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 is facing murder charges following the tragic death of his girlfriend’s infant daughter while she was away with her other children. Prosecutors allege that Glenn McIntosh, 32, fled the scene when the mother returned home and later ignored her attempts to contact him. He later asserted the baby had fallen, according to authorities. The couple had been together for only three months.
McIntosh has been charged with the murder of 5-month-old Ameira Reynolds on October 13, as reported by The Columbus Dispatch. He was in a relationship with Ameira’s mother, whose identity remains undisclosed, and had no biological connection to the child, police state.
“You asked me to trust you and I trusted you with my baby, and you took her from me,” Ameira’s mother conveyed through a statement read by prosecutors in court last week. “You killed my baby girl. My baby didn’t deserve that. I can’t imagine what you put her through.”
According to prosecutors, McIntosh had been dating Ameira’s mother for approximately three months and was residing with her on the 4000 block of Willard Brook Road in Madison Township. He was reportedly left in charge of the baby while the mother went out with her two other children for about an hour.
Upon her return, McIntosh allegedly left the home immediately and did not respond to calls or texts.
“Upon further observation, the baby was limp,” Assistant Franklin County Prosecutor Shania Goble stated in court during McIntosh’s bond hearing, as reported by 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.
