Worst Cooks in America winner who 'beat her adopted daughter, 3, to death' claims girl 'suddenly started choking after drinking lots of water' and the bruises on her body 'were caused by the Heimlich maneuver' Worst Cooks in America winner Ariel Robinson and her husband, Jerry, have been charged with homicide by child abuse The couple's three-year-old adopted daughter, Victoria Rose Smith, died on January 14 The toddler was found with bruises and lacerations over her body before a coroner determined she died from blunt force trauma It has now been revealed that Ariel Robinson told first responders that the bruises came when she performed the Heimlich maneuver on Victoria