Parents 'played Call of Duty' as they left their seven-week-old baby to die

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A couple have been charged with the death of their daughter as police have accuse the pair of playing Call of Duty and watching Youtube while they let their child die

20:19, 16 Aug 2026Updated 20:19, 16 Aug 2026

Gracie Jai Tellez, 20

A couple have been accused of leaving their child to die while they enjoyed a night of Call of Duty and YouTube. Gracie Jai Tellez, 20, and Robert Lee Ingram, 22, the parents of a seven-week-old baby girl, have been arrested after police say the infant died after suffering "blunt head trauma" caused by violent shaking.

The horror unfolded in Jacksonville, Florida, on October 14, 2025 after Tellez called 911 and reported her infant daughter was cold, pale and unresponsive. Emergency services performed CPR on the seven-week-old, who was later taken to hospital and placed on life support.

Ingram and Tellez told investigators their infant child had been acting normally beforehand, and that the baby girl had been put to bed after being bottle fed. However four days after the incident the child was confirmed as brain dead and taken off life support.

[Robert Lee Ingram, 22]

Robert Lee Ingram, 22

The Florida couple both face charges of aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect causing great bodily harm, according to the Hollywood Police Department. Doctors have also revealed the child suffered from a number of severe injuries.

The injuries include skull fractures, retinal hemorrhaging and detachment, hemorrhaging along her spine, and a traumatic brain injury. The Broward County Medical Examiner's Office has determined the infants cause of death was a result of complications caused by blunt head trauma. The manner of the seven-week-olds death was found to be homicide.

They claimed that they used the FaceTime app on their phones as makeshift baby monitors, according to law enforcement. However detectives have stated theyve found no evidence that happened.

Instead of checking on the baby, their phones showed they had used the devices to play Call of Duty and watch YouTube on the night of the incident, police said.

[The couple have been accused of letting their child die while they played Call of Duty and watched Youtube (Stock)]

The couple have been accused of letting their child die while they played Call of Duty and watched Youtube (Stock)(Image: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

A police statement read: "These forensic downloads show the information provided by Gracie Tellez and Robert Ingram was not truthful. Neither parent could provide any reasonable explanation for how the victim suffered her injuries.

The types of injuries the victim suffered are caused by a violent impact and repeated acceleration/deceleration of the victims head/neck (i.e. violent shaking). Although Robert Ingram and Gracie Tellez deny having any involvement in or knowledge of how the victim received her fatal injuries, they failed to or omitted to provide the proper care and supervision essential for her well-being.

The couple are currently being held in separate Broward County jails without bond.

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