( CNN ) -- A fugitive task force in San Diego Tuesday captured a New Jersey man who is suspected in the death of his 2-year-old daughter , authorities said . The FBI had issued a nationwide manhunt for Arthur Eugene Morgan III , who was charged with homicide in Monmouth County , New Jersey . A tip from authorities in New Jersey led investigators to Morgan , the U.S . Marshals said in a statement . `` U.S . Marshals in San Diego received information from New Jersey authorities that Morgan may be staying with friends in East San Diego , '' the statement said . Authorities will request Morgan 's transfer to New Jersey to face the homicide charge , Monmouth County Prosecutor Peter E. Warshaw Jr. said in a statement . On November 22 , a group of boys discovered the body of Morgan 's daughter partly submerged in a stream in Shark River Park in Monmouth County , officials said . She was strapped into her car seat , CNN affiliate WABC reported . The stream runs beneath an overpass , suggesting that the child , Tierra Morgan-Glover , and the car seat were thrown from the overpass , said Assistant Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni . Morgan was supposed to return the child to her mother the night of November 21 following a custody visit , Gramiccioni said . When he did n't return the girl , prosecutors in Ocean County charged him the next morning with endangering the welfare of a child and interfering with child custody . The girl was found dead about 20 hours later , WABC reported . `` Although the victim was a small person , our team of investigators is treating this case as if she were one of our own daughters , '' FBI Public Affairs Officer Bryan Travers told CNN . CNN 's Deborah Feyerick and Kendall Green contributed to this report .
NEW : Prosecutor : Authorities will request the suspect 's transfer to New Jersey . Comment: His daughter 's body was found in a New Jersey stream on November 22 . Prosecutor : It appears the child and car seat were thrown from an overpass .