New York Post

B’klyn parents eyed in baby girl’s death

- By TINA MOORE and JAMIE SCHRAM

The death of an infant girl in Brooklyn last year has been ruled a homicide — and cops are eyeing her mother and gang-member father, who was once investigat­ed for sexually abusing another infant, police sources told The Post Wednesday.

Nichelle Warring, just 1 month old, had a fractured skull and old fractures to her ribs when she was found unconsciou­s in her crib in BedfordStu­yvesant on June 26.

She died later that day, but it wasn’t ruled a homicide until Wednesday.

Now cops are questionin­g dad Hakeem Warring, 22, and the mom, Kenesha McCroskey, 20.

Warring — who is currently locked up at Rikers Island for assault — was previously probed by the Administra­tion for Children’s Services for allegedly sexually abusing his other daughter, then also 1 month old, in August 2015, police sources said.

McCroskey called 911 when Nichelle stopped breathing in the Hancock Street apartment.

Surveillan­ce video shows the mom leaving the apartment to go to a bodega, and Warring leaving in a hurry soon after.

Warring then returned to the home before quickly leaving again — this time with a bottle of Hen- nessey, the source said.

“Two minutes later, the mom, who has returned from the bodega, calls 911,” the source said. “That’s a red flag for us. We spoke to the mom. She was covering up for him — that’s the impression we got.”

Warring refused to speak to detectives. An order of protection barring him from visiting the home was issued four days before the baby was found unconsciou­s. Warring allegedly violated that order twice and was arrested on June 27.

Neither he nor McCroskey has been charged in Nichelle’s death.

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