Queens baby boy died from drug overdose, case ruled homicide

The death of a 2-month-old Queens boy 16 months ago has been deemed a homicide after it was determined the tot died from a drug overdose, police said Wednesday.

Little Mike Nieto Parra was rushed to Elmhurst Hospital by relatives after he was found unconscious in the family’s 82nd St. apartment near Eliot Ave. in Middle Village about 12:30 p.m. Aug. 23, 2023, cops said. The tot died that day at the hospital, officials said.

But an extensive autopsy, which included tissue samples and lab tests, revealed the infant died of “acute drug intoxication,” a police source said.

The city Medical Examiner declared the child’s death a homicide on Tuesday. The child’s death will count as a 2024 homicide even though he died a year earlier, officials said.

No arrests have been made.