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For weeks now, Filipino babysitters and nannies in the New York-New Jersey area have been talking about a young colleague whom, they say, was jailed after the death of her seven-year-old ward who reportedly fell in a Manhattan playground and knocked his head on a concrete.
The problem is, no one knows the jailed babysitters whereabouts, let alone her name.
Although the alleged incident spread like wildfire, the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) and the Philippine Consulate General are also in the dark regarding the babysitters identity.
Its strange that a lot of babysitters we have talked to are familiar with the story, but no one knows who the babysitter is, said Caroline de Leon, program director of CAAAVs Women Workers Project. Weve been conducting our own investigation, De Leon told the Filipino Reporter. We want to confirm the veracity of the report and the identity of the babysitter to be able to help her, de Leon said.
Consul General Linglingay Lacanlale said that if the reports are true, it is unusual that New York authorities have not informed the Consulate about the incarceration of a Filipino national, unless the arrested person does not want her Consulate to be informed of the arrest, said Lacanlale who, as of this week, has not received a request for help.
The New York Police Department and the Manhattan District Attorneys Office said they cannot provide any information without the name of a suspect or victim, or the exact date and place of the incident.
The Central Park Police, visited by the Reporter, has no record of a babysitter being arrested.
Interestingly, the nannies themselves are surprised that no one knew the name or identity of the babysitter. Some even said shes probably not a Filipina since not one of them knows who she is.
Lacanlale said she suspects the babysitter arrested is not a Filipino national despite the claims of other domestic workers.
According to several child caregivers some of them non-Filipinos interviewed by the Reporter, the Filipina babysitter, who is said to be 20 years old, was talking on a cell phone while her seven-year-old ward was playing one afternoon at top of a 10-foot pyramid at a playground on 84th Street and Fifth Avenue near Central Park.
Other sources gave three different uptown parks where the alleged accident supposedly occurred.
Sources said the boy suddenly fell and hit his head on a brick. The boy was reportedly crying and bleeding in the nose when the distraught babysitter brought him home. The boy reportedly complained of headaches, but the babysitter did nothing about it. Upon reaching home, she reportedly gave the boy a bath and then put him to bed.
When the boys parents arrived home, the babysitter did not inform them of the accident and simply told them the boy got too tired from playing. She left the boy sleeping and went home to Queens, where she rented a room.
Upon her return to work the following morning, sources said cops were already waiting for the babysitter and immediately handcuffed her. It was only then when the babysitter learned that the boy died, sources said.
For information about the identity or whereabouts of the babysitter, contact Caroline de Leon of CAAAV at (718) 220-7391, or the Philippine Consulate at (212) 764-1330.
The problem is, no one knows the jailed babysitters whereabouts, let alone her name.
Although the alleged incident spread like wildfire, the Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV) and the Philippine Consulate General are also in the dark regarding the babysitters identity.
Its strange that a lot of babysitters we have talked to are familiar with the story, but no one knows who the babysitter is, said Caroline de Leon, program director of CAAAVs Women Workers Project. Weve been conducting our own investigation, De Leon told the Filipino Reporter. We want to confirm the veracity of the report and the identity of the babysitter to be able to help her, de Leon said.
Consul General Linglingay Lacanlale said that if the reports are true, it is unusual that New York authorities have not informed the Consulate about the incarceration of a Filipino national, unless the arrested person does not want her Consulate to be informed of the arrest, said Lacanlale who, as of this week, has not received a request for help.
The New York Police Department and the Manhattan District Attorneys Office said they cannot provide any information without the name of a suspect or victim, or the exact date and place of the incident.
The Central Park Police, visited by the Reporter, has no record of a babysitter being arrested.
Interestingly, the nannies themselves are surprised that no one knew the name or identity of the babysitter. Some even said shes probably not a Filipina since not one of them knows who she is.
Lacanlale said she suspects the babysitter arrested is not a Filipino national despite the claims of other domestic workers.
According to several child caregivers some of them non-Filipinos interviewed by the Reporter, the Filipina babysitter, who is said to be 20 years old, was talking on a cell phone while her seven-year-old ward was playing one afternoon at top of a 10-foot pyramid at a playground on 84th Street and Fifth Avenue near Central Park.
Other sources gave three different uptown parks where the alleged accident supposedly occurred.
Sources said the boy suddenly fell and hit his head on a brick. The boy was reportedly crying and bleeding in the nose when the distraught babysitter brought him home. The boy reportedly complained of headaches, but the babysitter did nothing about it. Upon reaching home, she reportedly gave the boy a bath and then put him to bed.
When the boys parents arrived home, the babysitter did not inform them of the accident and simply told them the boy got too tired from playing. She left the boy sleeping and went home to Queens, where she rented a room.
Upon her return to work the following morning, sources said cops were already waiting for the babysitter and immediately handcuffed her. It was only then when the babysitter learned that the boy died, sources said.
For information about the identity or whereabouts of the babysitter, contact Caroline de Leon of CAAAV at (718) 220-7391, or the Philippine Consulate at (212) 764-1330.