Overview
- An autopsy and medical examiner findings showed the 3-month-old was emaciated with a sunken abdomen and lesions consistent with severe dehydration and malnutrition.
- St. Lucie County detectives arrested the infant’s mother Nicole Maxwell, grandfather Robert Maxwell and his girlfriend Vikki Koon on July 27, 2026 and charged all three with aggravated manslaughter of a child and aggravated child abuse.
- Court documents and investigators describe the Fort Pierce mobile home as unsafe with boarded windows, exposed electrical wiring, live and dead cockroaches, heat and a lack of food.
- An arrest affidavit says Koon told deputies she fed the baby only twice a day and admitted diluting formula with regular milk and water when formula ran out, practices investigators say contributed to the infant’s decline.
- The Florida Department of Children and Families had prior contact with the family, the other children have been placed in foster care, and prosecutors say the investigation and possible additional charges are ongoing.