On Sunday, police were called to an Euclid, Ohio apartment complex after receiving a 911-call that 4-year-old Aniya Day Garrett was unresponsive.
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Garrett was pronounced dead at the hospital. Euclid hospital reported her death as a suspected homicide and the medical examiner’s office confirmed the manner of death as a homicide.
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Aniya’s mother, Sierra Day, and her boyfriend Deonte Lewis were charged with aggravated murder in the death of the toddler.
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On Tuesday morning, Aniya’s father came face to face with two the people that took his daughter away from him. In the courtroom, Mickhal Garrett screamed, “You killed my **** daughter. You hurt my baby.”
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Mickhal was in the process stage of emergency custody of his daughter due to suspicions of his daughter being abused. “I did everything in my power to let them know that I was a stand-up dad and that my daughter was being harmed and abused at home and this was an emergency.”
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Children and Family Services stated that they conducted three investigations into Aniya’s case and that there is an open case right now.
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Aniya’s teacher also stated that she filed reports of suspected abuse of Aniya on a number of occasions and that the child told her that “mommy hit me.”
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The suspects are being held on a $1-million bond each.
