A Long Beach father and his wife were arrested this week on suspicion of torturing and killing the man’s 14-month-old daughter at their Long Beach home earlier this month, authorities said.

Long Beach detectives began investigating on Nov. 7 after the girl had been admitted to a hospital unresponsive and showing signs of trauma, police said.

Detectives coordinated with the Department of Children and Family Services.

Later that day, the medical staff told detectives that the child was on life support and would not survive, police said. The child died three days later.

After two weeks of investigation, homicide detectives determined there had been ongoing abuse to the child and that her death was the result of that, police said.

They arrested Alfredo Munoz, 40, and Kelly Munoz, 33, on T

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