SYRACUSE, N.Y. —
Authorities say a man accused of killing a Syracuse woman and raping her 10-year-old daughter during a carjacking was beaten and suffered a broken nose on his first day in jail.
The Post-Standard, of Syracuse, reports (http://bit.ly/15b7NLd) that David Renz had a swollen face and tissues stuffed up both nostrils when he appeared in federal court Friday to face a probation violation charge.
His attorneys say Renz was assaulted by other inmates at the Onondaga County Justice Center, where he was taken following his arrest Thursday night.
Sheriff Kevin Walsh told the newspaper he was looking into why Renz was put into a holding area with other prisoners.
Renz faces charges that he abducted the mother and daughter as they left a gymnastics class in the Syracuse suburb of Clay.
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New York State Police investigate a car involved in a fatal carjacking on Verplank Road, Clay, N.Y., Friday, March 15, 2013. David J. Renz, 29, abducted a school librarian and her daughter as they left a gymnastics class at a mall in the Syracuse suburb of Clay at about 9 p.m. Thursday, according to state police. Troopers said he bound both victims, raped the child and drove a short distance to a spot where the girl managed to escape, possibly as her mother was being killed. She was helped by a passing motorist and was being treated at a hospital. Her mother died from multiple stab wounds. Renz was caught by a trooper as he tried to escape into some woods, police said. (AP Photo/The Syracuse Newspapers, Dick Blume) NO SALES The Associated Press
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