Officers found the little girl in a bedroom. She was dead and had been for possibly four weeks.
Samudio said in an interview with police Orta admitted withholding medication and food from the child.
Also during police interviews it was revealed that Orta lied to his father about the little girl's whereabouts the past few weeks. Orta told his father the girl had been admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital for treatment. Orta's father became suspicious and called the hospital only to find out it was a lie. That led to the confrontation and call to police.
http://www.azfamily.com/news/local/Police-Man-in-custody-in-5-year-old-girls-death-84696917.html
The little girl had Rett Syndrome, and the uncle was supposed to be taking care of her and getting treatment for her that she couldn't get in Hawaii where her parents live.