NEW YORK — A memorial in Harlem is dedicated to a boy who prosecutors say died after his parents severely malnourished him.
Four-year-old Jahmeik Modlin weighed just 19 pounds when officers found him last weekend and took him to the hospital, where he died, according to prosecutors.
The boy’s three siblings remain in the hospital and were being treated for malnourishment, officials said. They’re unable to eat solid foods and were being fed via IV, prosecutors said.
Memorial dedicated to malnourished 4-year-old and siblings
Members of the National Action Network and Harlem Mothers S.A.V.E., as well as the children’s grandmother, aunt and uncle were expected to attend an event Saturday at the memorial outside the family’s home on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
Neighbors and other people passing by the memorial stopped to pay their respects Saturday morning.
“It’s sad. It’s sad, I’m telling you. It’s too sad! Are you serious? It shouldn’t have happened. And now all these other kids are suffering,” said Patricia Shaw, one of the neighbors outraged by the allegations.