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Detroit Man Charged With Felony Murder in 2024 Death of Girlfriend’s 3-Year-Old

Prosecutors filed the case nearly a year after the child's death, with an arraignment expected this afternoon.

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.