first of all i'm very sad that this child died but when i first saw you in there i knew something was wrong you know something is wrong no so i don't you know something is wrong no sir i don't if i bring you all those pictures if i beat you half to death like that little child was beat i bet you you'd die too so i did not beat my daughter sir no not that cruel to my children what are those bruises on your little child the thing is that i got a mom you can clearly see here doesn't know who did that it was in me i didn't cause her death melissa my name is victor basically what they were doing is they were trying to you already know what happened make me admit that i was the one responsible for her fault and i kept telling him that i hadn't that i hadn't hurt my daughter and they were very vulgar very very rough very resistant they wanted me to admit to something that i was not capable of doing to my child and the interrogation continued for maybe six six seven hours until three o'clock in the morning this is your chance to set it straight because right now it looks like capital motor right now it looks like you're a cold-blooded killer now are you a cold-blooded killer or were you a frustrated mother who just took it out on we knew somebody did it we're trying to find out who did it if it wasn't you i don't think somebody crept in there at the middle of the middle middle of the night and went up to your child and specifically singled her out so he could bite her on the back please it happens okay if we all make mistakes we always make mistakes we all get upset we already know what happened we already know what happened they just kept pointing fingers at me and threatening me and telling me that i was going to spend the rest of my life in prison and that i was going to be able to see the rest of my children grow up and get married and you know they just kept throwing so many words at me and i just told them i am responsible for mariah's bruises they wanted to hear something i mean i was not going to admit to causing her death because i wasn't responsible in the end they left the room the detectives there was three detectives and the ranger they left the room and they left me in the in the interrogation room by myself and i could hear them out in the hallway deciding what to charge me with if they should charge me with injury to a child or capture murder or they couldn't decide in case you can't hold it like that yeah i can know that like this will be better that way yeah because i guess we're going to be moving around so okay you ready segway melissa okay today's date is 2 18 2007 it is 3 a.m we are here at the holland police department i am here with melissa lucio my name is victor escalome with the texas rangers i am also in this room is officer harlingen police detective javier villarreal shot layer down and show me how you would spank her but it was like whether one time or several times several times show me how but show me the same force you would use with your right or left hand left right hand would you be standing up or sitting down votes how would you do it when you're sitting there show me how you would do it but i mean the way you actually did it let's just get on with it oh i just picked her up on her back well do it real hard lucky lucky would do it but the way you would do it that's the way to do it i mean i wouldn't pound on her you're doing it on yourself this is i mean i wasn't crawling on her right now show me exactly what you would do like this yes okay and this is just what spanking did you hit it with a stick did you use anything how do you feel when you see these pictures what's going through your head nobody shows me that hurt is there anything else you want to add okay listen it's 3 15 a.m and that will end the interview