The Queens DA's Office announced that Larry Greene, 20, was charged with second-degree murder for allegedly punching and causing the death of his seven-month-old son Xiah. Greene, who had been babysitting his son, brought the unconscious baby to the New York Hospital Queens on Tueday. The child was pronounced dead and Green initially said he dropped the baby, but later admitted that he punched Xiah in the chest because he had been crying. Prosecutors also say that he told Xiah to "toughen up" and that Greene was allegedly upset because the baby seemed to like his mother more. more ›

A man was arrested in Queens last night for allegedly beating his girlfriend's 19-month-old daughter to death. WCBS 2 reports, "The medical examiner believes the little girl died from blunt force trauma to her head and torso. She also reportedly had a broken jaw, a collapsed lung, and bruises on her face." Shannon Allen and the girl's mother initially claimed that little Levant Anniyah fell out of a bunk bed on Thursday, but authorities say her injuries weren't consistent that kind of fall. Allen was charged with second-degree murder; WCBS 2 also says that the girl's mother was questioned but not arrested. Recently a Bronx man was arrested for allegedly fatally beating his girlfriend's 22-month-old daughter. more ›

Yesterday, the Medical Examiner's office said that a 22-month-old girl who was found unconscious in a Bronx apartment and later died from terrible injuries had been killed. Now police have arrested the boyfriend of the toddler's mother and he has been charged with second-degree murder. The Daily News reports that Ramel Green said in a videotape confession, "I knocked her in the stomach with my elbow. She had her eyes open, but she wasn't breathing." more ›

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. more ›

Earlier this week, the body of a three-year-old girl was found on a Brooklyn sidewalk. It was later determined that Kyrah Martin had somehow gotten onto her new apartment building's roof and fell four stories to her death. Now the Administration for Children's Service has taken Kyrah's three siblings away from her mother. more ›

After a three-year-old girl was found dead, face down in a snow bank, outside a Weeksville apartment building, the superintendent told WCBS 2 "that a video camera captured pictures of the little girl alone on the apartment complex's rooftop, without shoes, wandering toward the edge." The police believe Kyrah Martin's death was accidental, but the Daily News reports the Department of Homeless Services is investigating. more ›

The body of a three-year-old girl was found in the snow outside her family's home in the Weeksville section of Brooklyn early this morning. According to WABC 7, "Kyrah Martin was found in a snow drift" on Park Place around 1:15 a.m, "face down in the snow in the 20 degree temperatures" and with injuries that looked like she fell. The child was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital. Cops went door-to-door in the building and found her parents, who apparently didn't realize their daughter wasn't at home. WCBS 2 reports that investigators are determining whether the toddler did fall. more ›

After deciding a 4-year-old Brooklyn boy's Friday death was suspicious, due to the bruising on his body, police have now charged his mother and her boyfriend with second-degree murder. Myrna Chen Phang, 25, and Steven Dadaille, 26, allegedly beat little Jayden Lenescar for two days, using their fists, a clothes hanger and belt. The boy's grieving father Mackenzy Lenescar said, "The only way I will feel anything is if someone could bring my son back." more ›

Yesterday afternoon, emergency responders were called to a Crown Heights apartment about an unconscious 4-year-old boy. The child, Jayden Lenescar, was in cardiac arrest and later pronounced dead Kings County Hospital. Now the police are investigating his death as a homicide. more ›

The ME's office will conduct an autopsy on a 2-month-old who died after being found unconscious in an apartment in the Wingate section of Brooklyn. According to the Daily News, the baby's father asked a neighbor to help revive baby Tuquan Bennett-Shuler, but the neighbor, John Mercano, "dialed 911 when he realized the newborn was near death." When FDNY EMS arrived, Tuquan didn't respond to CPR; he later was pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital. The News reports that police were questioning the baby's mother, "who has faced child abuse accusation," as well as the baby's father, who allegedly told Mercano that "the mother smothered the baby because the baby was crying too much." more ›

A Parkchester resident was arrested for apparently killing her 4-year-old grandson. The Post reports that Angela Barksdale, who had three prior arrests, called 911 around 6 p.m. because little Kevion Shand wasn't breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and, according to the Daily News, he may have been ignored and left unconscious for a day or longer (the News also says Barksdale's boyfriend finally called 911). Barksdale also claimed that the boy, whose mother is in jail, hit his head on the bathtub; the ME's office found he "died of blunt impact to the head and hemorrhaging under the skull." An outraged neighbor told the Post, "Children have become like paper. We just throw them away...They should dig a hole and bury the grandmother in it." more ›

After a 3-year-old boy died, battered and sexually abused by his caretakers, fingers have pointed at his abusers, his parents, his neighbors and the Administration of Children's Services. Now lawmakers hope to new law can stop similar tragedies. more ›