The toddler’s mom and dad were talking in the bedroom thinking their 3-year-old son Jayce Garcia was fine playing in the living room, the parents told officers, according to law enforcement sources. When the couple realized they couldn’t hear their son anymore, they went to look for him – and saw the loose mosquito netting, sources said. When the mom looked down from the 29th-floor balcony, she saw Jayce’s tiny body on scaffolding on the fifth floor below, sources said. Neighbors told The Post they could hear the mom screaming, “Baby!” The Harlem building where 3-year-old Jace Garcia fell from the 29th floor on July 2, 2022.JCRice The boy was rushed to Harlem Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police believe the boy’s death was just a tragic accident, sources said. Meanwhile, the girl’s parents had a strained relationship, sources and neighbors said. Records show the toddler’s mother has an open case on a charge of endangering the welfare of a child dating back to November, while the 24-year-old father has been named nine times in domestic violence reports — seven of them as the victim. Jace’s parents were talking in the apartment’s living room when the toddler fell, according to police sources. Jayce’s grandmother, Cherise Young, described him as a “happy baby”, whose mother “loved him very much”. “[The boy’s mom is] he’s not doing well at all,” the baby’s maternal grandmother, Cherise Young, 49, told The Post on Sunday. “It’s not good at all.” Young, who lives in Connecticut, said Jayce “was a very happy baby. “His mother loved him very much,” she said. “It was a normal love affair.” Young said she only met Jayce’s dad “a few times.” Mom’s sister set up a GoFundMe page for the family to give Jayce “proper burial arrangements.”
