A GIRL who was reportedly found covered in bite marks screamed for help after her mom allegedly dropped a bed on her.
Prosecutors say little Shalom Guifarro, nine, cried “mommy help me” as her mother, Shemene Cato, 48, allegedly attacked her.
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Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney David Ingle said Cato brutally attacked Shalom and her 13-year-old sister for two hours on Sunday.
Prosecutors said the older girl had snuck out of the Crown Heights apartment. Cops then arrived at the home and found the little girl’s lifeless body.
Shalom suffered multiple blunt force impact injuries that resulted in internal bleeding, according to Ingle.
Cato was arraigned on a second-degree murder charge and she is being held without bail.
An order of protection was also issued for the 13-year-old by Judge Simon Haniff.
“Miss Cato, I noticed your head has been down but I want you to make sure you heard and understand,” Hannif said to Cato, who started crying in court.
Prosecutors said in a complaint filed Tuesday that Cato allegedly beat her daughters over a missing computer tablet.
During the incident, Shalom ran and hid under the bed.
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The complaint alleges that Cato lifted the bed up and dropped it on Shalom’s head, ignoring her cries for help as she bled internally.
Shalom’s 13-year-old sister told cops that their mother had a temper tantrum.
She and her mom then went into the kitchen to eat and found Shalom unconscious afterward.
Investigators are now processing three items for forensic clues, a branch found in Shalom’s bedroom, a “curved piece” of furniture, and an extension cord discovered in the apartment hallway, the Daily News reported.
Shalom’s back was severely bruised and the left side of her head and left ear were swollen.
The child’s knuckles were also bruised, investigators added.
Employees at the Memphis Seoul restaurant called owner Bart Hubbuch on Sunday to report a bad smell, “almost like sewage dripping into the restaurant from the apartment,” the New York Post reported.
Hubbuch told the Post that the kids were “very well mannered” but branded the mom “a nightmare”, alleging that she always screamed at the children.
Police also removed two dogs in crates from the home.
Neighbors said the family had a small dog and another larger “pitbull-type” dog.
Sources told the Daily News that the mother had been the subject of prior domestic complaints most of them involving alleged harassment by her ex, records show.
City child services had not been involved with the family in the past, said officials.
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