Little one companies visited a Bronx residence whereas a 4-year-old lady was trapped inside with the corpses of her troubled mother and brother – however officers walked away after knocking, neighbors mentioned.
Lisa Cotton, 38, and her 8-year-old son, Nazir Millien, 8, had been lifeless for at the least two weeks earlier than relations discovered them and the toddler inside the home of horrors Friday, sooner or later after reps for the Administration for Youngsters’s Companies dropped the ball, neighbor Sabrina Coleson mentioned.
“They didn’t do s–t,” Coleson mentioned Sunday. “They had been right here ringing folks’s bells the day earlier than the wellness examine. They had been right here, however they didn’t do s–t.
“One rang my bell and asked if I had any concerns for upstairs. And then a man opened his door and started yelling,” she mentioned. “Lisa was a very cool girl. I never saw her son with her, only the girl. It’s terrible.”
Involved relations lastly checked on the household on Friday and located the 4-year-old, Promise, alone, ravenous and in horrid situation on her mom’s mattress — as bugs crawled over her lifeless household.
Cotton’s father, Hubert, 71, had despatched his oldest granddaughter to examine the residence at East 231st Avenue — with the lady grabbing her younger sibling and fleeing the putrid residence to name police.
ACS wasn’t the one metropolis company to go away Promise trapped in hellish situations — neighbors mentioned cops had been additionally referred to as to the residence on Tuesday however left after not sensing the stench reported by others.
Hubert Cotton mentioned the toddler survived by “feeding herself with chocolate.”
Regulation enforcement sources mentioned Lisa Cotton had a historical past of erratic conduct, and had a pending ACS case for alleged youngster neglect earlier than she was discovered lifeless.
She was arrested in 2021 on youngster abandonment fees after police mentioned she was caught swinging her then-infant daughter round in a stroller and lighting a wig on hearth on White Plains Highway, sources mentioned.
When cops arrived she was allegedly strolling away, leaving Promise behind. The end result of the case was not obtainable as a result of the file is sealed.
One neighbor mentioned the mother had “episodes” prior to now.
Sources mentioned police consider Lisa Cotton, who suffered from bronchial asthma, could have died from cardiac arrest, whereas her son, who was born prematurely and had a feeding tube, could have starved to demise.
Officers at ACS didn’t reply to requests for remark from The Put up on Sunday.
