Police reportedly said that Cobb was unable to account for the boy’s head injury or doctors’ determination that Nyheim had been dead for several hours before arriving at the hospital. When Cobb brought the boy back at 10:55 a.m., the victim was reportedly already unresponsive. “In a Facetime call placed shortly after this initial text, the mother told police her son did not appear to be awake and had a visible mark to his face.”Ĭobb reportedly told Groves that the boy got hurt when he fell off his bike. “But about 8:50 a.m., police said Cobb texted the child’s mother to say the boy was ‘sick and throwing up,” the report states. They reportedly agreed that Cobb would bring the boy back at 6:15 a.m. on Tuesday after Groves sent him a video of the toddler “crying and not wanting to go to sleep.” Nyheim was reportedly uninjured in the video. “Cobb stated the child got up and did not cry.”Ĭobb reportedly brought the boy back to his mother that evening uninjured, but offered to pick him up at 1 a.m. “He stated the child fell off a bike and scraped his face,” the affidavit reportedly states. on Monday before taking him to a cookout later in the day where the child was mildly hurt. Cobb reportedly told police that he took the boy to the park at approximately 2 p.m. The boy was allegedly already unresponsive and Groves drove directly to the hospital.Ī copy of the probable cause affidavit obtained by the Courier & Press reportedly said that Cobb referred to himself as Nyheim’s “stepdad” in an interview with detectives, despite not being married to Groves. Shortly after the two spoke, Cobb allegedly returned Nyheim to his mother. However, on Tuesday morning, Groves said she received a call from Cobb, who “informed her of an incident that happened causing injury to her son,” the press release states. Evansville NBC affiliate WFIE reported that Cobb was Groves’ boyfriend. In an interview with investigators, Groves reportedly told police that she arranged for Cobb to watch Nyheim overnight on Monday, something she said she did regularly. He was pronounced dead early Wednesday morning.ĮPD detectives arrived at the hospital a short while after Groves and Nyheim and opened an investigation into the circumstances of Nyheim’s death, authorities said.Īccording to a report from the Evansville Courier & Press, personnel at the Deaconess emergency room told investigators that they believed Nyheim had been dead for multiple hours before he arrived at the hospital, noting that the toddler’s core body temperature was measured at only 70 degrees.Ī hospital staffer reportedly told investigators that Nyheim had sustained a “large burn on the left side of his face,” a “severe head injury,” and what appeared to be a cigarette burn on the back of his knee. The medical staff at the facility attempted to perform life-saving measures on the toddler and they were able to recover a pulse, but the boy ultimately succumbed to his injuries. Police say the unresponsive child, later identified as Nyheim, was brought to the hospital in a private vehicle by his mother, Germia Groves. 27 responded to a call about a severely injured child brought to the emergency room at Deaconess Midtown Hospital. Per the court docket, one of the neglect counts allegedly stems from Cobb placing Nyheim “in a situation that endangers the dependent’s life or health.” The other neglect charge alleges that he deprived the child of “necessary support” in failing to seek medical assistance.Īuthorities also charged Cobb with one count of failing to appear for a warrant, a Level 6 felony.Īccording to a press release from the Evansville Police Department, officers at approximately 11:30 a.m. Tavion Donte Cobb was taken into custody on Wednesday and charged with one count of knowing and intentional murder and two counts of neglect of a dependent resulting in death in the death of Nyheim Cashton Groves, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.Īll three charges against Cobb are Level 3 felonies. Below is the schedule, which will be updated with final scores for the Evansville-area sectionals.Īll times are in CDT.An 21-year-old man in Indiana was arrested this week for allegedly beating an 18-month-old boy to death while the baby child was in his care. EVANSVILLE - The IHSAA boys and girls soccer sectional tournaments are this week.
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