Squalor of Harlem home where boy, 4, was starved to death is revealed, as parents are indicted for murder
One bedroom was so filthy, the floor could not be seen through the amount of caked dirt and excrement on it, officials said. It was the only room with a lock — on the outside of the door.
Parents of 4-year-old who starved to death in NYC apartment charged with murder
Nytavia Ragsdale, 26, and Laron Modlin, 25 were charged with second-degree murder, four counts of first-degree assault, second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child, according to the ...
NYC mom accused of starving her 4-year-old son to death hit with murder charge
The Manhattan mom accused of starving her four-year-old son to death was indicted on murder charges Wednesday — as prosecutors said her three surviving children are slowly recovering. Nytavia Ragsdale,
Harlem parents charged with murder in starvation death of 4-year-old boy, DA says
The Manhattan district attorney charged Nytavia Ragsdale and Laron Modlin with murder, manslaughter and four counts of assault and endangering the welfare of a child following the death of the couple's 4-year-old son.
NYC parents charged in death of 4-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved
NEW YORK -- A New York City couple was indicted Wednesday in the death of their 4-year-old son, who prosecutors say was actively starved along with his siblings in a Harlem apartment where the parents kept their fridge stocked with fresh food for themselves.
1-month-old NYC boy starves to death, cops launch homicide investigation: officials
The infant – identified as Joseph Heben Jr., of Main Street near Craig Avenue in Tottenville – died from “complications of severe malnourishment,” the city Medical Examiner’s Office said
Parents Facing Charges For Starving Son To Death In Feces-Filled Apartment
A couple is facing murder charges after they allegedly kept their children in a feces-covered apartment and starved one of them to death.
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Parents Charged with Murder of 4-Year-Old Son Who Starved to Death While Living in Feces-Covered Apartment
"A tragedy that has scarred this city," Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. said after Jah’Meik Modlin died ...
Staten Island baby had no food in stomach — and no name — when he died of malnutrition: police sources
An autopsy revealed that 1-month-old Joseph Heben Jr. had no food in his stomach or urine in his bladder when he died on July ...
Parents of 4-year-old NYC boy who starved to death bought fresh food daily: DA
Jahmeik Modlin was found dead on Oct. 13 inside a Harlem apartment, weighing just 19 pounds. Neighbors had described his ...