Overview
- Police say they found the toddler unresponsive and his 28-year-old mother, Nicole Boodhai, with wrist wounds inside a Jamaica, Queens home around 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 29.
- The child was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, and Boodhai was listed in stable condition while under arrest and awaiting arraignment.
- Authorities charged Boodhai with murder and endangering the welfare of a child after recovering a blade at the scene; police say she used a box cutter on herself.
- Investigators reported no visible stab or blunt-force injuries on the child, and hospital staff indicated blood on him appeared to be his mother's.
- Police say Boodhai called the child's father before officers arrived, and records show prior NYPD responses to disputes between the parents earlier in the year with no charges.