Bartee
WHITE PLAINS – A Mount Vernon month has pled guilty in Westchester County Court to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of her 14 ½-month-old daughter.
On August 5, 2016 at about 5:21 a.m., Mount Vernon Police were called by Deasia Bartee, 27, for a report of her unresponsive child who had died in her sleep.
Officers went to 210 Washington Street where they found the infant, Samia Yusuf, in a play pen in a lifeless state. She was taken to Mount Vernon Hospital and pronounced dead.
The emergency room doctor who examined her told police the child was unusually cold and said she may have been dead for some time and was possibly refrigerated based on an advanced state of decomposition.
When interviewed by detectives, Bartee implicated herself to the death of her baby saying she repeatedly struck her on the back with her hand.
The medical examiner ruled her death as the result of blunt force trauma with a fracture dislocation of the lumbar spine and internal bleeding. The child was significantly underweight and malnourished and only weighed 14 pounds.
When sentenced, Bartee faces up to 25 years in state prison.
