NY NY - Montrell Williams, 2, Bronx, 10 May 2025

[borndem]

Into a river? What a monster.

You said it.
H*ll isn't hot enuff for the one who did this.
A beautiful boy with a sweet little-boy smile. Fly high Little One.

 

[tlcya]

Just saw an ABC 7 report little guy's body had been recovered.

 

[swanniee11]

Just came across my sites. Very sad, I hope he rots. Prayers for Montrell and his mom/family. Beautiful child.

 

[PromotedPawn]

This precious baby deserved so much better than what he received. I hope his life had some love and joy in it before he was taken from this world too soon.

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Father charged with murder in death of 2-year-old son found in East River

The 20-year-old father of a 2-year-old boy found dead in the East River this week is now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.

abc7ny.com

HUNTS POINT, Bronx (WABC) -- The 20-year-old father of a 2-year-old boy found dead in the East River this week is now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.

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The child's father, Arius Williams, was previously named a person of interest but had not yet been criminally charged.

 

[Ruby_PA]

Father charged with murder in death of 2-year-old son found in East River

The 20-year-old father of a 2-year-old boy found dead in the East River this week is now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.

abc7ny.com

HUNTS POINT, Bronx (WABC) -- The 20-year-old father of a 2-year-old boy found dead in the East River this week is now charged with second degree murder and manslaughter.

*****
The child's father, Arius Williams, was previously named a person of interest but had not yet been criminally charged.

2ND DEGREE MURDER?? Why not 1st?
Ugh, what did he think was going to happen? Mom would just be like "Ok whatever"?
Was he trying to spend the rest of his life in prison? Sick.

 

[GraceG]

2ND DEGREE MURDER?? Why not 1st?
Ugh, what did he think was going to happen? Mom would just be like "Ok whatever"?
Was he trying to spend the rest of his life in prison? Sick.

Unfortunately, under New York Law, they probably can't charge him with 1st degree murder.
which is the intentional killing of a person without justification but you MUST HAVE at least one of the following aggravating factors:

• The victim was a police officer, peace officer, correctional employee, judge, or a criminal case witness
• The murder was committed while the perpetrator was serving a life sentence
• The murder was committed with torture of the victim
• The murder was committed as an act of terrorism
• The murder was committed during the commission or attempted commission of one of the felonies under New York's felony murder laws ( (that includes robery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, first-degree rape, first degree criminal sexual act, first degree sexual abuse, aggragaved sexual abuse, first and second degree escape.)
• Murder committed for hire (with the charge applying to both the murderer and the person who paid the murderer)

Second degree is the intentional killing without a felony under New Yorks felony murder rule. The only "good" thing about a second degree murder confiction is since the victim ws less than 14 years old he will NOT be eligible for parole if given a life sentence.

 

[Dotta]

Throw a book at this monster
and then
throw away the key!!!

JMO

 

[Ruby_PA]

Unfortunately, under New York Law, they probably can't charge him with 1st degree murder.
which is the intentional killing of a person without justification but you MUST HAVE at least one of the following aggravating factors:

• The victim was a police officer, peace officer, correctional employee, judge, or a criminal case witness
• The murder was committed while the perpetrator was serving a life sentence
• The murder was committed with torture of the victim
• The murder was committed as an act of terrorism
• The murder was committed during the commission or attempted commission of one of the felonies under New York's felony murder laws ( (that includes robery, burglary, kidnapping, arson, first-degree rape, first degree criminal sexual act, first degree sexual abuse, aggragaved sexual abuse, first and second degree escape.)
• Murder committed for hire (with the charge applying to both the murderer and the person who paid the murderer)

Second degree is the intentional killing without a felony under New Yorks felony murder rule. The only "good" thing about a second degree murder confiction is since the victim ws less than 14 years old he will NOT be eligible for parole if given a life sentence.

Thank you! I assumed it was something like that. I'm actually surprised they didn't also charge him with kidnapping, that would have helped. But either way, I'm sure they will do their best to make sure he never leaves prison, I hope so anyway.

 

[Ruby_PA]

Seriously, I wonder why they haven't also charged him with kidnapping, maybe it's some other detail in the law, but it says here that "The father appeared in Bronx Family Court on Monday to answer a warrant for failing to return the boy to the mother, per their custody agreement.
Montrell's father was put in jail by a judge after he failed to disclose the child's whereabouts."
Maybe due to the custody agreement... I don't know, I just fear he will be back out on the streets in 5-7 years and will likely impregnate another naïve girl shortly thereafter.

 

[swanniee11]

I hope he gets more then 5-7 for this. I think we're at the beginning of charges, Prosecutors are known to come up with more charges as they get into this ( sad as all get out) case. I pray he's done. IMO.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Montrell’s death follows the death of another child, Kyng Davis, a 3-year-old boy whose body was abandoned by his mother and her boyfriend at a hospital in Brooklyn.

No charges have been filed in Kyng’s death. But reporting from The New York Times revealed that the boy was being abused months before he died and that there were several missed chances, including some by law enforcement officials and family members, to intervene

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/nyregion/bronx-boy-east-river.html

*NY - Police searching for 2 people who dumped body of severely beaten toddler outside hospital - Brooklyn, 3/9/2025