Five-year-old dies in Queens as mother is held in homicide investigation
A five-year-old girl died after being found unresponsive at her family’s home in Queens, New York. Police are treating her death as a homicide and investigating; the cause of death has not yet been determined.
Police said the girl’s mother called 911 on Wednesday evening and allegedly told the dispatcher, “I killed my daughter”. Officers found the child in an upstairs bedroom with a weak pulse and took her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead. The woman, who is in her early 30s, was evaluated at the hospital and is in custody; police said no weapons were found.
- A five-year-old girl died after being found unresponsive at home in Queens.
- Her mother allegedly told a 911 dispatcher she had killed her daughter.
- Police are investigating; the medical examiner has yet to determine the cause of death.
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Queens is one of New York City’s five boroughs, in the eastern part of the city. Police investigate suspected homicides, but that classification does not by itself establish how someone died or who was responsible.
In New York, police and prosecutors investigate suspected crimes, while a medical examiner determines the cause and manner of death. The cause has not been determined in this case, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “NYC mom allegedly dialed 911 and said ‘I killed my daughter,’ then cops rushed to scene to find little girl dead”.