Ariel, 29, a teacher from South Carolina, wastaken into custody last weekin connection with the death of Victoria Rose Smith. Her husband, 34-year-old Jerry Robinson, was also arrested.
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Ariel Robinson.Simpsonville Police Department
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Ariel was named the winner of season 20 on the Aug. 2, 2020 finale episode. She defeated runner-up, model Zack Ignoffo, and won the $25,000 grand prize and a Food Network cooking set.
Ariel and Jerry’s foster daughter, Victoria Rose, died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries, Greenville County senior deputy coroner Kent Dill told PEOPLE last week.
She was found unresponsive at the couple’s home in Simpsonville around 2:25 p.m. on Jan. 14 and died later at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Dill says Victoria was a foster child living at the residence.
Jerry Robinson.Simpsonville Police Department
“Police officers handle all kinds of cases, and these kind of cases can be the hardest for them to do,” Simpsonville police spokesman Justin Lee Campbell told PEOPLE. “It is a sad day. You bring charges and maybe convictions, but at the end of the day the life of a child was taken. For anyone who knew the victim or was related to the victim, they are in our thoughts and prayers.”
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Ariel and Jerry appeared before a judge last Tuesday and were denied bond. They are being held at the Greenville County Detention Center.
It is unclear if they have entered a plea or retained an attorney.
source: people.com
