Overview

• Promise Cotton, 4, was found alive in a Bronx apartment on April 18, alongside the bodies of her deceased mother, Lisa Cotton, 38, and brother, Nazir Millien, 8.
• Initial investigations suggest Lisa Cotton likely died of cardiac arrest, while Nazir, who relied on a feeding tube, may have succumbed to starvation.
• Promise survived for days, reportedly feeding herself with chocolate, before being rescued by a relative and hospitalized in stable condition.
• Both child services (ACS) and NYPD officers had conducted wellness checks days prior but left without entering the apartment, raising questions about procedural lapses.
• Authorities have launched investigations into the deaths and systemic failures, with no arrests made and the case still ongoing.