February 5, 2026 QUEENS, N.Y. — In Room 704 of a 21st Street building, the silence of a drunken stupor was allegedly broken by a violence so severe it has left a two-year-old boy suspended between life and death.

As of Wednesday, little Maliek is not just fighting for his life; he is doing so attached to a ventilator, his small body a map of unthinkable trauma. Prosecutors have laid out a harrowing timeline of neglect and brutality that suggests this tragedy didn't just happen—it was allowed to.

A Weekend of Horror

The criminal complaint paints a chilling picture of 30-year-old Dayvon Morrison’s weekend. Morrison allegedly told investigators he was heavily intoxicated when the attack occurred. By Saturday morning, the fog of alcohol cleared enough for him to notice his son was injured, yet he claimed a "blackout" prevented him from remembering the assault itself.

For the next 48 hours, as Maliek’s condition visibly spiraled, Morrison allegedly did the unthinkable: he waited. No 911 call. No rush to the emergency room. Just the slow, agonizing passage of time until Monday morning at 3:25 a.m., when the child was finally dropped off at his mother’s home.

The Medical Toll

The injuries documented by medical staff are nothing short of catastrophic. Doctors fighting to save Maliek reported a grim list of findings:

• A blown right pupil (indicative of severe brain trauma)

• Multiple brain bleeds

• A fractured pelvis

• A lacerated liver

Medical professionals have been blunt with the court: the prognosis is dire, and the boy is currently considered likely to die.

"I Warned Them"

While the father faces the immediate legal fallout, a secondary, systemic failure is coming to light. Maliek’s mother, devastated and seeking answers, claims this was a tragedy foretold. She insists she reached out to the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), warning officials that her son was not safe in Morrison’s care.

Those warnings, she says, went unheeded. Now, a community is left to wonder how many red flags were raised before the final, fatal blow was struck.