Dad accused of beating own son, 2, to death in Queens shelter charged with murder
A father accused of beating his 2-year-old son to death while drunk at a Queens homeless shelter has now been charged with murder, court records show.
Dayvon Morrison, 30, was charged with two counts of murder and harm to a child for the savage attack that left his son, Maliek, with severe brain damage and numerous other injuries on Jan. 30.
Maliek remained on the verge of death for five days before succumbing to his injuries on February 4.
“My baby is gone,” little Maliek’s mother, Cyndy Williams, posted on Instagram after his death. “I have nothing else to say. I’m done.”
Morrison was arrested the day before his son’s death and charged with attempted murder. The charges against him were increased following the death of the little child.
He is scheduled to be arraigned on the charges against him before Queens Supreme Criminal Court Judge Ushir Pandit-Durant on February 27.
Courtesy of Cyndy Williams
Maliek is pictured in an undated photo. (Courtesy of Cyndy Williams)
Maliek was staying with his father at the Manhattan View Hotel, which is used as a homeless shelter, on 21st Street near 38th Avenue in Long Island City when he was attacked, police said.
After spending a night at the hotel-turned-shelter with his son on Friday, Jan. 30, Morrison woke up the next morning to Maliek’s face covered in bruises — but did not seek medical help, prosecutors said. He then told officers he must have hit Maliek the night before, but he had been drinking and didn’t remember what happened, according to court documents.
By that Sunday, Maliek’s condition had worsened, but Morrison had still not sought medical attention, prosecutors said.
Early Monday, when the father brought his other child home to their East Harlem home, witnesses alarmed by little Maliek’s deteriorating condition called police, according to court documents.
Doctors transported Maliek to New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Hospital where he was treated for a blown right pupil, a fractured pelvis, lacerations to his liver and brain damage, according to court documents.
