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<\/p>\nA father in Queens claims he was drunk when his 2-year-old son was beaten so badly that he ended up on life support in the hospital.<\/p>\n
Dayvon Morrison, 30, was arraigned on attempted murder and assault charges Wednesday morning. He pleaded not guilty, and was ordered held without bail.<\/p>\n
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Morrison apparently said he was drunk, and when he woke up, he saw “multiple bruises on the victim’s face but did not seek medical attention at that time.”<\/p>\n
He said, “he must have hit the victim but doesn’t remember because he was intoxicated.”<\/p>\n
The beating is alleged to have occurred on the seventh floor of the Manhattan View Hotel, which is now operating as a shelter, sometime on Friday night.<\/p>\n
Instead of going to get little Maliek Williams help, Morrison allegedly took the child in a stroller to East Harlem Saturday morning to drop off his other child.<\/p>\n
That is where witnesses noticed the toddler’s disturbing condition, and called police.<\/p>\n
Maliek did not get medical care until early Monday morning.<\/p>\n
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Maliek Williams<\/p>\n
Police responded to a 911 call near East 102nd Street and Third Avenue on Monday at around 3 a.m. and found the boy with severe head trauma.<\/p>\n
Maliek is on a ventilator at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Hospital with a “blown right pupil, fractured pelvis, laceration to the liver, damage to the brain stem, multiple brain bleeds and swelling to the brain, among other injuries.”<\/p>\n
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Cyndy Williams and her son, Maliek.<\/p>\n
“They just told me that there is nothing more they can do for my baby,” the boy’s mother, Cyndy Williams said.<\/p>\n
She posted on social media asking for prayers: “My baby is fighting for his life in the ICU please, I can’t do anything but pray.”<\/p>\n
“ACS was involved. I begged ACS. I begged the court,” Williams said. “I had my suspicions. I have paper trails. I have messages. All of that. This shouldn’t have happened.”<\/p>\n
The Administration for Children’s Services released a statement on Wednesday saying, “The safety and well-being of New York City children is our top priority. We are investigating this horrific abuse with the NYPD, and we are hoping the child will make a full recovery.”<\/p>\n
Residents and community leaders are planning to meet for a prayer vigil for the toddler.<\/p>\n
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