Boy, 10, ‘died in absolute hell’ as he was ‘raped, locked naked in attic and tortured to death by monster dad’
A BOY, ten, “died in absolute hell” after being raped, locked naked in an attic and tortured to death by his dad, alleges a prosecutor.
Al-Mutahan McLean, 31, has been accused of murder and kidnap after his son Takoda Collins died in an Ohio hospital late last year.
Takoda's body was cut and bruised, and an investigation in Dayton revealed he had been locked in a dirty attic and held underwater before he died, authorities alleged in court documents.
The boy was pronounced dead at Dayton Children’s Hospital on December 13 after cops and paramedics responded to a report of an unresponsive child.
Detectives learnt that “there had been extreme abuse for an extended amount of time inflicted by McClean,” including the child being locked naked in an attic, the Dayton Daily News reported, referring to a court affidavit.
The child had “multiple cuts and bruises all over his body,” according to court records, the paper said at the time of his death.
Prosecutor Mat Heck said that "Takoda Collins lived in absolute hell," reported .
A Montgomery County grand jury on Wednesday indicted the father on murder, manslaughter, kidnapping and child endangering charges.
McLean was already in custody after initially being charged with - and pleading not guilty to - rape and felonious assault against Takoda.
His fiancée, 29-year-old Amanda Hinze, faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of child endangerment and a kidnapping charge in the new indictment.
She had previously been charged with four counts of child endangerment.
Announcing the extra charges laid against McClean in the homicide, Heck said in court: "These defendants tortured, both mentally and physically, this child for years.
"No child should ever have to live in daily fear of abuse by the hands of the one who is supposed to care for them.
"The monstrous behavior of McLean and Hinze and the hellish nightmare they created for Takoda Collins will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law."
McLean could face life in prison without parole if convicted.
But prosecutors said on July 1 that he was not eligible for the death penalty.
An Ohio judge had ruled in March that he was competent to stand trial after McClean had entered a motion in court in January seeking an evaluation of his mental state.
'EXTREME ABUSE'
The Sun reported last year that Hinze and Ebert would allegedly alert McLean "if Takoda was not doing what he was supposed to do," which resulted in a beating.
Police interviews with the suspects revealed "extreme abuse over an extended amount of time," according to a court affidavit.
McLean's brazen fiancée set up and shared a since-deleted GoFundMe page for his deceased son on her Facebook page.
"I asked all my friends and family to please share this post I need all the help I can get," Hinze captioned the December 17 post.
A neighbor who spoke with claimed she never saw kids - or people in general - at McLean's home on Kensington Drive.
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County prosecutors announced on July 1 that Hinze’s sister, Jennifer Ebert, pleaded guilty in May to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment counts.
But she has not yet been sentenced.
Prosecutors declined to comment on Ebert’s case because it’s sealed from the public.
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