A woman who was the winner on a Food Network reality show has been charged, along with her husband, with murdering a 3-year-old child. 

Ariel Robinson, 29, and her husband Jerry Robinson, 34, were charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of their adopted daughter on January 21.

Robinson had  won first place on the Food Network’s “Worst Cooks In America.”

On January 14, police found an unresponsive child at the couple’s home in Simpsonville, South Carolina, local TV affiliate WHNS reported. According to the medical examiner, the little girl died as a result of several blunt force. She was identified as Victoria Smith, Robinson’s adopted daughter. According to arrest warrants, the injuries were inflicted by the Robinsons. Police say they had probable cause to issue the arrest warrants based on their investigation.

Ariel Robinson appeared on the latest season of the cable channel’s “Worst Cooks In America,” according to TMZ. The South Carolina mother won $25,000 after beating out a number of other amateur chefs on the show, which takes people with poor cooking skills through a culinary boot camp. She claimed the money would go towards her family and three adopted children, NBC affiliate WYFF reported.

“I just know that the Lord had his hands on me, and he had a purpose for me to go on there,” Robinson said over the summer. “He knew we were going through this adoption; we really could use the money, and he just let everything work out for our good.”

Ariel Robinson also worked as a middle school teacher and was a local comedian.

“She was hilarious, she was super sweet to everybody around her, and she expressed a passion for working with children and working with just the community in general,” entertainment producer Justin Williams told WYFF.

The South Carolina Department of Social Services stated they are aware of the girl’s death and are investigating further with law enforcement. 

“When she entered a room, all eyes were on her because she demanded it, and she was a cutie,” Tiffany Huggins, a former foster mother for Victoria Smith, said of the toddler.

Huggins said Smith stayed with her family for roughly ten months. 

“She had the best personality, and I’m not just saying that cause I was her momma, but she was just our light,” she added. “She was a beautiful child, inside and out.”

The case is going to be prosecuted by the 13th Circuit Solicitor’s Office, according to a release from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.