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A monster Bronx mom allegedly hung her 6-year-old daughter by her wrists and beat her to death — the final act in a long series of unspeakable child abuse in the “house of horrors.”
Lynija Eason, a 27-year-old resident of East 165th Street in the borough’s Morrisania section, is accused of brutally abusing her child, Jelayah Eason Branch, for weeks starting March 1.
Cops discovered the little girl’s body in the filthy apartment Sunday, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
The child was found with bruises and malnourished — with marks on her wrists from the restraints her mom allegedly used to hang her in a closet and beat her.
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Tragic little Jelayah Eason Branch, 6, of The Bronx was allegedly strung up by her wrists in a closet and beaten to death by her mother.Tomas E. Gaston
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Lynija Eason, 27, is accused of fatally torturing her child.Tomas E. Gaston
“The little girl was allegedly hanged by her wrists and beaten by the defendant with a hard object,” DA Darcel Clark said in a news release. “For weeks before she succumbed, Jelayah knew only pain and hunger, allegedly committed by her own mother.”
The city medical examiner’s office ruled Jelayah’s death a result of child abuse, positional asphyxia, blunt force injuries and malnourishment, the DA said.
“We will get justice for Jelayah, and are providing services and support to her two siblings who survived a house of horrors,” Clark added.
Lynija Eason, a 27-year-old resident of East 165th Street in the borough’s Morrisania section, is accused of brutally abusing her child, Jelayah Eason Branch, for weeks starting March 1.
Cops discovered the little girl’s body in the filthy apartment Sunday, the Bronx District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday.
The child was found with bruises and malnourished — with marks on her wrists from the restraints her mom allegedly used to hang her in a closet and beat her.
4Tragic little Jelayah Eason Branch, 6, of The Bronx was allegedly strung up by her wrists in a closet and beaten to death by her mother.Tomas E. Gaston
4Lynija Eason, 27, is accused of fatally torturing her child.Tomas E. Gaston
“The little girl was allegedly hanged by her wrists and beaten by the defendant with a hard object,” DA Darcel Clark said in a news release. “For weeks before she succumbed, Jelayah knew only pain and hunger, allegedly committed by her own mother.”
The city medical examiner’s office ruled Jelayah’s death a result of child abuse, positional asphyxia, blunt force injuries and malnourishment, the DA said.
“We will get justice for Jelayah, and are providing services and support to her two siblings who survived a house of horrors,” Clark added.
