Amy Emily Annamunthodo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Amy Annamunthodo lived in Trinidad with her mother, Anita Annamunthodo and stepfather Marlon King. Amy's biological father, Jason Walker, and her mother were separated and he was not allowed any form of visitation with his daughter.

 

In March 2004 neighbors reported to police that Amy was being tortured and beaten by her step-father. Just short of her second birthday she was taken to the San Fernando General Hospital with a fracture to her forearm and many bruises in various stages of healing. Shortly after she turned three, Amy was once again taken to the hospital, this time with blunt force trauma to her back and as before, bruises in various stages of healing.

 

In May of 2005, Amy was taken yet again to the hospital, this time she was abandoned there, she was only three years old. In September of 2005, there was an application filed for Amy to become a ward of the state. On September 5, 2005, Amy was taken to the Mother's Union Children's Home where it is said that when she first got there, she was shy, quiet and appeared to be scared. While at the home, she began to show some progress after being loved and care for by the people there. In November of 2005, Amy's Grandmother, Chanardai Basdeo, and mother applied to get custody of her back from the home. A Judge granted them custody in December of 2005. Amy's life would never been the same. After her Grandmother became sick, Amy was taken to live with her mother and the abuse she suffered would continue until she would finally be released from it, paying with her life.

Neighbors were witness to Amy’s abuse and torture. At one point a neighbor witnessed Marlon throwing Amy down a flight of stairs and all he said to her after was "Get up girl. I say get up". Amy suffered a dislocated shoulder from the fall and was never brought to the hospital. The neighbor who witnessed this abuse NEVER said anything to Police because he was afraid of Marlon, after witnessing such things as Marlon dragging a naked woman through the street and throwing grass on another and threatening to catch her on fire. Amy, suffered from malnutrition, was often left home alone, according to neighbors who could hear her cry because the house was dark and little Amywas afraid of the dark.

 

On May 15, 2006, neighbors say they could hear Amy screaming, though the screams eventually went away and they heard nothing more from her that night. Amy's mother was seen with her wrapped in a white towel and then her stepfather was seen leaving the home a few minutes later. Amy was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy would reveal that Amy had been beaten, burned with cigarettes, raped and sodomized after being locked in a room with a cloth stuffed in her mouth to muffle her cries.

 

 Marlon King was charged with murder and neglect and Anita Annamunthodo was charged with six counts of neglect though after serving 11 months in jail, the charges were dropped and she was free to go home.