A New York mother confessed to killing her five-year-old daughter and was charged with second-degree murder. The child's Indian-origin father is crowdfunding her funeral while struggling to meet the costs.The woman called 911 and confessed to killing her 5-year-old daughter.A woman in New York called the police last week and confessed to killing her five-year-old daughter.
Now, the girl's grieving father of Indian origin is seeking financial help to arrange her funeral.On October 14, Francis Cabello, 32, called the emergency 911 police dispatch number and said, "I killed my daughter," according to media reports.When police teams reached Cabello's home in Queens, they found Fabiana unresponsive. She was rushed to a hospital but was declared dead on arrival.Cabello was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
She has not revealed a motive behind the killing. Although the cause of death is yet to be established, an autopsy found scrapes on Fabiana’s face and tiny spots of bleeding in her eyes, heart and lungs.The New York Police Department said the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner would determine the cause.FATHER TURNS TO CROWDFUNDING Fabiana’s father, Kuldeep Singh, has launched a verified GoFundMe fundraiser to cover her funeral and cemetery expenses."I loved my daughter very much, and losing her feels like I lost my whole world," he said in his appeal.In the appeal, Singh described the loss of his daughter as devastating and said he was struggling to meet the costs of laying her to rest.
He said the funeral home and cemetery had asked for a deposit that he could not afford on his own.Singh, who works as an Uber driver using a rental car, said he was trying to continue working while coping with the loss and managing the funeral arrangements.He appealed to people to contribute whatever they could or share the fundraiser to help him give Fabiana a proper funeral and cemetery service.By Wednesday, the campaign had raised $16,780 towards its $18,000 target.- Ends