Overview
- First responders found 4-month-old Lotus not breathing on April 22 and she was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
- The Madison County coroner said an autopsy found the infant died from complications of traumatic internal injuries.
- Huntsville police said a preliminary investigation placed Mickele Kaipolai Ah-Nee with the child when she stopped breathing and indicated foul play.
- Ah-Nee, 34, was arrested on April 23 on a domestic-violence murder charge and remains in the Madison County Jail on a $250,000 bond, according to jail records.
- Relatives report that Lotus’s mother, 28-year-old Molly McKelvey, died by suicide on April 23, and the family has launched a GoFundMe that had raised more than $14,500 by Wednesday evening.