The California Attorney General and Merced police say they arrested Dhante Jackson for allegedly killing his girlfriend's 8-year-old daughter, Sophia Mason.
According to officials, Jackson, who had been on the run for six months, was arrested on Saturday in Newark, California. The Merced County D.A.'s office says they will charge Jackson with murder.
Officials say Sophia was reported missing by relatives in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Hayward earlier this year. They told police they had not had contact with Sophia since December, and that she was known to stay at different locations between Hayward and Southern California.
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