Photo: GoFundMe
On Saturday, 10-year-old Ayden Wolfe was found unresponsive in his family’s Harlem apartment. He was bloodied, bruised and suffering from multiple internal injuries,PIX11 reports.
Ayden’s mother’s boyfriend, Ryan Cato, 34, was arrested on charges of murder and endangering the welfare of a child. Cato was the person who called 911 and allegedly told police he found the boy unconscious.
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According to aGoFundMe pagelaunched on his family’s behalf, Ayden dreamed of being a gamer. The “intelligent, tech savvy, fun, loving boy” was his mother’s “pride and joy.”
According to Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, police were called to the boy’s apartment building the day before his death, when someone called 911 to report domestic abuse.
“The 911 caller could not provide an apartment number, but stated there was banging and screaming heard in the hallway and that a child was present,” Shea said,AMNY reports.
Shea said the two responding officers walked through the hallways of Ayden’s apartment building to check for sounds of physical dispute or struggle, but heard nothing.
During their 12 minutes at the location, the officers “used their department smartphones to read the narrative of the 911 call and confirmed that no apartment number had been given,” Shea said.
Before leaving, they twice tried to dial back the number related to the 911 call, but were unable to reach the original caller.
Shea has since ordered a probe in the NYPD’s response on March 5. It’s unclear whether Cato has an attorney to comment on his behalf.
If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.
source: people.com
