New York City police are investigating the death of a 1-year-old boy in Queens.

The toddler, identified as Charlie Ramraykha, died Monday afternoon at Jamaica Hospital after he was found inside a house at 157th Street near 109th Avenue in Jamaica with blood on his chest and with what officers initially thought were stab wounds, the NYPD said.

Mom used box cutter on herself, police sources say

According to police, the mystery into the boy’s death deepened when doctors later said there were no obvious signs of injury.

Investigators now believe the child was covered in his 28-year-old mother’s blood when he was hospitalized. High-ranking police sources say the mother and the toddler were found inside a bathroom. It’s believed she used a box cutter to slash her wrists.

The mother is hospitalized and in police custody, police sources said. No arrest have been made.

The medical examiner will determine the child’s cause of death to help bring answers to the investigation.  

Shocking to neighbors

One family member shared a photo of Charlie and described him as a good boy.   

Neighbors said they’re unsure how many people lived inside the home, but said the mother and son were private and friendly.

“I only knew, like I knew them face to face, you know, like just kind of you walk by your neighbors and you just, you know, a smile,” Fateema Akter said.

Akter described a very frightening situation.

“I heard two screams. The first scream was a man, for sure, and it was like a very loud, aggressive scream. And the second one I heard sounded like a child, like a child screaming in fear,” Akter said. “You know, it’s the kind of scream like after something very painful happens.”

“The crying, yeah. Something bad happened there. We heard it I thought and a lot of police people came. They took one baby like that,” neighbor Miah Mannan added.

The police scene came as a shock to neighbors on the quiet street near a park and school.

“That house, I’m not too sure. We haven’t gotten a chance to interact with them. They’ve been here a couple years now on this block and we saw them now and then, but we haven’t had a chance to interact with them. But that’s very tragic,” Faisal Ayub said.

“It’s just sad, really sad,” a woman added.

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