A 6-year-old lady died Friday after she was discovered unconscious and unresponsive in a squalid Bronx residence with bruises to her wrists and physique early Friday, in keeping with the NYPD.
Cops had been referred to as to a Twelfth-floor residence on E. one hundred and sixty fifth St. close to Tinton Ave. — a part of NYCHA’s Forest Homes — simply earlier than 4 a.m. once they discovered little Jalayah Eason unconscious.
The kid had bruising and trauma about her wrists and chest, in keeping with police.
EMS rushed the tot to Lincoln Hospital, however she couldn’t be saved.
Jalayah’s mom referred to as 911 when the kid wouldn’t get up, a police supply with data of the case stated. When cops arrived, she was the one grownup within the residence.
An 8-year-old boy and a 3-year-old lady had been additionally discovered within the residence, however didn’t seem like harmed, the supply stated.
The residence was in full disarray and filthy, a police official stated. Town’s Administration of Kids’s Providers has been alerted to the invention, cops stated.
It was not instantly disclosed if ACS was already investigating the household.
Cops had been questioning Jalayah’s mom Friday. No arrests have been made.
An post-mortem has been scheduled to find out how the kid died.
