{"id":378710,"date":"2026-10-21T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378710\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:20:20","slug":"indian-origin-uber-driver-father-in-nyc-seeks-help-on-gofundme-for-daughters-funeral-after-mother-kills-five-year-old-i-lost-my-whole-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/378710\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian-origin Uber driver father in NYC seeks help on GoFundMe for daughter’s funeral after mother kills five-year-old: ‘I lost my whole world’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Indian-originFive-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to raise money for her funeral. A New York father is struggling to arrange his five-year-old daughter\u2019s funeral after the child was found dead at their Queens home, with the girl\u2019s mother charged with murder after allegedly telling a 911 dispatcher, \u201cI killed my daughter.\u201dKuldeep Singh has launched an online fundraiser to cover the funeral and cemetery expenses for his daughter, Fabiana Cabello, who was found unresponsive at the family\u2019s home in South Richmond Hill, Queens, on October 14.\u201cI loved my daughter very much, and losing her feels like I lost my whole world,\u201d Singh wrote on the fundraising page, explaining that the funeral home and cemetery were asking for a deposit he could not afford.The grieving father said he was trying to continue working as an Uber driver while coping with the loss, but the emotional strain and funeral costs had made the situation difficult.\u201cI am trying to keep working as an Uber driver while driving a rental car, but I am grieving and struggling to manage these costs at the same time,\u201d he wrote, appealing for donations to give Fabiana a proper funeral and burial.<\/p>\n

Mother allegedly called 911 and confessed<\/p>\n

Fabiana\u2019s mother, Francis Cabello, 32, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the child\u2019s death.Police said officers responded to a home in South Richmond Hill at around 6.55 pm on October 14 following an emergency call. They found Fabiana unresponsive and took her to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.Although police did not publicly identify the caller, law enforcement sources told multiple news outlets that Francis made the call and allegedly told the dispatcher, \u201cI killed my daughter.\u201dAccording to a criminal complaint obtained by People, investigators believe the incident occurred between 5.30 pm and 6.55 pm that day.Fabiana was found with scrapes on her face and petechiae \u2014 tiny spots caused by bleeding beneath the skin \u2014 in her eyes, heart and lungs, according to the complaint. These findings can be associated with asphyxia. The medical examiner is responsible for determining the official cause of death.Francis was arraigned on October 16. She did not enter a plea and was due to return to court on October 20, according to the Queens District Attorney\u2019s Office. She was also taken to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, according to reports.<\/p>\n

Family devastated by child\u2019s death<\/p>\n

The tragedy has left Fabiana\u2019s family struggling to come to terms with her death while her father seeks financial help to lay her to rest.The child\u2019s uncle remembered her as a joyful girl who brought happiness to the family.\u201cShe\u2019s a very beautiful girl, you know,\u201d he told NBC New York, describing how she made her grandparents happy and gave family members warm hugs.Fabiana\u2019s grandfather, Franklin Cabello, also spoke of the family\u2019s devastation.\u201cAs a family, we feel mentally and physically destroyed,\u201d he told reporters, adding that they were placing their confidence in God.Singh\u2019s fundraiser asks people to contribute towards the funeral and cemetery costs or share the appeal with others. He said any donation would help ease the financial burden during one of the most difficult periods of his life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five-year-old Fabiana was killed by her mother and now her father Kuldeep Singh seeks help on GoFundMe to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[139104,139105,139107,139108,9,139106,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-378710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-fabiana-cabello","tag-fundraiser-for-funeral-expenses","tag-indian-origin-uber-driver","tag-kuldeep-singh-fabiana-cabello","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-child-death","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378710","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=378710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}