Police investigate death of five-year-old girl in Queens

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 15 Oct, 22:08 · Archive

Police in Queens are investigating the death of a five-year-old girl found unresponsive in a home on Wednesday evening. Officers responded to a 911 call at around 7 p.m. in the South Richmond Hill neighbourhood. The girl's mother allegedly told the 911 dispatcher that she had killed her daughter, according to the Daily Mail. A neighbour told the New York Post that the woman was waiting for police at her front door.

When officers arrived, they found the girl in a bedroom with trauma to her nose and mouth and a weak pulse. She was taken in critical condition to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead around 7.30 p.m. The girl has not been identified pending family notification.

The Daily Mail reports the mother, in her early 30s, was evaluated at the hospital and is now in custody. Police are treating the case as homicide, according to the Daily Mail. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death. No arrests had been made as of late Wednesday night, the New York Post reported.

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• NYC mom allegedly dialed 911 and said 'I killed my daughter,' then cops rushed to scene to find little girl deadA mother allegedly called 911 and informed a dispatcher that she killed her young daughter, 5, in their New York home.Daily Mail · 15 Oct, 21:52
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In this story: Queens · Jamaica Hospital Medical Center · NYPD · South Richmond Hill

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