Overview
- Wayne County prosecutors charged Lovenia Spivey, 21, with felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
- Authorities allege he fatally assaulted his girlfriend’s daughter at a home on the 14000 block of Riverview Street in Detroit.
- Medics transported the three-year-old to a hospital in November 2024, where she died several days later.
- The medical examiner determined the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head.
- Spivey was arrested on Nov. 14, 2025, and officials have not explained the yearlong gap between the incident and the charges.