{"id":109226,"date":"2026-01-23T00:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109226\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T00:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T00:08:08","slug":"bronx-mom-starved-her-twin-sons-14-shut-them-inside-home-for-9-years-da","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109226\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx mom starved her twin sons, 14, shut them inside home for 9 years: DA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Bronx mother was arrested for starving her twin teenage sons, who she kept shut inside her Riverdale apartment for nearly a decade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronxda.nyc.gov\/html\/about\/district-attorneys-bio.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark<\/a> announced Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronxda.nyc.gov\/downloads\/pdf\/pr\/2026\/6-2026-Lissette-Soto-Domenech-indicted-starving-twin-sons.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lissette Soto Domenech<\/a>, 64, was charged with assault, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child for the \u201cshocking\u201d abuse she inflicted on her two boys, Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis defendant is accused of a shocking, horrifying form of child abuse, allegedly depriving her sons of proper food, social interaction, education, medical attention,\u201d Clark said. \u201cWe will do everything we can to help these boys attain a normal life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A specialist with the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/acs\/index.page\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Administration for Children\u2019s Services<\/a>, responding to several anonymous complaints, found Domenech\u2019s 14-year-old kids in an extreme state of malnourishment at their mother\u2019s Mosholu Ave. apartment on Oct. 15, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>One boy weighed just 51 pounds and the other 54 pounds when they were found, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed the teens to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cham.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montefiore Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a>, where they were treated for three months, according to Clark\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Bronx DA Darcel Clark speaks at a press conference in the Bronx on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)\" width=\"5000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TNY-BX-NYPD-Presser-Williams-5917.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8400908\" \/>Bronx DA Darcel Clark speaks at a press conference in the Bronx on Monday, June 23, 2025. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n<p>Inside Domenech\u2019s apartment, there was infant cereal, baby bottles and toys fit for a toddler, but no food or belongings appropriate for two teenage boys, Clark said.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators determined the boys had their last doctor\u2019s appointment in Nov. 2016 and that Domenech began submitting false paperwork to the New York City Department of Education in Sept. 2017, claiming she was homeschooling them.<\/p>\n<p>Bronx Supreme Court Justice Audrey Stone ordered Domenech remanded to custody and set bail at $25,000 cash and $75,000 bond. 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