A Detroit man has been charged with murder in the death of his girlfriend's 3-year-old child, authorities announced Friday.

Lovenia Spivey, 21, fatally assaulted the girl at about 2:40 a.m. Nov. 15, 2024, at a home in the 14000 block of Riverview Street, at the far west end of the city, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in a press release.

First responders were called to the scene and transported the girl to a nearby hospital. Three days later she succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead, Worthy said. The Wayne County Medical Examiner determined her cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head.

Police arrested Spivey on Friday, almost exactly a year after the alleged incident. He's been charged with murder and first-degree child abuse. If convicted of murder, he co

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