FORT WORTH, Texas (Fox 4 Dallas) A former Midway athlete now living in Fort Worth is facing capital murder charges in connection with the death of his daughter.

Fox 4 in Dallas reports a fugitive task force arrested Rakeem Dory, 25, in Waco after getting a tip about his whereabouts.

He was booked into the Tarrant County jail Wednesday afternoon.

His bond is set at $500,000, according to online records.

Records show Dory played football and other sports while attending Midway High School during the 2011-2012 school year.

Dory’s daughter, 4-year-old Zianne Essix, died in February, but a medical examiner just ruled her death a homicide last week.

According to police documents, Dory called 911 on Feb. 17 because Zianne wasn’t breathing and her lips were blue.

In a police report, Dory claimed the child had fallen off a plastic slide in her playroom the previous day.

He said she appeared fine, but he put an ice pack on her head throughout the day.

Dory did admit giving Zianne “six licks” as punishment for not helping to clean up later that day.

He also said he got angry because she soiled herself several times while standing in the playroom for punishment.

Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center found brain swelling and significant bruising all over the little girl’s body that they said was not consistent with Dory’s story of a fall.

Investigators also found evidence of blood in the family’s playroom and they recovered recorded phone conversations between Dory and his step-parents that are now considered evidence in the capital murder case, police documents say.

Police said Zianne was living with Dory because her biological mother was already in prison for child neglect.

Dory’s wife was not at home at the time of the alleged abuse.

Another 2-year-old child in the home was not hurt.

An Alabama high school football player who reportedly has received interest from Alabama and other Power 5 schools is facing capital murder charges in the shooting death of a fellow teenager.

Jessie James Altman, 17, is one of five male teens charged in the Jan. 4 slaying of Aaron “A.J.” Huff, 18, in Gadsden, Ala., the Gadsden Times reported. Gadsden detectives said one of the males got out of a car and shot Huff as he was sitting as a passenger in another vehicle.

An altercation preceded the shooting, the detectives said.

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Police have not identified who they believed fired the fatal shot.

Altman is a class of 2019 defensive tackle from Etowa High School in Attalla, Ala. Rivals.com listed Alabama, Florida State, Texas and 14 other schools as having “medium” interest in the three-star player.