Authorities Investigating 8-Year-Old Boy's Death In The Bronx
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Authorities are investigating the death of an 8-year-old boy in the Bronx.
Investigators say the child, identified as Joseph Barney, was brought to Montefiore North Hospital around 2 p.m. Tuesday. He was unconscious when he arrived, and was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Doctors told police there were no obvious signs of any injury or trauma, but the child appeared to be malnourished.
The boy's mother and her boyfriend told investigators the boy had autism and had problems eating.
The medical examiner's office will determine his cause of death.
