Staten Island Woman Arrested for Death of Her 10-Year-Old Son

2008_12_abuse.jpgA Staten Island woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her 10-year-old son in Mariners Harbor. 30 year-old Melissa Sekulski was charged yesterday and is expected to be arraigned today on manslaughter charges in the death of her son, Jaquan Porter. Following a 911 call from someone inside the apartment Friday evening, the boy was found to be not breathing and later pronounced dead at Richmond University Medical Center. The Medical Examiner's office later determined that Porter died due to blunt trauma to the head.

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Jaquan does not sound like a Polish name.

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Blunt trauma to the head means she hit him, hard, over the head with something. Think about that. Mom of the year.

Any comments from the father? Where in the house was he when this happened? Oops I meant in the projects, not house.

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