The killing happened in 2017, Weiss has plead not guilty and is awaiting trial.
Christopher Paul Weiss was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his girlfriend and their 1-year-old daughter, who was still strapped into a car seat when authorities found her.
Weiss, 26, faces two counts of capital murder. Valarie Martinez, 24, and Azariah, 1, were both shot "execution style" at Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir.
Azariah was still strapped in her car seat when she was found shot to death, and Valarie was found outside of the car, the Tribune-Herald reported.
Investigators believe Weiss was in a relationship with Valarie at the time of the killings while also being married to another woman with whom he had two daughters, McLennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara said.
Texas man killed 1-year-old daughter, her mom 'execution style,' authorities say
A 26-year-old Temple man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his 1-year-old daughter and the girl’s mother. Authorities found the child...
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Final autopsy reports in the double murders of a Lacy Lakeview woman and her one year old baby girl reveal more disturbing details in the murders at Tradinghouse Creek reservoir in November. The full autopsies conducted on 1 year old Azaria Martinez and her 24 year old mother Valerie Martinez show the killer fired six shots killing them on the spot.
Crime scene reports revealed 1 year old baby Azaria, while sitting strapped in her car seat still in her mother's vehicle, was murdered.
The autopsies carried out by the Souwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas reveal Azaria was shot not once but twice at "close range of left side of frontal scalp (head)." The wounds showed gunshot residue on the forehead.
Azaria's mother Valerie was shot four times in the head according to the autopsy. The report details Valerie was shot once in the middle of her forehead, twice in the right eyelid and eyebrow and once in the very top of her head.
The biological father of Azaria, 26 year old Christopher Paul Weiss was arrested for their murders.
Weiss was arrested days later in Temple as he appeared to be fleeing town with his wife and two young children. He and Valerie Martinez had had an on again off again physical relations for nearly two years.
Final autopsy details released in local double murder
Final autopsy reports in the double murders of a Lacy Lakeview woman and her one year old baby girl reveal more disturbing details in the murders at Tradinghouse Creek reservoir in November.
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