Florida Parents Charged in 7-Week-Old's Fatal Head Trauma

The parents of a 7-week-old girl who died of blunt head trauma in Hollywood, Florida, last October have been arrested and extradited to Broward County, police say.

Gracie Jai Tellez, 20, and Robert Lee Ingram, 22, each face charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child causing great bodily harm, permanent disability or permanent disfigurement, according to jail records cited by WPLG Local 10.

Both are being held without bond. Neither has entered a plea, and the charges are accusations, not convictions.

What Investigators Say

Both parents told detectives they sometimes used FaceTime between their phones as a makeshift baby monitor while the girl slept, according to the affidavit. The forensic downloads did not back that up.

Instead, detectives say the phones were used extensively to play Call of Duty and watch YouTube overnight and through the morning. The affidavit says Ingram's phone was used to play Call of Duty from about 5:12 a.m. to 8:39 a.m. and again from 10:33 a.m. to 11:49 a.m.; Tellez's phone showed use from about 10:38 a.m. until 11:52 a.m., minutes before the 911 call from that same phone.

"These forensic downloads show the information provided by Gracie Tellez and Robert Ingram was not truthful," the affidavit states.

Investigators wrote that Ingram gave several different accounts of the hours before the injuries — when the baby was fed, when she slept, how often she was moved — and gave another version during a walkthrough at the home. Neither parent could explain how the girl was hurt, the affidavit says.

Detectives concluded there was probable cause that both parents failed to provide necessary care and supervision and that their "culpable negligence" contributed to the death. Given the size and layout of the home, the affidavit says, investigators found it unlikely the parents would not have seen or heard whatever caused the injuries.