At 4 a.m. Wednesday, Kane Christman, 26, was captured on home video spanking his daughter as she ran by him, choking her and “placing his hands on her” as he straddled her, with her legs behind him, according to a probable cause affidavit submitted by Officer David Bush with the Fort Wayne Police Department.

Allen, 35, is accused of delivering a blow so hard to his 17-month-old daughter’s abdomen that her mesentery was “shredded,” Wagner said. She died early on Feb. 25, 2021.