KYMELL ORAM - 17 Months - Brooklyn/NYC NY

A severely beaten toddler clinging to life in Brooklyn last night was visited just last month by child welfare workers, sources said Friday.
At least one employee from the city's Administration for Children's Services came to his foster mother's East New York apartment, but saw nothing to suggest 17-month-old Kymell Oram might be in danger.


"The apartment was in okay shape and there was food in the
refrigerator," a police source said. "Apparently that's all they look
at."
Neighbors said the suspected abuse was an open secret. One told the
Daily News she saw Kymell more than once sitting alone crying in a
hallway.
"Sometimes when the baby was crying they would leave the baby outside the door," Maribel Pejada said. "He would hit his head against the door trying to get in. It was awful."
Pejada heard the boy screaming Thursday morning. None of the neighbors ever called the police.
As Kymell lay near death at Brookdale University Hospital yesterday - three ribs broken and his spleen crushed - police grilled 32-year-old Teyuanna Cummings.
And they were looking to question her 19-year-old boyfriend, Kysheen Oliver, known in the neighborhood as 'Killer.' No one has been charged.
Cops responding to Cummings' 911 call just after 9 a.m. Thursday
about a child with difficulty breathing were horrified by what they
found on Fountain Ave.
Kymell looked "like he was thrown against the wall on a daily basis" and was "covered with deep bruises," sources said.
"That boy is her pride and joy," said the foster mom's lifelong
friend Michael, 40. "She loves him like you wouldn't believe. I've never
seen a more caring mother."
Michael said the little boy flatlined at the hospital, but the "good doctors were able to bring him back to life."
Police sources said the boy had tears around the anus that made investigators initially think he had been sodomized.
"It is possible the injuries came from kicking the child like a ball," one of the sources said.
In addition to Kymell, Cummings has another foster child - a troubled
9-year-old boy - and is the biological mother of a 10-year-old
daughter, sources said. The daughter told cops her mommy never hit them,
a police source said.
Neither of the older children showed obvious signs of abuse, they said.
The ACS, which has a record of failing other vulnerable city
children, is investigating Cummings and has asked Family Court to put
her kids in protective care.
This is not Cummings' first brush with the law.
In November 2009, she was charged with assault after getting into a
hair-pulling fight with a girlfriend. The case was dismissed.
Last October, Cummings was caught shoplifting baby clothes from a local Target store. She was not taking care of either foster child at the time, sources said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/03/19/2011-03-19_house_of_horrors_behind_this_door_17moold_nearly_beaten_to_death.html#ixzz1H3shgH2B

The boyfriend of a Brooklyn foster mother is under arrest in connection with the beating of her toddler.Kysheen Oliver, 19, was arrested after being questioned at the 75th Precinct on Saturday.He is facing a second degree assault charge and was previously arrested for marijuana possession and criminal trespassing.The child's foster mother, Teyuana Cummings, 32, was also questioned by police.EMS workers found 17-month-old Kymel Orman having difficulty breathing in an apartment on Fountain Avenue on Thursday.He remains in critical condition at Brookdale Hospital.Two other foster children have been placed in protective custody.
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/135921/arrest-made-in-beating-of-brooklyn-toddler

Poster's note: What does this 32 yo want with a 19 yo boyfriend - or should I say what does he want with her and a bunch of kids?

Shame on the neighbours who did nothing. What sort of person could simply watch as this poor child banged his head against the door trying to get inside?

SHAME ON YOU!!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!

kiwimom wrote:Shame on the neighbours who did nothing. What sort of person could simply watch as this poor child banged his head against the door trying to get inside?

SHAME ON YOU!!!! SHAME ON YOU!!!

RIGHT ON!!!
Also I am wondering if I am the only one who thinks its quite sick for a woman of that age to be dating a 19 year old. Was that correct? Shes 32 and hes 19? And if shes such a caring mother (as claimed by the friend), why would she have someone who is nicknamed "killer" around her children? At some point, before this happened, common sense had to tell this lady this guy is bad news. It amazes me that some mothers will allow just anyone around their children..

17-month-old Kymell Oram has died; little boy hung on for 11 days after brutal beating

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
DAILY NEWS POLICE BUREAU CHIEF

Monday, April 4th 2011, 3:06 PM

A Brooklyn foster-care toddler who had been clinging to life after a vicious beating last month has died - and the man accused in the attack could face murder charges, authorities said Monday.

Seventeen-month-old Kymell Oram was rushed to Brookdale Hospital from his East New York home on March 18 after his foster mom's boyfriend beat him, according to police.

The little boy hung on for 11 days before he was declared dead. He was kept on a ventilator so his heart could be harvested, sources said.

He was removed from life support late last week and a subsequent autopsy found he died of lung and blunt force trauma injuries. He also suffered rib fractures and internal bleeding.

The mother's boyfriend, Kysheen Oliver, 19, was charged with second-degree assault and now could face additional charges, sources said.

Born to a drug-addicted mother, Kymell lived in the Cypress Hills Houses with his foster mom, Teyuana Cummings, and two siblings, including a second foster child.

Cummings left Kymell in the care of Oliver on March 18 while she took her other kids to school. When she returned, Kymell had trouble breathing and was rushed to Brookdale.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2011/04/04/2011-04-04_17monthold_kymell_oram_has_died_little_boy_hung_on_for_11_days_after_brutal_beat.html#ixzz1IbEYtoNS

Oh no!!!!

Thank you for the info plaid and welcome to J4C.

If this bitch had to date a child couldn't she at least picked on who was not a child abuser?

How could anyone watch a baby beat his head against a door and cry like that and do NOTHING?

She very likely beat the poor baby also.

WTH was she doing with foster children? There is something seriously wrong with a child welfare system that turns poor, helpless babies over to idiot monsters like this woman. She is the one who should be charged with 2nd degree murder. He should be charged with 1st degree murder.

Here's hoping he gets more than his share of ass beatings while in prison. Her too.