{"id":375371,"date":"2026-10-17T01:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375371\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T01:46:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T01:46:13","slug":"nyc-girl-5-killed-by-mom-suffered-heart-brain-injuries-da-reveals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/375371\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC girl, 5, killed by mom suffered heart, brain injuries, DA reveals"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 5-year-old Queens girl battered to death<\/a> by her mother suffered gruesome injuries to her heart, eyes, lungs, and brain, prosecutors revealed Friday \u2014 as the confessed killer was held without bail.<\/p>\n

The disturbing details emerged as Francis Cabello, who chillingly told a 911 operator, \u201cI killed my daughter<\/a>,\u201d was arraigned in Queens Criminal Court on second-degree murder charges. <\/p>\n

First responders discovered the youngster, Fabiana Cabello, in her South Richmond Hill<\/a> home just before 7 p.m. Wednesday after her 32-year-old mother made the harrowing confession. <\/p>\n

Franklin Cabello, the grandfather of the victim, told reporters outside court in Spanish, \u201cAs a family, we feel mentally and physically destroyed. We can\u2019t think [clearly] but we put our confidence in God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Francis Cabello is arraigned in Queens Criminal Court for the murder of her 5-year-old daughter in New York, Friday, Oct. 16, 2026. Stephen Yang for NY Post<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was very respectful, quiet, and she always treated me like a father, she treated me with respect\u2026 She loved her daughter\u2026 She wasn\u2019t in control. She didn\u2019t make this decision in her right mind. She was under some kind of influence\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI forgive my daughter,\u201d he said with tears in his eyes.<\/p>\n

When officers arrived at the family\u2019s home, they immediately began CPR on the unconscious child.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut given the severity of her condition, they didn\u2019t even wait for an ambulance,\u201d Assistant District Attorney Lindsey Ruzza said, describing how police placed the girl in a patrol car and rushed her to Jamaica Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n

Ruzza explained the mom made several statements to police \u201cin reference to not only killing the child but wanting to have killed her child.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young girl was allegedly in good health and running around her home for hours before her mother brought her to a second-floor bedroom, locked the door and emerged alone 45 minutes later to call 911.<\/p>\n

A 5-year-old girl was found unconscious inside the home and was later pronounced dead. Brigitte Stelzer for NY Post<\/p>\n

Fabiana was found by first responders face down on the floor with blood coming out of her nose.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Francis and her daughter were the only two people in the room, police said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the time of her arrest, Francis appeared stoic and didn\u2019t shed a tear while she was carted away in handcuffs, according to a neighbor who identified himself as Carlos.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was not crying, it was like nothing happened,\u201d he told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s too much emotions together. I feel sad for the child.\u201d<\/p>\n

s 5-year-old Fabiana Cabello, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n

Erika Santiago, 43, a licensed practical nurse who lives across the street, said she heard \u201ca lot of yelling\u201d Wednesday night before the emergency response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI heard about this when I woke up this morning at 6 o\u2019clock and it\u2019s absolutely devastating, devastating,\u201d said Santiago, who has two daughters of her own, 10 and 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd it\u2019s right across the street and they brought her to the hospital I work at. It\u2019s so close to home.\u201d<\/p>\n

An autopsy conducted by Dr. Lin of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner revealed scrapes to the child\u2019s face, petechiae in her eyes, heart and lungs, a swollen brain, bruises to her extremities, and intramuscular hemorrhaging on her shoulder blade and lower back \u2014 findings consistent with asphyxiation, according to court documents and prosecutors. <\/p>\n

Additional reporting by Marie Pohl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 5-year-old Queens girl battered to death by her mother suffered gruesome injuries to her heart, eyes, lungs,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[57,238,9,56,63,65,64,122,27260,12029,58],"class_list":["post-375371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-metro","tag-murders","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-queens","tag-strangling","tag-strangulation","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375371","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=375371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}