A Queens mother has been arrested for murdering her 15-month-old son after the baby was found dying in the family’s bathroom alongside he mother, who had slit her wrists in a suicide attempt, police said Tuesday.
Nicole Boodhai, 28, is charged with murder and endangering the welfare of a child. An NYPD spokesman did not have information Tuesday on how the baby, who showed no obvious signs of trauma when he was discovered, was killed.
She and her son, little Charlie Ramraykha, were found inside the bloody bathroom when police were called to the family’s South Jamaica home on 157th St. near 109th Ave.
Medics rushed mother and son to Jamaica Hospital, but little Charlie could not be saved. His mother is recovering as she faces charges.
Police said the mother used a box cutter to slit her wrists.
The incident unsettled neighbors, including Fateema Masuma, 20, who lives two doors away. Masuma said Charlie lived with his father and sister in addition to his mother, who hails from Guyana.
“I heard the man screaming really loud and I heard a child scream-cry really loud too,” she said. “I’ve never heard someone scream like that. It was scary.”
