Dad pleads guilty in abuse of Ariz. girl who died Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 11:06 am, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 PHOENIX (AP) — The father of a 10-year-old Arizona girl who authorities say died after another relative padlocked her in a footlocker pleaded guilty Wednesday to an attempted child abuse charge. "Yes," answered Deal, who faces up to 16 years in prison for guilty pleas to attempted child abuse and marijuana possession charges. Investigators say family members heaped a range of abuse on the girl from 2005 until her death by locking her in the footlocker on several occasions as a form of punishment, beating her with a wooden paddle, kicking her in the face while she was on the ground, forcing her to crush aluminum cans with bare feet, scrubbing her face with a wire brush and putting powerful hot sauce in her mouth. In addition to the guilty pleas by the girl's father, her aunt, who served as the girl's legal guardian, pleaded guilty to child abuse charges last week.