A month-old infant who died on Staten Island perished from “complications of severe malnourishment,” and the manner of death is homicide, said the Office of Chief Medical Examiner Wednesday. Little Joseph Heben Jr.

The death of a 1-month-old baby has been reclassified as a homicide by the New York City Medical Examiner’s Office. On July 20, a Staten Island infant, who has since been identified as Joseph Heben Jr.

A 1-month-old Staten Island boy starved to death over the summer – and the months-old case has been ruled a homicide, officials said this week. The infant – identified as Joseph Heben Jr., of Main Street near Craig Avenue in Tottenville – died from “complications of severe malnourishment,