Investigators said the infant suffered fatal blunt head trauma while in her parents’ care before she was found unresponsive in October.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Two Florida parents have been arrested on aggravated manslaughter and child neglect charges after authorities said their 7-week-old daughter suffered fatal head trauma while in their care and was found unresponsive at their Hollywood home last year.
Robert Lee Ingram Jr., 22, and Gracie Jai Tellez, 20, were arrested Aug. 7 in Jacksonville after a months-long Hollywood Police Department investigation, according to the U.S. Marshals Service. Broward County authorities charged each parent July 27 with aggravated manslaughter of a child and neglect of a child. They were later returned to Broward County, where both were being held without bond.
The case began Oct. 14, 2025, when Tellez called 911 from the family’s home in the 2200 block of Farragut Street and reported that her daughter was pale, cold and unresponsive, authorities said. Hollywood police officers and paramedics performed CPR before the infant was taken to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital. She was placed on life support and declared brain dead four days later.
Investigators said the parents initially reported that their daughter had been behaving normally before the emergency. They told authorities the baby had been fed a bottle and placed in a bassinet to sleep before they checked on her and discovered that she was unresponsive. Medical records cited in an arrest affidavit showed the girl had been considered healthy and had visited a pediatrician six days before the emergency without significant health concerns being reported.
Doctors, however, found evidence of serious head and brain injuries, according to the affidavit described by Local 10. The Broward County Medical Examiner later determined that the infant died from complications of blunt head trauma and classified the manner of death as homicide. Medical findings described in the investigation were consistent with non-accidental head trauma involving forceful movement of the child’s head and body, which investigators characterized as violent shaking.
The girl was declared brain dead Oct. 18, according to authorities. Local 10 reported that she remained on a ventilator until Oct. 22 as organ donation procedures were pursued. The U.S. Marshals Service said she later died after the procedures were unsuccessful. Authorities have not publicly identified the child in the reports reviewed.
Detectives continued investigating the parents’ accounts in the months after the girl’s death. According to the arrest affidavit, investigators obtained search warrants for the parents’ cellphones and examined data from the devices. Tellez and Ingram had told investigators that they sometimes used a FaceTime connection between their phones to monitor their daughter while she slept, but detectives said the phone records did not support that explanation during the period before she was found unresponsive.
Investigators said cellphone data instead showed extensive use of video games and YouTube during the overnight and morning hours. According to Local 10’s account of the affidavit, Ingram’s phone showed periods of video game activity between about 5:12 a.m. and 8:39 a.m. and again shortly before the 911 call. Tellez’s phone also showed game activity until shortly before she contacted emergency services. Authorities said the records conflicted with information the parents had provided about monitoring the baby.
The affidavit also described differences in accounts Ingram gave investigators about what occurred before the emergency, including when the infant had been fed, when she slept and how often she had been removed from her bassinet. Investigators said neither parent provided an explanation that accounted for the injuries. Authorities alleged that the infant was in both parents’ care when the fatal injuries occurred and that both failed to provide the supervision and care required for her safety.
The U.S. Marshals Service said a Broward County court issued arrest warrants for Ingram and Tellez on July 27. A regional fugitive task force began assisting with the case two days later after authorities learned the couple had left Broward County and relocated to Jacksonville. Task force members found them Aug. 7 at a residence in the 1300 block of Marsh Grass Court and arrested them without incident, according to the federal agency.
The criminal charges remain allegations, and the case has not been adjudicated. As of the latest reports reviewed, Tellez was being held without bond at the North Broward Bureau and Ingram was being held without bond at the Broward County Main Jail. No pleas or trial dates were reported in the sources reviewed.