The death of a 3-year-old boy who was found dead in his Far Rockaway home in December is now being investigated as a homicide, the NYPD announced Thursday.
Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway responded to a 911 call of a child in need of medical attention at 22-53 Mott Ave. just after 6 a.m. on Friday, Dec.13. Officers found Elias Rosado with blunt force trauma to his body.
EMS responded to the location and rushed the youngster to St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner determined the child’s death was a homicide. An NYPD spokeswoman could not say if there was an adult at the home when officers responded or who placed the 911 call. There are no arrests and the homicide investigation remains ongoing.
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