Articles labeled: Ezekiel Berry

This story makes me physically ill.

I cannot believe that NOBODY in the apartment building heard this child’s cries. I can’t imagine what it must feel like to starve to death, but I’m quite certain, it isn’t fun. This is unfathomable. Just horrific.

OMAHA, Neb. — Questions from family surround the deaths of an Omaha woman and her young son who were found in their downtown Omaha apartment Monday morning.

Police said it appeared the boy, whose nickname was “Zeke,” was foraging for food after his mother died.

Omaha police said they were called to the Drake Court apartments near 21st and Leavenworth streets at about 11:30 a.m. Monday. They found Janelle Browning, 43, and her 21-month-old son, Ezekiel Berry, dead inside their apartment.