6-year-old dies in Times Square hotel after mystery illness during NYC holiday trip: sources

A 6-year-old Maryland boy was found dead Tuesday morning inside a Times Square hotel after suddenly becoming violently ill while visiting the Big Apple with his family, cops and sources said.

Police found the boy unconscious and unresponsive when they responded to the Hampton Inn on Seventh Avenue near West 41st Street around 9:40 a.m., authorities said.

The boy’s parents told cops their son was sick Monday night and had been vomiting during the trip in the thick of the holiday season, the sources said.

A 6-year-old boy from Maryland was found dead inside the Hampton Inn in Times Square on Dec. 9, 2025.
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An NYPD officer arriving at the Hampton Inn during the investigation into the child’s death.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

The child was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His body did not show any physical signs of trauma, cops said.

The city’s medical examiner’s office will officially confirm how he died.

A 6-year-old Maryland boy was found dead Tuesday morning inside a Times Square hotel after suddenly becoming violently ill while visiting the Big Apple with his family, cops and sources said.

Police found the boy unconscious and unresponsive when they responded to the Hampton Inn on Seventh Avenue near West 41st Street around 9:40 a.m., authorities said.

The boy’s parents told cops their son was sick Monday night and had been vomiting during the trip in the thick of the holiday season, the sources said.

A 6-year-old boy from Maryland was found dead inside the Hampton Inn in Times Square on Dec. 9, 2025.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post
An NYPD officer arriving at the Hampton Inn during the investigation into the child’s death.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post

The child was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His body did not show any physical signs of trauma, cops said.

The city’s medical examiner’s office will officially confirm how he died.

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