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A San Bernardino, California man is being charged with going into a rage and beating his girlfriend’s young daughter to death. He was babysitting the girl at the time.

Robert Demeco Davis, 34, of San Bernardino, who was on probation for a felony assault conviction earlier this year, was booked into West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday for investigation of murder.

The beating occurred at his girlfriend’s apartment in the 1800 block of Argyle Avenue at 5:30 p.m. Monday, police said.

His girlfriend’s teenage son had been left to baby-sit the 22- month-old child, whose name was withheld pending notification of her birth father, said San Bernardino police Lt. Scott Paterson. The teen allowed Davis to take over when he arrived, Paterson said.

“He becomes frustrated when the baby cries, and hits the baby,” Paterson said of Davis.