Man investigated in death of child points to his wife

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man under investigation after his wife told police he killed their 6-year-old daughter and hid the body in an Illinois garage directed suspicion at his wife in a jailhouse interview.

Officers found a child's remains Tuesday in the garage behind a vacant home in Centreville, Illinois, after a woman in Las Vegas contacted police.

The woman's husband, Jason Quate, 34, is jailed in Las Vegas on suspicion of sex trafficking, a prostitution-related allegation and suspicion of child abuse.

Las Vegas police said the two surviving girls were kept inside virtually all the time and didn't attend school.