1-month-old boy starved to death in New York, police launch homicide investigation: officials

Exterior view of Staten Island University Hospital.

A month-old Staten Island boy starved to death over the summer, officials said this week, and the month-old case has been ruled a homicide.

The infant, identified as Joseph Geben Jr., of Main Street near Craig Avenue in Tottenville, died of “complications of severe malnutrition,” the city medical examiner said Wednesday.

NYPD officers arrived at Staten Island University Hospital South Campus around 7 a.m. on July 20, where hospital staff told them the child had arrived unconscious and unresponsive, police said.

Cops responded to Staten Island University Hospital South Campus on July 20. Corbis via Getty Images

He died of his injuries in the hospital.

Police have now launched an investigation into the murder, although no arrests had been made as of Wednesday, authorities said.

On Wednesday, the city's medical examiner said the boy died from — On Wednesday, the city’s medical examiner said the boy died from “complications of severe malnutrition.” Google Maps

It was also not clear whether the child’s parents were questioned.

In a similar case last month, Laron Modlin, 25, and Nitavia Ragsdale, 26, were both arrested in Harlem. the starvation death of their 4-year-old son Jah’Meik Modlinthe authorities said.

Ragsdale pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder at her arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday.