{"id":310097,"date":"2026-07-30T20:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310097\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T20:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T20:20:06","slug":"inside-hellhole-apartment-where-autistic-nyc-teen-starved-to-death-as-mom-grandma-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310097\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside hellhole apartment where autistic NYC teen starved to death \u2014 as mom, grandma charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the squalid Bronx apartment where an <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/30\/us-news\/nyc-mom-and-grandmother-busted-for-murder-after-boy-with-autism-16-dies-of-starvation\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">autistic teen was slowly starved to death<\/a> \u2013 allegedly by his mom and grandma.<\/p>\n<p>Photos and video obtained by The Post revealed the stomach-turning hoarders\u2019 nightmare where 16-year-old Adonis Jarvis was allegedly tortured \u2014 with his malnourished twin barely surviving.<\/p>\n<p>Garbage, debris, toys and boxes consumed room after room of the apartment on East 147th Street in the South Bronx, the images show.<\/p>\n<p>The squalid Bronx apartment where a 16-year-old autistic boy starved to death. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Geneva Jarvis is walked out of the 40th Precinct in the Bronx by NYPD Detectives Thursday. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Mom Geneva Jarvis, 36, and 62-year-old grandmother, Denise Jarvis, are now facing murder charges for the allegedly fatal neglect inside their unkempt home.<\/p>\n<p>The photos show filthy and missing tiles in the bathroom at the apartment, with empty plastic containers, empty buckets, an old sink and piles of debris filling the bathtub and reaching the brim of the toilet bowl.<\/p>\n<p>Mountains of clothing, empty boxes and trash cover the entire floor in the living room, stacked so high that the debris obscures part of a window. A soiled mattress, brown from filth and decay, can be seen in one bedroom, with suitcases and more debris piled high throughout.<\/p>\n<p>Police said Geneva Jarvis brought Adonis and his brother to Lincoln Hospital on March 19.<\/p>\n<p>Adonis did not survive, and his death was recently rules a homicide \u2014 leading to his mom and grandmothers\u2019 arrests Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>A stained mattress was seen among the filthy items piled throughout the apartment. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Garbage and pizza boxes were seen piled on the floor. Matthew McDermott for NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Jarvis\u2019 16-year-old son starved to death after years of alleged neglect. Facebook\/Geneva Jarvis<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Administration for Children\u2019s Services said the agency\u2019s policy prohibits the release of \u201ccase-specific\u201d information, but noted that \u201cit had secured the safety\u201d of the surviving child.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safety and well-being of New York City\u2019s children is our top priority,\u201d the statement said. \u201cWe are investigating this incident with the NYPD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Additional reporting by Amanda Woods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This is the squalid Bronx apartment where an autistic teen was slowly starved to death \u2013 allegedly by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[14836,128,57,238,9,24,63,129,131,130,58],"class_list":["post-310097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-autism","tag-bronx","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}