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Tot found unconscious with broken bones dies

A 3-MONTH-OLD girl recently found in the Bronx with broken bones and signs of strangulation died Monday.

Sherling Camacho’s short life came to an end at Montefiore Medical Center about 7 a.m., said Jessica Cuadrado, a lawyer for Sherling’s mother, Katherine Plasencia (below left).

Baby Sherling (below right) lingered in critical condition for nearly a week. Paramedics found the unconscious infant in her Honeywell Ave. apartment in West Farms about 10 a.m. last Tuesday.

Cuadrado said no one has been arrested in the case, and the attorney has not spoken with detectives.

Plasencia’s husband, Manuel Camacho, 27, told cops he was burping his daughter when she vomited and stopped breathing, sources said. He tried to revive her with instructions from a 911 operator, sources said.

The tiny baby had skull fractures, signs of attempted strangulation, damage to the tissue beneath her tongue, a torn-off toenail, and numerous old and new injuries to her head, ribs and legs, sources said Wednesday

Cops are investigating the possible involvement of Camacho and of Sherling’s 5-year-old brother, who might suffer from bipolar disorder, sources said.

But neighbor Carmen De La Cruz said she never saw the brother act out.

Cuadrado blasted officials from the Administration for Children’s Services for limiting Plasencia’s visits with Sherling to two hours a day since the infant entered the hospital.

“I am not happy with the way ACS handled the situation,” Cuadrado said. “I requested that the mother be able to spend as much time as possible with the baby as we were facing a different kind of situation. It was touch and go.”

ACS officials refused to increase the hours, Cuadrado said. And on Sunday, the agency resisted the lawyer’s attempts to secure more time for the mom and baby to be together, she said.

The agency wasn’t scheduled to be at the hospital until 10 a.m. on Monday, she said. “It’s unacceptable,” the lawyer said. “They have caseworkers working after-hours. They could have had somebody there.”

ACS gave a short statement about Sherling’s death.

“We are saddened by this troubling news and are investigating the circumstances leading to this child fatality, along with the NYPD,” said spokeswoman Carol Caceres.

Sharman Switzer, who lives in the building, organized a prayer service for Tuesday night. “It’s a baby, it’s heartbreaking. We prayed as much as we could hoping it would be all right but God had other plans,” said Switzer.