Family speaks out after bruised boy, 3, dies after being dumped at Brooklyn hospital
3-year-old boy death investigation continues
A three-year-old boy died after he was dumped at a Brooklyn hospital over the weekend, covered in bruises, the NYPD said. FOX 5 NY's Lisa Evers has the details.
BROOKLYN - A three-year-old boy died after he was dumped at a Brooklyn hospital over the weekend, covered in bruises, the NYPD said.
As police investigate the circumstances of his death, grieving family members are speaking out, urging the boy’s mother to come forward.
What we know:
Investigators say a car pulled up in front of SUNY Downstate Medical Center in East Flatbush just before 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. A woman exited the vehicle and left the unresponsive child on the concrete outside the hospital doors before the car, with a man behind the wheel, sped off.
The 3-year-old boy who died after being left outside SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn.
Hospital staff attempted to resuscitate the child, but he could not be revived. Authorities say that the child had visible bruising all over his body.
Bruised 3-year-old boy dies at NYC hospital
A three-year-old boy has died after he was abandoned at a Brooklyn hospital, covered in bruises. FOX 5 NY's Hayley Fixler has the details.
Sources said the child was badly bruised and had been "severely beaten," according to the New York Post. The child was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Police said there were no arrests at the time.
What we don't know:
A cause of death has yet to be determined. The identity of the victim was unknown at the time.
Officials have not said whether the two people who dropped him off were the child's parents.
What they're saying:
Two women claiming to be the boy's grandmother and godmother visited the hospital Monday, morning the loss of the child they described as their "angel."
"I'm the grandmother, and it's hurting me," said Kanyatta Foster. "I don't know what to do right now."
Sabrina Johnson, the boy’s godmother, pleaded for the child’s mother to come forward.
"At the end of the day, this was your child—nobody's child but yours. If you love him like we loved on you, please turn yourself in," Johnson said.