NEW YORK — The young Colombian mother who took her own life at a Queens homeless shelter this past weekend was found dead by her teenage son — and he blamed himself for her suicide in a heartbreaking interview with NYPD officers, according to neighbors and city officials.
“I heard him talking to the two policemen. He said, ‘It’s my fault,’ ” a migrant who lived next door to the shattered Colombian family at the shelter told the Daily News in Spanish on Tuesday.
The 15-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister had been sent out to play by their mother on Sunday afternoon, according to the neighbor. While they were out, the 32-year-old mother, whose name is being withheld by The News, took her own life at the shelter in Hollis before the boy returned to find her, city officials and the neighbor said.
