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There did not appear to be any other adults with the children in the second-floor apartment at 38 Cooper Street, a homeless shelter in the Bushwick neighborhood administered by Housing Bridge, a social services group under contract with the city. A spokeswoman for the Department for Homeless Services said in a statement that it was working with the police “to determine how this occurred.” 
  
 Mark Almodovar, a plumber who said he was Mr. Smith’s uncle, said that his nephew regularly watched the children and that he had grown fond of them, adding that he may have been trying to discipline the young girl, but had gone overboard. 
  
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 “You do not discipline a kid like that,” he said. But, Mr. Almodovar added: “He really loved these kids. And these are his stepkids.” 
  
 The police said there had been no previous calls about domestic violence at the second-floor apartment, where the recently married couple had been living since July, or calls related to Ms. Torres and her children. A spokesman for the Administration for Children’s Services declined to comment on any previous involvement with the family. 
  
 The killing drew neighbors out to the sidewalk along the street on Sunday, and the Brooklyn borough president, Eric L. Adams, held an afternoon news conference in front of the shelter to express his concern over the death. 
  
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 German Lopez, who lives a few doors down Cooper Street, said he had been walking his dog on Saturday when he saw emergency workers trying to revive the girl in an ambulance. “I have kids, I was upset,” said Mr. Lopez. “It’s an accident,” he said, referring to the toilet training of young children. “That’s why it’s called an accident.” 
  
 Anthony Cook, 33, who lives two blocks away and has a 5-year-old daughter, said he was shocked and upset about the girl’s death. “I’m going to pray for the family,” he said. “She’s a baby.” 
  
 The 5-year-old boy, Andrew, may have sought to intervene on behalf of his sister before being struck himself, officials said. He remained hospitalized at Wyckoff Hospital on Sunday. 
  
 In recent months, the children often spent time with Mr. Smith and his family, including at the home of Mr. Smith’s father, Ivan, in an apartment not far from the shelter. Jeida was “a happy girl, always playing and laughing,” said Mr. Smith’s great-aunt, Milagros Vega, 64. She enjoyed playing with her dog and liked to jump up and down and eat candy, Ms. Vega said. 
  
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 She said she never saw Mr. Smith hit the children. “He was not rough with them or aggressive, nothing,” she said. “This is what I don’t understand. Why?” ||||| Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News Mark Almodovar swears his nephew, Kelsey Smith, is no monster, but the disturbing details of the brutal beating that left Jeida Torres dead paint a different picture. 
  
 The Brooklyn man charged with fatally beating his wife’s 3-year-old daughter allegedly called 911 posing as a neighbor reporting two unruly children — but the man’s uncle defended the suspect as “not a monster!” 
  
 Kelsey Smith left little Jeida Torres unconscious in bed Saturday before fleeing the apartment in a city homeless shelter in Bushwick, according to sources, but not before calling 911 and posing as a neighbor. 
  
 “He was acting as (if) he was some downstairs neighbor and the kids upstairs were acting up. There was absolutely no emotion. He didn’t sound upset at all,” a source said. 
  
 “The kids are acting up upstairs,” the source claimed Smith said. “You gotta send the police.” 
  
 Moments later Kimberly Torres, Smith’s wife and the children’s mother, also called 911 in a panic, the source said. 
  
 KIMBERLY TORRES-SMITH VIA FACEBOOK Kimberly Torres with daughter Jeida, 3. Enlarge Kimberly Torres-smith via Facebook Little Jeida was beaten after soiling her pants, cops say. Enlarge 
  
 Jeida’s older brother, 5-year-old Andrew Torres, was at the 38 Cooper St. home alone when he answered the door for police. The tyke, who was also battered, told cops the brute was enraged when the girl soiled her pants, sticking a dirty garment in her face and telling her to “eat it,” a police source said. 
  
 The tiny brother then tried to intervene as Smith slammed the girl’s head against a wall, a source said. 
  
 After fleeing, Smith allegedly called his wife distraught. 
  
 “He said he did something bad to the kids. He said the daughter was not breathing,” a source said. 
  
 Kelsey Smith, 20, was in custody Saturday night after he allegedly beat his wife's daughter to death. 
  
 The suspect then tried to slit his wrists at his aunt’s Queens home in a failed suicide bid as his stepdaughter died of her injuries at Wyckoff Hospital, the police source said. 
  
 “He called the cops before he left. I called my aunt (Smith’s mother) and she was just trying to find his location,” said Tina Torres, Smith’s cousin. “She asked him where he was and he refused and hung up on her. She was so upset.” 
  
 Cops closed in on Smith, 20, after his mother gave him up, police sources said. 
  
 The brother and dead sister were inseparable — though Andrew doesn’t yet know his sister’s tragic fate. 
  
 “He was her little protector,” Tina Torres told the Daily News. “Any time anyone would go near her, or try to pick her up, he’d be like, ‘Hey, what are you doing?’ They don’t know what to tell him because he’s so young.” 
  
 Smith’s uncle Mark Almodovar, who said his nephew “backslapped” the little girl in the ribs during a fit of rage, defended Smith. 
  
 “The kid, he’s not that type of person. They said he was a monster — he’s not a monster!” Almodovar said. “Sometimes kids don’t listen to their parents and they need to be disciplined. But the way he disciplined them was very wrong.” 
  
 Smith, who is being treated at Elmhurst Hospital for his self-inflicted slash wounds, was charged with assault and endangering a child, police said. 
  
 Cop sources say Smith has 15 prior arrests dating back to 2008. 
  
 Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams promised a full investigation into the slaying after neighbors reported hearing heated verbal arguments at the second-floor apartment for weeks. 
  
 “If ... this young child and her brother had old physical injuries, then it means that we are creating a safe haven for abusers,” Adams said. “And that is unacceptable.” 
  
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 Jeida Torres was discovered unconscious, unresponsive and badly bruised Saturday afternoon in Bushwick, CBS 2’s Ilana Gold reported. 
  
 The family lives at a city shelter on Cooper Street, 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported. 
  
 Fire officials said Jeida was rushed to a hospital in cardiac arrest, but later died. 
  
 Her brother, Andrew Torres, is in stable condition at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. 
  
 On Sunday, 20-year-old Kelsey Smith was charged with felony assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old, police said. 
  
 The alleged crimes happened while Smith was watching Jeida and Andrew in their second-floor apartment while their mother was at work, CBS 2’s Hazel Sanchez reported. 
  
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 Neighbor Keith Best told the New York Daily News and New York Post that the boy had big bruises on his face and arms. He said the children’s mother and grandfather sobbed when they arrived home and found out what had happened. 
  
 “The family seemed decent, happy, not sad or anything like that,” a man who lives on the same floor with the family told Schuck. 
  
 Giovanni Rodriguez, who lives in the building, said he heard terrible turmoil coming from the apartment in recent weeks. 
  
 “I used to hear people arguing — lady and man arguing, and I used to hear the baby crying,” he said. 
  
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 Sources told 1010 WINS’ Roger Stern that Smith had beaten Jeida after she had soiled her clothing. But according to a man who said he was Smith’s uncle, Jeida’s death was an accident. 
  
 Mark Almodovar told Stern that Smith was only trying to discipline the girl. 
  
 “He back slapped her with the back of his hand, caught her in the ribs. She got lungs collapsed — one of her lungs collapsed,” Almodovar said. 
  
 Almodovar said his nephew then accidentally crushed the girl’s chest trying to perform CPR. Almodovar’s claims, though, don’t explain the injuries to Jeida’s brother who remains hospitalized, Stern reported. 
  
 “Sometimes kids don’t listen to their parents and you have to discipline them. But the way he disciplined them he was very wrong,” Almodovar added. 
  
 Smith allegedly fled the scene to a relative’s home where, according to police sources, he slashed his own wrists, CBS 2’s Steve Langford reported. 
  
 He was treated for his injuries at Elmhurst Hospital, 1010 WINS reported. 
  
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 As the criminal investigation continues, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has called for the Department of Homeless Services to launch its own probe into what happened. 
  
 Adams said he was assured by the DHS commissioner that there will be a thorough investigation into whether something could have been done to prevent Jeida’s death. 
  
 “A person doesn’t start taking the life of a child overnight, it is something that is built up to. Did we have this abuser among us and it was ignored?” he said. 
  
 Adams said he wants the rules changed so that shelter workers would be required to report suspected child abuse the same way physicians and police officers have to. 
  
 “If it is determined that this young child and her brother had old injuries, physical injuries then it means as though we are creating safe havens for abusers,” Adams said. 
  
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– A New York City man accused of killing his 3-year-old stepdaughter for soiling her pants was arrested after his own horrified mother turned him in, sources say. Kelsey Smith is believed to have flown into a rage and savagely beaten Jeida Torres on Saturday, police sources tell the New York Daily News. He allegedly called 911 posing as a neighbor before fleeing the family's apartment in a Brooklyn homeless shelter. Cops found the dying toddler and her badly beaten 5-year-old brother, who police believe may have tried to intervene when Smith attacked his sister. Police say Smith, 20, routinely watched his new wife's two children when she was at work and there had been no previous domestic violence calls to the apartment. The 5-year-old boy is still in the hospital, as is Smith, who relatives say tried to slit his wrists in a suicide attempt before police caught up with him, reports the New York Times. He has been charged with felony assault and acting in a manner injurious to a child less than 17 years old; murder charges may follow. Neighbors say they heard loud arguments at the apartment in recent weeks, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has promised a thorough investigation, reports CBS 2. "A person doesn't start taking the life of a child overnight, it is something that is built up to," he says. "Did we have this abuser among us and it was ignored?" (In Mexico earlier this year, police and soldiers managed to rescue hundreds of abused kids from "truly terrible conditions" in a refuge.)
Sammanfatta denna artikel: Det verkade inte finnas några andra vuxna med barnen i lägenheten på andra våningen på 38 Cooper Street, ett hemlös härbärge i Bushwick-kvarteret som administreras av Housing Bridge, en socialtjänstgrupp på kontrakt med staden. En taleskvinna för avdelningen för hemlösa tjänster sade i ett uttalande att det arbetade med polisen "för att avgöra hur detta inträffade". Mark Almodovar, en rörmokare som sade att han var Mr Smiths farbror, sade att hans brorson regelbundet bevakade barnen och att han hade blivit förtjust i dem, och tillade att han kanske försökte tukta den unga flickan, men hade gått överbord. Foto “Du disciplinerar inte ett barn som det,” sade han. Men mr Almodovar tillade: ” Han älskade verkligen dessa barn. Och det här är hans styvbarn.” Polisen sa att det inte hade varit några tidigare samtal om våld i hemmet i lägenheten på andra våningen, där det nyligen gifta paret hade bott sedan juli, eller samtal relaterade till Ms Torres och hennes barn. En talesman för barnavårdsförvaltningen avböjde att kommentera någon tidigare inblandning i familjen. Mordet drog grannar ut på trottoaren längs gatan på söndagen, och Brooklyns stadspresident, Eric L. Adams, höll en eftermiddagsnyhetskonferens framför skyddsrummet för att uttrycka sin oro över dödsfallet. Nyhetsbrev Registrera dig Fortsätt läsa huvudberättelsen Kontrollera att du inte är en robot genom att klicka på rutan. Ogiltig e- postadress. Var snäll och gå in igen. Välj ett nyhetsbrev att prenumerera på. Registrera dig Du samtycker till att få enstaka uppdateringar och specialerbjudanden för The New York Times produkter och tjänster. Tack för att du prenumererade. Ett fel har uppstått. Försök igen senare. Visa alla New York Times nyhetsbrev. Tysken Lopez, som bor några dörrar nerför Cooper Street, sade att han hade rastat sin hund i lördags när han såg räddningstjänster försöka återuppliva flickan i en ambulans. — Jag har barn, jag var upprörd, sade mr Lopez. — Det är en olycka, sade han, syftande på små barns toalettträning. — Det är därför det kallas en olycka. sade Anthony Cook, 33, som bor två kvarter bort och har en 5-årig dotter, sade att han var chockad och upprörd över flickans död. — Jag skall be för familjen, sade han. — Hon är ett barn. — Den 5-årige pojken, Andrew, kan ha sökt ingripa å sin systers vägnar, innan han själv blev slagen, sade ämbetsmännen. Han förblev inlagd på Wyckoffs sjukhus på söndagen. Under de senaste månaderna har barnen ofta tillbringat tid tillsammans med mr Smith och hans familj, bland annat hemma hos mr Smiths far, Ivan, i en lägenhet inte långt från härbärget. Jeida var »en lycklig flicka, som alltid lekte och skrattade», sade mr Smiths gammelmoster, Milagros Vega, 64. Hon tyckte om att leka med sin hund och tyckte om att hoppa upp och ner och äta godis, sa Ms Vega. Advertisement Fortsätt läsa huvudstoryn Hon sa att hon aldrig såg Mr Smith slå barnen. — Han var inte hårdhänt mot dem eller aggressiv, ingenting, sade hon. — Detta är vad jag inte förstår. Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News Mark Almodovar svär sin brorson, Kelsey Smith, är inget monster, men de oroande detaljerna i den brutala misshandel som lämnade Jeida Torres död målar en annan bild. Brooklyn-mannen åtalad för att dödligt ha misshandlat sin frus 3-åriga dotter som påstås ha kallats 911 som en granne och rapporterat två oregerliga barn — men mannens farbror försvarade den misstänkte som “inte ett monster!” Kelsey Smith lämnade lille Jeida Torres medvetslös i sängen lördag innan han flydde lägenheten i en stad hemlösa skyddsrum i Bushwick, enligt källor, men inte innan han ringde 911 och utgav sig för att vara en granne. — Han agerade som (om) han var någon där nere granne och barnen där uppe höll på att krångla till. Det fanns absolut inga känslor. Han lät inte alls upprörd, sade en källa. "Kidsen är att agera upp en trappa upp," källan hävdade Smith sade. ”Du måste skicka polisen.” Moments senare Kimberly Torres, Smiths fru och barnens mor, ringde också 911 i panik, sade källan. KIMBERLY TORRES-SMITH VIA FACEBOOK Kimberly Torres med dotter Jeida, 3. Förstora Kimberly Torres-smed via Facebook Little Jeida blev slagen efter att ha smutsat ner hennes byxor, säger polisen. Förstora Jeidas äldre bror, 5-årige Andrew Torres, var ensam hemma hos 38 Cooper St. när han öppnade dörren för polisen. Tyken, som också blev misshandlad, berättade för polisen att rådjuret var rasande när flickan smutsade ner sina byxor, stack en smutsig klädnad i hennes ansikte och sade åt henne att "äta det", sade en polis källa. Den lille brodern försökte sedan ingripa, när Smith slog flickans huvud mot en vägg, sade en källa. Efter att ha flytt påstod Smith att han kallade sin fru för bestört. — Han sade, att han gjorde något illa mot barnen. Han sa att dottern inte andades,” en källa sade. Kelsey Smith, 20 år, satt häktad lördag kväll efter att han påstås ha slagit ihjäl sin frus dotter. Den misstänkte försökte då skära handlederna vid sin mosters Queens hem i ett misslyckat självmordsbud då hans styvdotter dog av sina skador på Wyckoff Hospital, sade poliskällan. - Han ringde polisen innan han åkte. Jag ringde min faster (Smiths mamma) och hon försökte bara hitta hans plats, sade Tina Torres, Smiths kusin. — Hon frågade honom var han var och han vägrade och lade på. Hon var så upprörd.” Polisen stängde in sig på Smith, 20, efter att hans mor lämnat ifrån sig honom, sade poliskällor. Brodern och den döda systern var oskiljaktiga — fastän Andreas ännu inte känner till sin systers tragiska öde. — Han var hennes lilla beskyddare, sade Tina Torres till Daily News. — Varje gång någon skulle gå i närheten av henne, eller försöka hämta henne, skulle han säga: »Hör du, vad gör du?» De veta inte vad de skola säga honom, därför att han är så ung.» försvarade Smiths farbror Mark Almodovar, som sade sin brorson »slog tillbaka» den lilla flickan i revbenen under ett raseriutbrott, svarade Smith. — Grabben, han är inte den typen av person. De sade att han var ett monster — han är inget monster!» sade Almodovar. – Ibland lyssnar inte barnen på sina föräldrar och de behöver disciplineras. Men hur han tuktade dem var mycket fel.” Smith, som behandlas på Elmhurst Hospital för sina självförvållade sår, anklagades för misshandel och fara för ett barn, sade polisen. Polisen säger att Smith har 15 tidigare gripanden sedan 2008. Brooklyns president Eric Adams lovade att utreda mordet efter att grannarna hade hört häftiga argument i lägenheten på andra våningen i veckor. – Om ... det här lilla barnet och hennes bror hade gamla fysiska skador, då betyder det att vi skapar en säker tillflyktsort för förövare, sade Adams. “Och det är oacceptabelt.” Med Eli Rosenberg och Ben Kochman på en MOBILE DEVICE? Kolla på video. sgoldstein@nydailynews.com ^______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Jeida Torres upptäcktes medvetslös, oemottaglig och svårt skadad lördag eftermiddag i Bushwick, rapporterade CBS 2: s Ilana Gold. Familjen bor på ett stadshärbärge på Cooper Street, 1010 rapporterade WINS’ Glenn Schuck. Brandkåren sa att Jeida hade för bråttom till ett sjukhus i hjärtstillestånd, men dog senare. Hennes bror, Andrew Torres, är i stabilt skick på Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. På söndagen åtalades 20-årige Kelsey Smith för grov misshandel och agerade på ett sätt som var skadligt för ett barn under 17 år, sade polisen. De påstådda brotten hände medan Smith bevakade Jeida och Andrew i deras lägenhet på andra våningen medan deras mamma var på jobbet, rapporterade CBS 2:s Hazel Sanchez. Man åtalad efter Beating Death Of 3-åriga Jeida Torres I Brooklyn Glenn Schuck rapporterar playpaus Grannen Keith Best berättade New York Daily News och New York Post att pojken hade stora blåmärken på hans ansikte och armar. Han sade att barnens mor och farfar snyftade när de kom hem och fick reda på vad som hade hänt. — Familjen verkade hygglig, lycklig, inte ledsen eller så, sade en man, som bor på samma våning med familjen till Schuck. Giovanni Rodriguez, som bor i byggnaden, sa att han hörde fruktansvärda oroligheter komma från lägenheten under de senaste veckorna. — Jag brukade höra folk gräla — dam och man gräla, och jag brukade höra barnet gråta, sade han. Polisen Question Man I Beating Death Of 3-åriga Jeida Torres I Brooklyn rapporterar Roger Stern playpaus Källor berättade 1010 WINS Roger Stern att Smith hade slagit Jeida efter att hon hade smutsat ner hennes kläder. Men enligt en man som sade att han var Smiths farbror var Jeidas död en olycka. Mark Almodovar berättade för Stern att Smith bara försökte tukta flickan. — Han slog henne tillbaka med ryggen på handen, fattade henne i revbenen. Hon fick lungor kollapsade — en av hennes lungor kollapsade, sade Almodovar. Almodovar sade att hans brorson då av misstag krossade flickans bröst när han försökte utföra hjärt-lungräddning. Almodovars påståenden förklarar dock inte skadorna för Jeidas bror som fortfarande är inlagd på sjukhus, rapporterade Stern. — Ibland lyssnar inte barnen på sina föräldrar och man måste tukta dem. Men hur han tuktade dem hade han mycket fel,” tillade Almodovar. Smith påstås ha flytt från platsen till en släktings hem där han enligt poliskällor skar sig i handlederna, rapporterade CBS 2:s Steve Langford. Han behandlades för sina skador på Elmhurst Hospital, 1010 rapporterade WINS. Brooklyn Borough President Calls For DHS Probe Into Toddler's Death Roger Stern rapporterar playpaus Allteftersom brottsutredningen fortsätter har Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams uppmanat ministeriet för hemlösa tjänster att starta en egen sond om vad som hände. Adams sade att han av DHS:s kommissarie försäkrats om att det kommer att bli en grundlig undersökning av om något kunde ha gjorts för att förhindra Jeidas död. – En person börjar inte ta livet av ett barn över en natt, det är något som byggs upp till. Hade vi denne misshandlare bland oss och det ignorerades?” sade han. Adams sa att han vill att reglerna ändras så att skyddsrumsarbetare skulle åläggas att anmäla misstänkt barnmisshandel på samma sätt som läkare och poliser måste. – Om det är bestämt att det här lilla barnet och hennes bror hade gamla skador, fysiska skador då betyder det att vi skapar säkra tillflyktsorter för förövare, sade Adams. Brooklyn Borough President Calls For DHS Probe Into Toddler's Death Monica Miller rapporterar playpaus Du kan också vara intresserad av dessa berättelser (TM och © Copyright 2014 CBS Radio Inc. och dess relevanta dotterbolag. CBS RADIO och EYE Logo TM och Copyright 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Används under licens. Alla rättigheter förbehållna. Detta material får inte publiceras, sändas, skrivas om eller omfördelas. Associated Press bidrog till denna rapport.) Â°°
Summarize this article: There appeared to be no other adults with the children in the apartment on the second floor of 38 Cooper Street, a homeless shelter in the Bushwick neighborhood administered by Housing Bridge, a social services group under contract with the city. A spokeswoman for the Homeless Services Department said in a statement that it was working with the police "to determine how this occurred". Mark Almodovar, a plumber who said he was Mr. Smith's uncle, said his nephew regularly watched the children and that he had become fond of them, adding that he might be trying to chastise the young girl, but had gone overboard. Photo “You don’t discipline a child like that,” he said. But Mr. Almodovar added: “He really loved these children. And this is his stepchild.” The police said there had been no previous conversations about domestic violence in the apartment on the second floor, where the newly married couple had lived since July, or conversations related to Ms. Torres and her children. A spokesman for the child care administration declined to comment on any previous involvement in the family. The murder drew neighbors out onto the pavement along the street on Sunday, and Brooklyn City President, Eric L. Adams, held an afternoon news conference in front of the shelter to express his concern about the death. Newsletter Sign up Continue reading the main story Check that you are not a robot by clicking on the box. Invalid email address. Please go back inside. Select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign up You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times products and services. Thank you for subscribing. There's been an error. Try again later. Show all New York Times newsletters. German Lopez, who lives a few doors down Cooper Street, said he had been walking his dog on Saturday when he saw emergency services trying to revive the girl in an ambulance. “I have children, I was upset,” said Mr Lopez. “It’s an accident,” he said, referring to small children’s toilet training. “That’s why it’s called an accident,” said Anthony Cook, 33, who lives two blocks away and has a 5-year-old daughter, said he was shocked and upset by the girl’s death. “I will pray for the family,” he said. — She is a child. — The 5-year-old boy, Andrew, may have sought to intervene on behalf of his sister, before being beaten himself, the officials said. He remained hospitalized at Wyckoff Hospital on Sunday. In recent months, the children have often spent time with Mr. Smith and his family, including at the home of Mr. Smith's father, Ivan, in an apartment not far from the shelter. Jeida was "a happy girl, who always played and laughed," said Mr. Smith's great aunt, Milagros Vega, 64. She enjoyed playing with her dog and enjoyed jumping up and down and eating candy, said Ms. Vega. Advertisement Continue reading the main story She said she never saw Mr. Smith beat the kids. “He wasn’t rough on them or aggressive, nothing,” she said. — This is what I do not understand. Debbie Egan-Chin/New York Daily News Mark Almodovar swears his nephew, Kelsey Smith, is not a monster, but the disturbing details of the brutal assault that left Jeida Torre's death paint another picture. The Brooklyn man charged with fatally assaulting his wife's 3-year-old daughter who allegedly was called 911 as a neighbor and reported two unruly children — but the man's uncle defended the suspect as “not a monster!” Kelsey Smith left little Jeida Torres unconscious in bed Saturday before fleeing the apartment in a town homeless shelter in Bushwick, according to sources, but not before calling 911 and claiming to be a neighbor. “He acted as (if) he was someone down there next door and the kids up there were making trouble. There was absolutely no emotion. He didn't sound at all upset, said one source. "The kids are acting upstairs," the source claimed Smith said. “You have to send the police.” Moments later Kimberly Torres, Smith’s wife and the children’s mother, also called 911 in panic, the source said. KIMBERLY TORRES-SMITH VIA FACEBOOK Kimberly Torres with daughter Jeida, 3. Enlarge Kimberly Torres blacksmith via Facebook Little Jeida was beaten after dirtying her pants, police say. Enlarge Jeida's older brother, 5-year-old Andrew Torres, was alone at the home of 38 Cooper St. when he opened the door for police. The tyk, who was also beaten, told police that the deer was furious when the girl dirtyed her pants, stuck a dirty garment in her face and told her to "eat it," said a police source. The little brother then tried to intervene when Smith hit the girl’s head against a wall, one source said. After escaping, Smith claimed he called his wife appalled. “He said he did something bad to the children. He said the daughter was not breathing,” one source said. Kelsey Smith, 20, was in custody Saturday night after he allegedly beat his wife's daughter to death. The suspect then attempted to cut his wrists at his aunt's Queen's home in a failed suicide bid as his stepdaughter died of his injuries at Wyckoff Hospital, the police source said. - He called the police before he left. I called my aunt (Smith's mother) and she was just trying to find his place, said Tina Torres, Smith's cousin. “She asked him where he was and he refused and hung up. She was so upset.” The police shut themselves in on Smith, 20, after his mother gave him up, police sources said. The brother and the dead sister were inseparable — although Andrew is not yet aware of his sister’s tragic fate. — He was her little patron, Tina Torres told the Daily News. — Whenever someone would go near her, or try to pick her up, he would say, "Hey, what are you doing?" They don't know what to tell him, because he's so young." defended Smith's uncle Mark Almodovar, who said his nephew "struck back" the little girl in the ribs during a tantrum, Smith replied. — Dude, he's not that kind of person. They said he was a monster — he's not a monster!" said Almodovar. “Sometimes children don’t listen to their parents and they need discipline. But how he disciplined them was very wrong.” Smith, who is being treated at Elmhurst Hospital for his self-inflicted wounds, was accused of assault and danger to a child, said police. Police say Smith has 15 prior arrests since 2008. Brooklyn President Eric Adams promised to investigate the murder after the neighbors had heard fierce arguments in the second floor apartment for weeks. “If... this little child and her brother had old physical injuries, then that means we create a safe haven for perpetrators,” said Adams. “And that’s unacceptable.” With Eli Rosenberg and Ben Kochman at a MOBILE DEVICE? 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The family lives in a city shelter on Cooper Street, 1010 WINS’ Glenn Schuck reported. The fire department said Jeida was in too much of a hurry to a cardiac arrest hospital, but later died. Her brother, Andrew Torres, is in stable condition at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. On Sunday, 20-year-old Kelsey Smith was charged with aggravated assault and acted in a manner detrimental to a child under the age of 17, police said. The alleged crimes happened while Smith was watching Jeida and Andrew in their apartment on the second floor while their mother was at work, CBS 2's Hazel Sanchez reported. Man charged after Beating Death Of 3-year-old Jeida Torres In Brooklyn Glenn Schuck, playpaus reported Neighbour Keith Best told New York Daily News and the New York Post that the boy had large bruises on his face and arms. He said that the children’s mother and grandfather sobbed when they came home and found out what had happened. “The family seemed decent, happy, not sad or so,” said a man, who lives on the same floor with the family of Schuck. Giovanni Rodriguez, who lives in the building, said he heard terrible disturbances coming from the apartment over the past few weeks. ‘I used to hear people arguing — lady and one quarrel, and I used to hear the child crying,' he said. Police Question Man I Beating Death Of 3-year-old Jeida Torres In Brooklyn, Roger Stern reports playpaus Sources told 1010 WINS Roger Stern that Smith had beaten Jeida after she had dirtyed her clothes. But according to a man who said he was Smith's uncle, Jeida's death was an accident. Mark Almodovar told Stern that Smith was just trying to chastise the girl. “He hit her back with his back on his hand, grabbed her ribs. She had lungs collapsed — one of her lungs collapsed, said Almodovar. Almodovar said that his nephew then accidentally crushed the girl's chest as he attempted to perform CPR. However, Almodovar's claims do not explain the damage to Jeida's brother who is still hospitalized, Stern reported. “Sometimes children don’t listen to their parents and you have to discipline them. But how he disciplined them he was very wrong,” added Almodovar. Smith allegedly fled from the scene to a relative's home where, according to police sources, he slit his wrists, CBS 2's Steve Langford reported. He was treated for his injuries at Elmhurst Hospital, in 1010 WINS reported. Brooklyn Borough President Calls For DHS Probe Into Toddler's Death Roger Stern reports playbreak As the criminal investigation continues, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has urged the Ministry of Homeless Services to start their own probe on what happened. Adams said that he was assured by the DHS commissioner that there will be a thorough investigation into whether anything could have been done to prevent Jeida's death. “A person doesn’t start killing a child overnight, it’s something that builds up. Did we have this abuser among us and it was ignored?” he said. Adams said he wants the rules changed so that shelter workers would be required to report suspected child abuse in the same way that doctors and police officers must. “If it’s decided that this baby and her brother had old injuries, physical injuries then it means that we create safe refuges for perpetrators,” said Adams. Brooklyn Borough President Calls For DHS Probe Into Toddler's Death Monica Miller reports playbreak You may also be interested in these stories (TM and © Copyright 2014 CBS Radio Inc. and its relevant subsidiaries. CBS RADIO and EYE Logo TM and Copyright 2014 CBS Broadcasting Inc. Used under license. All rights reserved. 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– En man i New York som anklagats för att ha dödat sin treåriga styvdotter för att ha smutsat ner hennes byxor arresterades efter att hans egen förfärade mor angav honom, säger källor. Kelsey Smith tros ha flugit in i ett raseriutbrott och brutalt misshandlat Jeida Torres på lördag, poliskällor berättar för New York Daily News. Han ska ha ringt 112 och låtsas vara en granne innan han flydde från familjens lägenhet i ett härbärge. Polisen hittade det döende barnet och hennes illa misshandlade 5-åriga bror, som polisen tror kan ha försökt ingripa när Smith attackerade hans syster. Polisen säger att Smith, 20, rutinmässigt såg sin nya frus två barn när hon var på jobbet och det hade inte varit några tidigare husliga våldssamtal till lägenheten. Den 5-årige pojken är fortfarande på sjukhuset, liksom Smith, som släktingar säger försökte skära handlederna i ett självmordsförsök innan polisen hann ikapp honom, uppger New York Times. Han har åtalats för grovt överfall och agerar på ett sätt som skadar ett barn under 17 år; mordanklagelser kan följa. Grannar säger att de hört högljudda argument i lägenheten de senaste veckorna, och Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams har lovat en grundlig utredning, rapporterar CBS 2. "En person börjar inte ta livet av ett barn över en natt, det är något som byggs upp till", säger han. "Hade vi denna förövare bland oss och den ignorerades?" (I Mexiko tidigare i år lyckades polisen och soldaterna rädda hundratals misshandlade barn från "sanna hemska förhållanden" i en tillflyktsort.)
“A man in New York City accused of killing his three-year-old stepdaughter for soiling her pants was arrested after his own horrified mother turned him in,” sources say. Kelsey Smith is believed to have flown into a rage outbreak and brutally assaulted Jeida Torres on Saturday, police sources tell the New York Daily News. He's supposed to have called 911 and pretend to be a neighbor before escaping from his family's apartment in a shelter. Police found the dying child and her ill-treated 5-year-old brother, whom police believe may have attempted to intervene when Smith attacked his sister. Police say Smith, 20, routinely saw his new wife's two children when she was at work and there had been no prior domestic violence calls to the apartment. The 5-year-old boy is still in the hospital, as is Smith, whom relatives say attempted to cut his wrists in a suicide attempt before police caught up with him, states the New York Times. He has been charged with aggravated assault and acts in a manner that harms a child under the age of 17; murder charges may follow. Neighbors say they have heard loud arguments in the apartment in recent weeks, and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has promised a thorough investigation, reports CBS 2. "A person doesn't start killing a child overnight, it's something that builds up to," he says. "Did we have this perpetrator among us and it was ignored?" (In Mexico earlier this year, police and soldiers managed to save hundreds of abused children from "true terrible conditions" in a refuge.)