ME: Bronx Toddler's Death Was A Homicide

The medical examiner's office says that a 22-month-old girl found unconscious in a Bronx apartment early Saturday was killed. According to the NY Times, the child, Sanaa Brewington, "died of blunt compact injuries to the torso, with lacerations of the liver, spleen, pancreas and duodenum... The police said the companion of the girl’s mother had fallen asleep while taking care of the girl in an apartment in Soundview, in the Bronx. He woke to find her unresponsive." After the toddler's grandmother called 911, Sanaa was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. The NYPD and Administration for Children's Services are investigating. UPDATE: The mother's boyfriend was arrested.

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By Jen Chung in News on March 21, 2010 8:44 AM

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butterfly

Read between the lines of all of the stories on this on the net: It was 3AM when the bf called the mother and gandmother to come back to their apartment because the baby 'was not breathing' as he put it. What kind of grandmpthr and mother of an infant goes out partying on a Friday night? And why leave this child with some uneployed criminal?

Not everyone to blame for this baby's death is under arrest.

Isiah

u sound really stupid!!!!! its FRIDAY! people go out on friday... thats what people do...

Clarice City

Always the boyfriend...

Snoopy

Not her boyfriend, her companion. Where did that lame relationship come from? Companion is usually used to describe a gay sex relationship.

Support sterilization in the projects.

CaptainMXC

It has almost become a joke how many children are being beaten to death...what the hell?

Rocknrope

Mhmm. "She was like that when I woke up." Rack him.

Guest

how many babies have to be beaten to death??? absolutely fucking ridiculous.

Barbj8

Look no further than the "companion of the girl's mother". Classic case of the baby making too much noise while he was trying to sleep, then he'll use the defense, "I don't remember a thing". Douche.