Left inset: Glenn McIntosh (Franklin County Jail). Right inset: Ameira Reynolds (GoFundMe). Backround: The 4000 block of Willard Brook Road in Franklin County, Ohio, where Glenn McIntosh allegedly killed his girlfriend’s 5-month-old daughter Ameria Reynolds (WSYX/YouTube).
An Ohio man killed his girlfriend‘s infant daughter while she was out with her other children, fled their home immediately when she got back, then ignored the woman’s texts and calls before eventually claiming her baby fell, according to prosecutors. The couple had only been dating for three months.
Glenn McIntosh, 32, is charged with murder in connection with the death of 5-month-old Ameira Reynolds on Oct. 13, according to The Columbus Dispatch. McIntosh was reportedly dating Ameira’s mother, who has not been identified publicly, and was not biologically related to the child, per cops.
“You asked me to trust you and I trusted you with my baby, and you took her from me,” Ameira’s mom said in a statement read in court last week by prosecutors. “You killed my baby girl. My baby didn’t deserve that. I can’t imagine what you put her through.”
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Prosecutors say McIntosh had been together with Ameira’s mom for about three months and was living with her on the 4000 block of Willard Brook Road in Madison Township. He was allegedly left alone with the baby while Ameira’s mother went somewhere for about an hour with her two other children.
When the mom returned home, McIntosh allegedly left the residence immediately and could not be reached over the phone.
“Upon further observation, the baby was limp,” Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Shania Goble said in court last Wednesday at McIntosh’s bond hearing, according to local ABC affiliate WSYX.
“[The mother] took the baby to the hospital, was frantically texting the defendant, trying to figure out what happened to her child. He was not responding,” Goble said.
Ameira was brought in to doctors with skull fractures and multiple injuries. She was pronounced dead at the hospital as a result of blunt force trauma. McIntosh allegedly responded to her mother in texts eventually, claiming the girl had fallen.
Police say Ameira’s injuries were inconsistent with the story that McIntosh tried telling them and Ameira’s mother, per the WSYX and the Dispatch.
“I don’t deserve to have to bury my 5-month-old baby,” the mom’s statement said. “I can’t believe I let my guard down and trusted you. You hurt her and let her suffer. A baby, a defenseless baby. How dare you. You are a monster, and you will reap what you sow.”
Describing Ameira in a GoFundMe description, the grieving mom said: “My sweet Angel, Ameira was taken from us way too soon. A mother is never prepared to bury her child please help us bring my baby to Glory. Her big eyes, that beautiful smile and all of our precious memories of her will live on forever.”
McIntosh was ordered held on a $2 million bond last week and was still behind bars on Sunday in Franklin County.
