17-month-old Brooklyn boy nearly beaten to death, police horrified by what they find

At least one employee from the city's Administration for Children's Services came to his foster mother's East New York apartment, but saw nothing to suggest 17-month-old Kymell Oram might be in danger.

"The apartment was in okay shape and there was food in the refrigerator," a police source said. "Apparently that's all they look at."

Neighbors said the suspected abuse was an open secret. One told the Daily News she saw Kymell more than once sitting alone crying in a hallway.

"Sometimes when the baby was crying they would leave the baby outside the door," Maribel Pejada said. "He would hit his head against the door trying to get in. It was awful."

Pejada heard the boy screaming Thursday morning. None of the neighbors ever called the police.

As Kymell lay near death at Brookdale University Hospital yesterday - three ribs broken and his spleen crushed - police grilled 32-year-old Teyuanna Cummings.

And they were looking to question her 19-year-old boyfriend, Kysheen Oliver, known in the neighborhood as 'Killer.' No one has been charged.

Cops responding to Cummings' 911 call just after 9 a.m. Thursday about a child with difficulty breathing were horrified by what they found on Fountain Ave.

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