New York- Brooklyn girl, 3, beaten to death by mothers 20-year-old boyfriend after going to bathroom in her pants. Cops found Jeida Torres unresponsive and older brother Andrew, 5, with bruises after responding to a 911 call reporting screams echoing from an apartment in a Cooper St. homeless shelter Saturday afternoon. Both children were rushed to Wyckoff Hospital, where Jeida died and Andrew was in stable condition. Kelsey Smith, who cut himself in a failed suicide try after killing the child, fled the brutal crime scene but was busted by cops in Queens after the NYPD received a tip. Cops found the dying girl after a 911 caller reported bloodcurdling screams echoing from the apartment in a city homeless shelter at 38 Cooper St. shortly before 4 p.m., cops said. Defenseless little Jeida Torres, 3, died at Wyckoff Hospital after her mother’s enraged boyfriend “punched and choked” the tiny child — who suffered injuries to her head and body, sources said. “She either pooped her pants or peed on herself, and he got agitated,” a source said. Suspect Kelsey Smith, who fled the scene and left the mortally injured child behind with her battered big brother, has a rap sheet with with 14 prior arrests dating to 2008, cop sources said. Jeida’s 5-year-old brother, Andrew, was also beaten black and blue by Smith, 20, although a police source said the boy’s injuries were possibly inflicted before Saturday. Neighbor Marilyn Cruz said the afternoon killing capped two solid weeks of fighting and violence inside the apartment. The dead girl’s mother, Kimberly Torres, and grandfather wept inconsolably outside the building after hearing the heartbreaking news about the beloved child. Smith was busted just across the Queens border after the NYPD received a tip on the fugitive’s whereabouts. Cop sources said he tried to slash himself in a failed suicide try. Smith, who also went by the first name “Shawn,” had multiple collars for robbery and grand larceny, along with a gang assault charge and a bust this year for criminal mischief. No charges had been filed early Sunday in the fatal beating of the innocent toddler in the second-floor Bushwick apartment. Little Jeida was beaten to death in this Cooper St. homeless shelter on Saturday. Torres — who arrived at the location 30 minutes after the 911 call — told police she left Smith alone with her two kids when she went to work Saturday. The dead girl’s grandfather broke down completely after he learned of little Jeida’s fate, and his daughter sobbed relentlessly before police brought her to the hospital. “He was crying,” said neighbor Keith Best, 43, who lives across the street. “He just lost his mind.” Battered Andrew Torres, who was placed in a police car for the trip to Wyckoff, was in stable condition with visible bruises to his face and upper body. “Papa! Papa!” the terrified boy shouted at his grandfather, who had just come downstairs from the apartment where his granddaughter’s body was found. The little girl was already motionless when EMTs rushed her outside in a desperate if vain effort to save her life. “I saw the paramedics run out with little girl wrapped in a blanket,” said Best. “Her hands were just hanging out ... just limp.” Neighbor Cruz claimed she called the police about the continuing ruckus in the home — only to get no response. The NYPD, the Administration for Children’s Services and the Department of Homeless Services were all investigating.
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 17:00:51 +0000
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