The mysterious death of a 2-year-old boy on Staten Island has been ruled a homicide, police said Saturday.
Police responded to a 911 call inside Deirdre 29 courthouse on May 20 shortly after 11.30am and found the boy “unconscious and unresponsive, with no obvious signs of trauma,” authorities said.
The boy, identified as Ermias Taylor-Santiago, was pronounced dead at Staten Island University North Campus Hospital, the NYPD said.
There are no arrests. “The investigations are still ongoing,” the gendarmes said.
