One-Year-Old Baby Boy Murdered in Prospect Lefferts Garden

One-Year-Old Baby Boy Murdered in Prospect Lefferts Garden
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PROSPECTS LEFFERTS GARDEN – A one-year-old is dead and police have labeled it a homicide.

Last week on Tuesday, November 19 at around 10 a.m., cops were called for an unconscious baby boy at Winthrop Street near Albany Avenue. One-year-old Aidenn Joyette was unconscious and unresponsive. He was taken to King County Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The Daily News reported that it was the baby’s mother who had called for the cops after finding Aidenn was beaten and unconscious while dressing her daughter up for school.

Cops are now calling it a murder. As of today, no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).  The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.