Family Seeks Answers After Teen Dies in NYPD Custody

Thomasina Cheatham says Saniyah was “all smiles just hours before,” alleged suicide in police custody.

The family of 18-year-old Saniyah Cheatham is demanding answers after the Bronx college student was found dead in an NYPD holding cell, with officials calling the death a suicide.

According to the NYPD, Cheatham was discovered unresponsive in a cell at the 41st Precinct station house on Longwood Avenue just before 1 a.m. on Saturday…

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