POSEIDON QUINONES - 3 yo (11/14) - / Charged: stepgrandfather, Fernando Yensi - Bronx, NY

Bronx boy, who died in grandmother’s care, was killed by stepgrandfather: authorities

Fernando Yensi, 33, faces a charge of manslaughter of a person under the age of 11 in the death of Poseidon Quinones, who died Saturday, officials said. It was not clear why Yensi allegedly attacked the boy. The boy was living with his grandmother because his parents lost custody of him.

BY Thomas Tracy

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Thursday, November 20, 2014, 11:23 PM

Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2014, 11:23 PM





Courtesy of The Quinones Family Poseidon Quinones was living with his grandmother because his parents lost custody of him. 

The 3-year-old Bronx boy who was pulled from his parents’ care only to be beaten to death in his grandmother’s home was killed by his stepgrandfather, authorities said Thursday.

Fernando Yensi, 33, faces a charge of manslaughter of a person under age 11 in the death of Poseidon Quinones.

Little Poseidon died Saturday, officials said.

An autopsy revealed trauma to his midsection and significant blows to his stomach killed him, said a spokeswoman for the city’s Medical Examiner said.

It was not immediately revealed why Yensi allegedly attacked the boy.

Poseidon’s grandmother, identified by sources as Madeline Yensi, 46, called police from her apartment on E. 163rd St. near Teller Ave. in Morrisania at 1:40 a.m. Saturday. She said she called for help immediately after she checked on him as he slept and found him unconscious.

Emergency responders rushed the boy to Lincoln Medical Center, but he could not be saved.

Poseidon was taken away from his mother, Ashley Ramirez, 21, in September after she fought with the toddler’s father in front of their child.

In October, the city removed Poseidon from his father’s custody when he was caught panhandling on the street with his son, according to sources.

Ramirez was infuriated upon learning about the arrest, claiming death for the killer would be too light a punishment for taking her beloved “God king.”

“(Burning in hell) will be too easy for him,” Ramirez said. “I knew if they put my son in that home, that they would kill my baby. I’ve been saying that from the jump and now my baby is dead. He was murdered.”

Ramirez said she begged ACS officials to place him in foster care rather than the grandmother’s custody, alleging the woman had abused children in the past.

She also said she believes Poseidon’s own grandmother covered up for Yensi.

No charges had been filed against Madeline Yensi on Thursday night.

“I want to know why she was not arrested,” Ramirez said.

An ACS spokesman declined comment on the specifics of Poseidon’s case, citing agency policy.

“Each day, ACS encounters complex family circumstances that call for difficult decisions to be made to keep children safe,” ACS spokesman Christopher McKniff said. “Whenever possible, ACS tries to keep families intact by exploring noncustodial parents and other family members as potential caretakers for children.”


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Another POS woman.  Another POS man.  Another dead baby.

They really took this baby from his mother because she was fighting with his father in front of him? That is truly frightening!