BY Jonathan Lemire
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Friday, November 26th 2010, 4:00 AM
"The Staten Island teenager who was baby-sitting her boyfriend's 2-year-old son when he died was arrested Thursday - and the child's father also could face charges, police sources said.
Josiah Taylor stopped breathing Tuesday afternoon and could not be revived after he was taken from the Mosel Ave. home of Cynthia Dubois to Staten Island University Hospital North.
Dubois, 18, admitted she shook Josiah but claims she did so only after the child stopped breathing, police said.
The city medical examiner ruled Josiah's death a homicide. Dubois, who was initially arrested for endangering the welfare of a child, could face additional charges, the police sources said.
The autopsy also revealed that Josiah had suffered injuries over an extended period of time.
Dubois blamed the boy's father, her boyfriend, whom she claimed had been beating the child, the sources said. Police were questioning the dad, 28-year-old Darrell Taylor, late yesterday.
Taylor told cops he was at work when the toddler lost consciousness, but investigators are trying to determine whether he - or another adult - previously injured the child, the sources said.
Dubois is to be arraigned today in Staten Island Criminal Court."
Oh no, poor baby! The father could have just put the boy on adoption if he didn't even have the guts to take care of him. As for the baby sitter and those who will be proven to have hurt the child, should definitely pay for the sufferings that they have inflicted towards this kid.
Teenagers who aren't ready to take responsibility for a child should take this as a lesson. Having a baby at a young age is not a piece of cake. Children deserve to be loved and cared for by their parents, however hard life can be.
Posted by: Fiona, Turning Winds | February 09, 2011 at 12:22 PM