Brooklyn mother ignored daughter’s pleas after deadly beating

The mom of a 9-year-old Brooklyn woman tossed a mattress on her daughter after beating her — then repeatedly ignored pleas of “mommy assist me” earlier than the younger woman died, prosecutors mentioned Tuesday.

Shemene Cato, 48, brutally attacked little Shalom Guifarro and her 13-year-old sister for 2 hours earlier than mortally injuring her daughter on Sunday, Brooklyn Assistant District Legal professional David Ingle mentioned on the mother’s arraignment.

The prosecutor mentioned it wasn’t till the older woman snuck off and referred to as 911 that cops confirmed up on the Crown Heights residence and located Shalom.

“As detailed within the criticism, a physician on the health worker’s workplace decided that Shalom suffered a number of blunt power affect injures concerning the head and physique, leading to inner bleeding which in the end brought on the demise of Shalom,” Ingle mentioned.

Cato was arraigned on a second-degree homicide cost and ordered held with out bail by Choose Simiyon Haniff, who additionally issued an order of safety for the older woman.

“Miss Cato, I observed your head has been down however I need you to ensure you heard and perceive,” Haniff advised Cato, who burst into tears in court docket.

Police had responded to Cato’s residence in Crown Heights round 1 p.m. on Sunday and located the woman badly bruised and lifeless contained in the house.

Based on the useless woman’s sister, Shalom was “spanked” by her mother and put in day trip after a mood tantrum earlier than she was discovered unresponsive, police mentioned.

Prosecutors mentioned in a criticism filed Tuesday that Cato allegedly beat her two daughters over a lacking laptop pill, prompting Shalom to flee and conceal beneath the mattress.

Cato then lifted the mattress and dropped it on her youthful daughter’s head, then ignored the woman’s pleas for assist as she bled internally, the criticism mentioned.

Cops had visited the house 14 occasions earlier than for home violence experiences — most involving Cato complaining about alleged harassment by her ex, information present.

Officers mentioned metropolis little one companies had not been concerned with the household prior to now.

Nonetheless, neighbors advised The Put up that the household may typically be heard arguing.

“I heard quite a lot of screaming and combating from the house,” neighbor Jason Rahimzadeh mentioned Monday. “I heard loud arguments at the least 10 occasions, the place they had been screaming on the high of their lungs. The household saved to themselves.

“Everybody within the constructing is so good and calm, however all of us knew that house was hassle.”

Bart Hubbuch, who owns the bar close to the house, mentioned Cato persistently yells on the children.

“Their mom continuously stubborn them out and wouldn’t allow them to play with the opposite children on the block,” mentioned Hubbuch.

Cato works for town Human Sources Administration, along with her union selecting up the tab for the lawyer’s authorized charges, in response to sources.

The lawyer, Edward Mandery of Brooklyn Defender Providers, declined to remark as he left the courthouse Tuesday.