 Hi everyone, thanks for watching tonight. An Aiken County man has been charged with allegedly killing his five-week-old daughter by throwing her 12 feet in the air across the kitchen floor back in November. Three-year-old John Douglas Peterson of Palisade, Minnesota was charged on Wednesday with one count of second-degree felony murder in State District Court in Aiken. According to the criminal complaint, Peterson told authorities that he became frustrated because he couldn't calm the girl down and that he threw the baby with a fair amount of force like a basketball about 12 feet through the air into the kitchen where the girl landed on her back and skidded across the floor about a foot before the back of her head struck the lip on the bottom of the cupboards. Peterson said she was grasping for air after hitting the cupboards and he admitted that her skull fracture likely occurred when she hit the floor. If convicted on the murder charge, Peterson would face a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison. His bail has been set at one million dollars. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.