A 5-year-old boy was found dead in a rundown Bronx apartment, police and sources said Tuesday.
Police were called to Deneil Timberlake’s home on Bassford Ave near E. 182nd St. Belmont shortly before 3:40 a.m. Sunday, police said.
When they arrived, Deneil was unconscious and unresponsive. Doctors took him to Saint Barnabas Hospital, but he could not be saved.
The boy had no obvious signs of trauma and the city medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
There must have been other children in the home. The family has a history with the Administration for Children’s Services, PIX reported.
Deneil’s parents are cooperating with police, sources said.