9 year old boy dead

paraderest

After checking out one of my favorite sites (http://www.gothamist.com/labs/map) and then the 7online website I found this bit of disturbing news...


Young boy found dead in Brooklyn home
WABC Eyewitness News

(Brooklyn - WABC, November 13, 2006) - Eyewitness News learned late Monday night about a developing story in Brooklyn in what may be a horrific case of child abuse.
Police say they found the child dead inside his home on Brooklyn Avenue in the Wingate section.

He is identified as Knil Jean Noel. He turned nine yesterday.

(Copyright 2006 WABC-TV)

jimmylegs

still don't know what the real story is, but the mom seems to be a prime suspect: http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=64277

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4759184

pitu

what a sad story

Mother Jumps In Front Of Train, Son Found Dead

POSTED: 6:03 am EST November 14, 2006
UPDATED: 12:35 pm EST November 14, 2006
NEW YORK -- Police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old Brooklyn boy whose mother was struck by a subway train shortly after the boy's body was discovered on Monday.

Police said the boy, Knil Jean Noel, was found dead by his father in the family's apartment on Brooklyn Avenue, near Eastern Parkway. Medical examiners are determining how the boy died.

The boy was found dead the day before his birthday. His mother had been expected to throw a birthday party for him, but did not.

Soon after discovering Knil's body, police got another call about the family, police said. Knil's mother was hit by an "F" train at the West Eighth Street station in Coney Island. Investigators don't suspect foul play in the subway incident.

Police said the mother lost two fingers, but survived and was taken to Lutheran Medical Center. She is listed in serious condition. Police aren't releasing the parents' names.

leeho

That is just sad. That is not a board post to gain attention. ParadeRest, you suck.

leeho

And this is by far a more introspective and humane piece of writing. BTW, it was printed after the news ParadeRest first posted

November 15, 2006
Mother Who Leapt to Tracks Had Killed Son, Police Say
By CARA BUCKLEY and DARYL KHAN

A woman who leapt in front of a subway Monday, apparently out of remorse over smothering her son, said “demons overtook her” when she pressed a pillow to the boy’s face and held it there until he became still, the police said yesterday.

The woman, identified by relatives as Sadier Jean Noel, 27, said her son, Knil Jean Noel, 9, was despondent early Monday after his much-anticipated birthday party the day before did not turn out as planned. Ms. Noel said she called the boy to her bedside, and suddenly felt as if she were “struggling with demons,” whereupon she smothered him, according to the police.

Ms. Noel said she then left her apartment on Brooklyn Avenue in Crown Heights, and took the subway to Chinatown in Manhattan with the intention of jumping off a bridge, the police said. But she changed her mind, they said, and returned to Brooklyn on the F train. She got off at the West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium stop in Coney Island, crossed to the northbound platform, and shortly before 5 p.m. jumped as a train approached, the police said.

Though seriously hurt with a broken leg and two severed fingers, Ms. Noel was conscious and urged rescuers to go to her home, saying she had done something terrible to her son, according to the police. Meanwhile, Knil’s father, Evans Joseph, 29, a construction worker, had already arrived at their home to find the boy lying on the couple’s bed and unresponsive, the police said.

Ms. Noel, who law enforcement officials said had been taking Prozac for depression and Ambien for insomnia, was in stable condition yesterday at Lutheran Medical Center. She has not been charged in the boy’s death, which the medical examiner’s office ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.

The Administration for Children’s Services was investigating the death, but officials would not say if they had previously worked with the family. The boy’s death devastated Knil’s relatives and left his schoolmates and teachers reeling in disbelief.

“He wanted to be a doctor, he wanted to help people, he was a very bright boy,” said William Ebanks, 36, Knil’s fourth-grade teacher at Montgomery Academy, a private school in Brooklyn. “I’m trying to be strong for the kids, and that’s very hard.”

Mr. Ebanks said Knil had a quirky thirst for knowledge, and loved to quiz him with questions like, “What’s the animal with the biggest head?”

Mr. Joseph’s sister Jennifer James said Knil, whom she described as a popular, active and ebullient boy, was supposed to celebrate his birthday Sunday with his parents and a friend at Junior’s restaurant. But, Ms. Noel told the police, the friend could not attend, which saddened Knil.

Still, Knil’s school had planned a party for him with pizza and cake on Monday, Ms. Noel told the police. Mr. Joseph called Ms. Noel in midmorning to inquire how the party was going, and Ms. Noel told the police she had replied, “There is no party, and you’re going to have to forgive me.”

Relatives said Mr. Joseph and Ms. Noel, who are from Grosislet, a village in St. Lucia, moved to Brooklyn shortly before Knil, their only child, was born. Ms. Noel, who worked and attended nursing school, always walked Knil from their third-floor apartment to his bus stop and waited with him, neighbors said.

A grief-stricken Mr. Joseph returned to the apartment yesterday morning, surrounded by detectives. He lashed out at reporters gathered outside. “I’m in pain right now,” he said. “I’m in pain of my life.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/15/nyregion/15dead.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print

Nice self-editing from your original post, ParadeRest. Fearmonger!

paraderest

I didn't edit anything. I cut/pasted the entire story that 7online had at that time. Relax with the name calling.