The mother of a 4-year-old girl who was found dead in a Queens shelter earlier this week has been charged with her daughter's murder.
The NYPD says that Latoya Curry, 35, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder yesterday. Her daughter, 4-year-old Linayjah Meraldo, was found dead on Thursday afternoon at the Briarwood Family Residence on 134th Street in Jamaica, Queens, and yesterday the medical examiner's office ruled her death a homicide.
Officials determined that Linayjah died from blunt force trauma to her torso, and investigators believe that Curry beat her daughter to death.