Family Mourns 'Happiest Baby' Who Was Killed, Abused In Darkest Last Days

In a matter of days, one New Jersey father went from planning his 2-year-old's birthday party to making arrangements for her funeral.

The community has rallied around that father through a fundraiser for his daughter, who died last week after allegedly being sexually assaulted and beaten by her mother's boyfriend. The online fundraiser, identified by NJ.com and NJ 101.5 as one created in connection with the horrific allegations, has surpassed its $10,000 goal.

The GoFundMe page has raised more than $10,400, as family and friends have taken to social media to pledge justice for the baby.

Prosecutors say she was killed and abused by Michael Disporto Jr., 22, of Manahawkin.

"A few short days ago Rob (Ariana's Father) was planning a 2nd birthday party (7/15) for his princess and now he is planning a funeral," the GoFundMe page says.

It describes the girl as "the happiest baby you would ever see" with a smile that would brighten the grayest skies.

The normally happy child endured the darkest of days at the end of her life, however, as prosecutors describe in documents.

The timeline of horror began July 2 and was outlined in a probable cause statement from the Camden County Prosecutor's Office.

According to that document, Disporto accompanied the girl's mother, Amber Bobo, to pick up the girl from her father’s house the evening of July 2. Disporto had been dating 26-year-old Bobo just two weeks, authorities say.

That night, Disporto accompanied the girl to the park alone for about 10 to 15 minutes because he said he “wanted to get to know her better,” police said in the statement. He later spent about 30 minutes alone at the fireworks with the girl when Bobo said she was too tired to go with them.

Bobo slept in bed with the child that night, and Disporto slept on the couch. However, when Bobo woke up at 7 a.m., the girl was no longer in bed with her, despite the fact that she never woke up and left the room on her own in the middle of the night, according to the statement.

After going back to sleep for another two hours, Bobo found her still-sleeping daughter on the couch and unwrapped her from a blanket to discover bruising on both sides of her forehead. She also told police she noticed the girl was dressed differently than when she had gone to bed the night before.

When Bobo inquired about the bruises, Disporto claimed the girl fell in the park the night before and suggested putting ice on the bruises and letting her sleep, police said. When she bathed her daughter at 11 a.m., she noticed more bruises on her genitals and back.

Disporto denied causing the bruising, but also convinced Bobo not to take her daughter to the hospital. Later that day, when the couple took the girl to the Deptford Mall, the girl began to vomit.

She vomited a second time in the bathroom, after which the couple continued to shop for another half hour, according to the statement. The girl vomited a third time when the couple returned home, and Bobo noticed the girl’s eyes began to roll back into her head, police said.

When Bobo continued to insist on taking her to the hospital, Disporto told her he would “never see her again,” police said. She finally called 911 at 6:04 p.m., when the child became unresponsive.

When she arrived to the hospital, doctors found the child was suffering from multiple internal injuries. She underwent immediate brain surgery. Following the surgery, she was examined for brain activity twice on July 5; there was no brain activity either time before she was taken off life support at 6:26 p.m. that day.

Disporto has been charged with murder and first-degree aggravated sexual assault. Bobo, of Gloucester City, was charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

Disporto and Bobo are both being held on $1.5 million bail, according to the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, the reactions on social media expressed shock and rage, while pledging justice.

With reporting by Anthony Bellano.