Death Of Queens Baby Boy Was A Homicide, Police Say

SOUTH OZONE PARK, QUEENS — The death of a baby boy in Queens last year was a homicide, according to police.

Nine-month-old Vito Garcia was rushed to the hospital on June 14, 2018, with brain trauma. He died three days later, police said. The city's medical examiner later ruled that Garcia died from abusive head trauma.

Garcia, who lived in South Ozone Park, was with a babysitter that morning when he began to have a seizure and foam from his mouth, police said.

Emergency responders rushed the baby to Jamaica Hospital, then to Cohen Children's Medical Center, where he passed away on June 17, 2018.

Police charged the boy's babysitter, 22-year-old Ronita Singh, with assault the day before the boy died.

The NYPD investigation is ongoing.