Sentencing in Mount Vernon Toddler's Death

Carlton Brown, 32, was sentenced to 12 years in state prison Thursday after previously pleading guilty to one count of Manslaughter in the First Degree, a class “B” Felony, relating to the death of his girlfriend’s two-and-a-half-year-old toddler, Kali Mack, two years ago.

At 9:32 p.m. Aug. 31, 2014, Brown called 911 and reported a child was in distress. Emergency Services arrived and he told firefighters that she fell off the bed, said Acting Westchester County District Attorney James A. McCarty.

She was taken to Montifiore Mount Vernon Hospital. On Sept. 1, the toddler was transferred to The Children’s Hospital at Montifiore in the Bronx and admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Medical personnel from both hospitals called in reports to the State Central Registry. The District Attorney’s Office was notified and the Mount Vernon Police Department assigned detectives to investigate.

On Sept. 3, Kali Mack was pronounced dead.

On Sept. 4, an autopsy was performed by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. The determination was that the cause of death was abusive head trauma and the manner of death was homicide.

In court, Brown admitted to shaking Kali Mack and beating her about her head. She sustained abusive head trauma and retinal hemorrhages. The violence led to her death.

The Bronx resident was given into the custody of the New York State Department of Corrections. Assistant District Attorney Doreen Lloyd, Chief of the Child Abuse Bureau and Assistant District Attorney Mary Clark DiRusso prosecuted the case.