The death of 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett has left the world shocked.
This is because of the torture she suffered at the hands of her mother and her boyfriend before she was killed.
Anya was allegedly beaten to death by her mother and her boyfriend on Sunday, March 11.
Prior to that, she was starved and had her feet and legs burned.
As a result of the torture, the child died in Euclid Hospital in Cleveland on Sunday from a stroke.
Medical examiners said the stroke was caused by repeated blows to the head.
Her
mother Sierra Day, 23, and Day’s boyfriend Deonte Lewis, 26, were
charged with aggravated murder and held on $1 million bonds.
Day and her boyfriend called 911 at about 11.30am on Sunday to report that Aniya was unresponsive and not breathing.
Day claimed Aniya started “acting weird” when they took her to Red Lobster the previous Thursday.
She had fallen off a toilet seat on Sunday.
She said her daughter was unable to keep food or water down and threw up the Tylenol she gave her.
Also, she barely ate any breakfast the morning of her death.
But
when police arrived, they saw that Aniya’s skin appeared to be
“extremely pale and lifeless,” and her face and neck were “very small
and emaciated”.
The toddler also had
what appeared to be rug burn marks on her feet and legs and was so
malnourished paramedics “could see the individual joints” of her
fingers.
Doctors then noticed a big
bruise on her left eye which was nearly swollen shut, a cut above her
left eyebrow, and scald marks on both legs.
It
has been revealed that Harbor Crest Child Care filed an abusing a minor
report against Day in May 2017 allegedly documenting 18 months of
injuries to Aniya.
Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services also conducted three separate investigations into allegations of neglect last year.
However, it concluded there was not enough evidence to remove the child from her mother’s home.
Aniya’s
father Mickhal Garrett had been fighting to gain custody of his
daughter and made repeated complaints accusing Day and Lewis of harming
and abusing the child.
A day was
scheduled to meet with a social worker on Monday, March 19 to discuss
Mickhal Garrett’s petition for an emergency custody but Aniya was killed
before then.
As Day and boyfriend Lewis faced court on Tuesday, Aniya’s father jumped to his feet and screamed in anguish:
“You killed my f***ing child! You hurt my baby.”
He then collapsed into the arms of family members and sobbed uncontrollably.
Garrett has accused Child Protective Service of failing him and his child.
“We
want them to be held accountable,” said Garrett. “CPS failed me. They
failed us all. Nobody should have to go through this. So many people
tried and tried to make sure Aniya Marie Garrett was safe and they
failed our family.”
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