Cajigas is the child's father, and Jackson is his girlfriend, according to Fox affiliate WXIN . The Indiana man allegedly confessed that he would beat his child as punishment – but that on the day in question, Aug. 7, he didn't know how she had hurt her head.

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