Ellen Moynihan

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Rebecca White |Rocco Parascandola |Ellen Moynihan

The grandfather of the 4-year-old girl who was trapped in her Bronx home with the bodies of her deceased mother and brother said he had been trying to convince his daughter to let the tot live with him. Lisa Cotton, 38, and her 8-year-old autistic son died mysteriously in their Wakefield home, leaving Cotton’s traumatized daughter alone in the apartment with the two corpses for days, police said Saturday.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Rebecca White |Rocco Parascandola |Ellen Moynihan

The grandfather of the 4-year-old girl who was trapped in her Bronx home with the bodies of her deceased mother and brother said he had been trying to convince his daughter to let the tot live with him. Lisa Cotton, 38, and her 8-year-old autistic son died mysteriously in their Wakefield home, leaving Cotton’s traumatized daughter alone in the apartment with the two corpses for days, police said Saturday.

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Julian Roberts-Grmela |Rocco Parascandola |Ellen Moynihan

A man shot to death on a return visit to the Harlem NYCHA development where he grew up was a father of four with another child on the way, heartbroken relatives say. Christopher Jimenez, 34, was shot in the chest during a confrontation with two men in the lobby of a Manhattanville Houses building on W. 126th St. near Broadway about 5 p.m. Thursday, police said.

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Emma Seiwell |Ellen Moynihan

A blaze on Staten Island that started with sex toys being set on fire in a backyard and then spread quickly destroyed the home of an 88-year-old woman and has left her living in terror, her family told the News. “The first night she had a nightmare, she screamed really loud. She screamed so loud, I never heard someone scream like that,” said Angela, the daughter-in-law of 88-year-old Lilian. (She did not hsare her last name.)“She’s talking to herself, like, I don’t understand,” said Angela.

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Sheetal Banchariya |Ellen Moynihan

The former FDNY firefighter charged with killing a 23-year-old man in a drug and booze-fueled crash was sent to Rikers Island Thursday after prosecutors argued his OnlyFans business gave him a source of income that could allow him to flee. Michael Pena, 28, driving his Mercedes-Benz 83 mph in a 25 mph zone, blasted through a red light just before he t-boned victim Justin Diaz as the younger man drove a BMW to his baggage handler job at LaGuardia Airport at about 4:15 a.m. on Feb.