NEW YORK—Residents in New York’s Harlem neighborhood are remembering a four-year-old boy who prosecutors say was starved to death by his parents.
Community members lit candles and released balloons during a Friday night vigil in front of the apartment building where prosecutors say Jahmeik Modlin was found so severely malnourished that he weighed just 19 pounds.
A prayer service and wreath laying ceremony that included members of the child’s extended family and Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network was also held Saturday outside the apartment, where an impromptu memorial has been growing.
Modlin died Monday morning at a Harlem hospital after being found unconscious and unresponsive by police last Sunday night….