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Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of strangling teen daughter
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Katrina V. Dayrit
 
By Katrina V. Dayrit
Published on 02/23/2008
 
The man pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and manslaughter from his hospital room.

Psych evaluation ordered for man accused of strangling teen daughter
Miguel Matias, 34, was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination. Matias told police he strangled his 14-year-old daughter Ana after he found her writing "sex things" on a computer. During the hearing, prosecutor Elizabeth McGrath read from a statement Matias gave police and prosecutors, which detailed how he initially picked up a bat, but fearing blood, instead tied a knot around an electrical cord and used it to strangle her. Matias called 911 on Saturday morning. He said he had dumped her body in a wooded area in the Bronx but officers discovered her body in his apartment building’s boiler.