The New York Times21d
Aunt of 4-Year-Old Who Starved to Death Is Suing Child-Welfare Agency
Jahmeik Modlin’s parents have been charged with manslaughter in his death. His aunt’s suit accuses the city of failing to monitor his safety. By Andy Newman The aunt of a 4-year-old boy who ...
The New York Times22d
A 4-Year-Old Starved to Death at Home. How Were the Signs Missed?
Jahmeik Modlin was found emaciated in a Harlem apartment stocked with food. His family’s child-welfare case had been closed two years before. By Andy Newman The call came in to 911. The ...
New York Daily News23d
Mother of malnourished boy Jahmeik Modlin, who died in Harlem apartment, blames NYC agencies for ignoring cries for help
The mother of Jahmeik Modlin, a malnourished 4-year-old boy who weighed just 19 pounds when he died last week after falling unconscious in their Harlem apartment, was pointing the finger at city ...
Fox 5 NY23d
Family of starved 4-year-old boy blames NYC and child services
The family of Jahmeik Modlin claims that New York City's Administration for Children's Services failed to intervene before the 4-year-old's death Modlin's mother, Nytavia Ragsdale, claimed that ...
Yahoo News23d
Mother of malnourished boy Jahmeik Modlin, who died in Harlem apartment, blames NYC agencies for ignoring cries for help
The mother of Jahmeik Modlin, a malnourished 4-year-old boy who weighed just 19 pounds when he died last week after falling unconscious in their Harlem apartment, was pointing the finger at city ...
CBS News23d
Harlem mother reported domestic violence before son died of malnutrition, family says
The 26-year-old mom is in jail on charges of second-degree manslaughter in the death of her son, Jahmeik Modlin. Prosecutors say he was found unresponsive last weekend in his Harlem apartment and ...
New York Daily News24d
Grieving Harlem neighbors, community horrified over death of malnourished 4-year-old boy Jahmeik Modlin
This was the horrific homestead where the short and tragic life of Jahmeik Modlin played out and ended in tears. The malnourished child died abused and neglected in a local hospital hours after ...
CBS News25d
Harlem boy who allegedly died of malnourishment at parents' hands remembered at memorial
Four-year-old Jahmeik Modlin weighed just 19 pounds when officers found him last weekend and took him to the hospital, where he died, according to prosecutors. The boy's three siblings – ages 5 ...
pix1126d
NYC community tribute honors Jameik Modlin, calls for closer community ties
HARLEM, N.Y. (PIX11) — Five days after he died from alleged child neglect and malnourishment, tributes to four-year-old Jameik Modlin continued with a large vigil. On Friday evening, in front of ...
New York Post27d
Neglected NYC boy, 4, suffered in feces-streaked NYC apartment where food was locked away, prosecutors reveal as dad is jailed
Laron Modlin, 25, was ordered held without bail after the court learned disturbing new details about the squalid conditions under which little Jahmeik Modlin slowly starved to death. Food-filled ...
New York Post29d
NYC father charged in death of his malnourished 4-year-old son, day after mom was arrested
Laron Modlin, 25, is facing charges of criminally negligent homicide and endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the death of his son Jahmeik Modlin, police said. The boy’s mother ...
abc7NY29d
Father and mother both charged in 4-year-old son's death in Harlem
Nytavia Ragsdale, 26, was expected to be arraigned Tuesday, but police also announced that the child's father, 25-year-old Laron Modlin, was arrested and charged with criminally negligent homicide ...