A man accused of beating his girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter to death tried to blame the toddler for her own fatal injuries, telling investigators she was a “daredevil” who hurt herself.
Nicholas Stout, 38, was arrested over the weekend and charged with first-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death in the killing of Valkyrie Erickson, according to court documents.
The child’s mother, 38-year-old Melissa Wayne, from Colorado, was also arrested and faces one count of child abuse resulting in death, authorities have revealed. Denver police responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive toddler at a home in the 100 block of South Vrain Street early Sunday, January 18…