GLOUCESTER, Va. — A Virginia man has been charged with second-degree murder and malicious wounding after police say he struck his wife with a hammer and smothered her infant daughter.

The little girl died.

WAVY-TV reported Thursday that Dennis Chambers is facing charges in Gloucester County.

Citing a probable cause statement, the station reported that Chambers allegedly admitted to striking his 24-year-old wife in the head “between two and three times” and used a cotton “burping cloth” to smother her 5-month-old daughter.

Chambers was on the run from the police until he was caught Wednesday night in New Kent County.