BEXAR COUNTY, Texas -- A Lytle man has been arrested for allegedly beating his 4-month-old daughter.

According to Bexar County sheriff's detectives, the baby's father, Roland Alvarado, 24, beat the little girl so hard she had the imprint of his fist on her chest.

Alvarado has been under investigation for the last two weeks. His daughter was taken to Christus Santa Rosa Hospital with injuries he claimed were caused by a fall from her bed, but doctors determined the bleeding fractures on the girl's skull and the chest wound were most likely the cause of child abuse.

The girl has recovered to the point where she's been released from the hospital.

"Child protective services has a safety plan in play that was initiated when the child came into the hospital," said Sgt. Chris Burchell, of the Bexar County S heriff's O ffice. "The child spent five days in intensive care with bleeding skull fracture and is now home recovering."

Alvarado has a 19-month-old that also lives at the house where the incident happened, but child protective services determined that child had no signs of abuse.

Investigators said Alvarado has a temper and frequently punches holes in the walls of his home when angered.