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Babysitter Questioned In Death Of 16-Month-Old Staten Island Boy
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Rebecca Fishbein
Published Feb 23, 2016
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Police are questioning a babysitter and her boyfriend over the death of a 16-month-old boy, after the baby went into fatal cardiac arrest at his Staten island home over the weekend. Investigators say that he had a number of visible injuries, including injuries to his head consistent with being hit, rectal bleeding, and a bite or burn on his penis.
Anthony Delgado, 16 months, died on Sunday after cops responded to a 911 call at his apartment on Steuben Street near Weser Avenue at around 10 p.m. At the time, Anthony was being cared for by a 30-year-old woman and her 53-year-old boyfriend, who have not yet been identified by police. The Times reports that the sitter took an unconscious and unresponsive Anthony to his uncle's apartment, and his grandparents, who also lived in the building, called 911 and attempted to perform CPR on the infant, per the operator's instructions. Anthony was eventually pronounced dead at Staten Island University Hospital North.
The babysitter reportedly has a lengthy arrest record, as does her boyfriend. She was also apparently the subject of a 911 call about an emotionally disturbed person, and the Daily News reports that she is schizophrenic. A neighbor told the Times that Anthony should never have been cared for by the sitter. “She can’t babysit herself,” she said, adding that she heard shouts coming from the woman's apartment on Sunday night.
Anthony's mother, Marta Delgado, had been permitting the woman to sit for the baby for three or four months, according to Anthony's grandmother. Delgado left Anthony in the sitter's care on Friday, and received a text on Sunday that Anthony had fallen and bruised his face.
Neighbors say the babysitter has an eight-year-old son of her own, but does not live with him. "I would never leave my child with that woman. Absolutely not. She doesn’t have her own kid. She lost custody,” neighbor Krystal Robles told the News.
The tabloid reports that the baby had a number of injuries, including the aforementioned bite or burn on his genitals, and that he had been hit on the head a number of times. The tabloid also claims the babysitter and her boyfriend were high during their interview with police, and that they say Anthony's injuries were caused by a fall. No arrests were made as of this morning.
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