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15-Month-Old Dies After Being Found Unconscious in Queens Home as Police Investigate

The city medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

Overview

  • Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. to a residence near 157th Street and 108th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, finding the toddler unresponsive and his 28-year-old mother with wrist lacerations.
  • Both were taken to Jamaica Hospital, where the child was pronounced dead and the mother was listed in stable condition.
  • Police reported no visible stab wounds or blunt-force trauma on the child and said the blood on him may have been his mother's.
  • Detectives have made no arrests, the woman is not in custody, and investigators are awaiting the medical examiner's findings.
  • Sources told NY1 the mother and child were found in a bathroom and a blade was recovered at the scene, details not confirmed by officials.