Ohio boy, 10, subjected to 'extreme abuse' by father on daily basis for last 4 years dies, three arrested
DAYTON, OHIO: A 10-year-old boy underwent four years of daily torture, including being locked naked in a dark attic, till he died. Since he was six years old, Takoda Collins suffered what was described as "extreme abuse" every day of his life. Earlier this month, three people - the victim's father Al-Mutahan McLean, his fiancée Amanda Lee Hinze and Hinze's sister Jennifer Ebert - were charged over the boy's death.
According to a grand jury report seen by WHIO, McLean, 30, faces four counts of endangering children, two counts of felonious assault and one count of rape of a person younger than 13. Hinze, 28, and Ebert, 25, on the other hand, were each charged with four counts of endangering children.
The documents stated that since 2015, Takoda was kept locked in a dark attic and consistently underwent emotionally and physically abuse by his father since 2015. After being alerted by McLean, the police found finding his son unresponsive on December 13 this year, in a Kensington Drive home.
The victim was rushed to Dayton Children's Hospital, with multiple cuts and bruises to his body, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigators eventually learned that "there had been extreme abuse for an extended amount of time inflicted by McLean" which including keeping the victim "in a dirty, locked, dark attic and abused daily over the course of several years."
Just prior to succumbing to his injuries, Takoda was held underwater, where he gasped for breath, according to the affidavit. "McLean physically and emotionally abused Takoda while Hinze and Ebert allowed it and at times reported to McLean if Takoda was not doing what he was supposed to," the court documents alleged.
"Hinze and Ebert knew that reporting to McLean would result in a beating. None of the parties attempted to get Takoda help during these years of abuse."