{"id":378385,"date":"2026-10-20T23:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378385\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:26:08","slug":"bronx-parents-charged-with-murder-after-daughter-3-dies-of-malnourishment-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378385\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx parents charged with murder after daughter, 3, dies of malnourishment: prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mother and father of a 3-year-old Bronx girl are facing murder charges after their daughter died of \u201cchronic neglect\u201d and malnourishment, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bronxda.nyc.gov\/html\/home\/home.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bronx prosecutors<\/a> said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Essence Gill-Harris\u2019 parents called 911 after the little girl began having trouble breathing inside her family\u2019s E. 215th St. apartment near Paulding Ave. in Williamsbridge back on March 3, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Medics rushed the toddler to <a href=\"https:\/\/montefioreeinstein.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Montefiore Medical Center<\/a>, where she died shortly after arriving. Essence\u2019s brother was also found severely malnourished and had to be hospitalized for one month, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>A law enforcement source with knowledge of the case said both children were kept in a crib at all times and \u201cleft to fend for themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conditions in the home were \u201cnot ideal,\u201d the source added.<\/p>\n<p>The city\u2019s Medical Examiner ruled Essence\u2019s death a homicide due to acute and chronic neglect, including malnutrition and dehydration, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Calvin Harris, 37, and Essence\u2019s mother, Ymonzherae Gill, 35, were indicted on second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter charges in the girl\u2019s death. They were also hit with assault charges for the neglect of their son, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese precious children were found in deplorable conditions,\u201d said Bronx D.A. Darcell Clark. \u201cSadly, the little girl could not be saved. These defendants allegedly failed to adequately feed and care for their children. They will be held accountable for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill was arraigned on the indictment in Bronx Supreme Court on Monday. A judge ordered her held on $500,000. Harris was arraigned on Tuesday and ordered held without bail, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Both are due back in court on Dec. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The mother and father of a 3-year-old Bronx girl are facing murder charges after their daughter died of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,262,263,266,85,267,9,24,264,12,63,261,265,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-378385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378385","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=378385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}