A 25-year-old Texas man has been charged with capital murder after his 2-year-old daughter died inside a locked vehicle while he slept for hours following a night of drinking, police said.

Texas hot car death What we know: Midland Police Department officers responded just before 8 p.m. Sunday to the 100 block of East Pecan Avenue after receiving reports of an unresponsive toddler locked inside a car.

When officers arrived, they made contact with Lorenzo Rodriguez, 25, and members of his family.