Candlelight vigil planned for Baby Fay

CAIRO―A candlelight vigil is scheduled for Saturday to honor the short life of Fay Mohamed.

The three-year-old child, hospitalized for nearly a month after authorities say she was violently beaten by her mother’s boyfriend, passed away early Wednesday morning.

Mohamed was taken off life support Tuesday afternoon at Albany Medical Center where she had undergone several surgeries following the January 28 assault, according to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office.

Lameik Shakur Wilson, 24, of Cairo, was arrested by the Greene County Sheriff's Office on January 29 and charged with second-degree assault, a felony, and endangering the welfare of a child, a misdemeanor. He remains remanded to the Greene County Jail without bail.

“The sheriff’s office, in conjunction with the Greene County District Attorney’s Office, is in the process of upgrading the charges against Wilson to include murder in the second degree, as well as other related charges,” the sheriff’s office reported.

A grand jury is expected to hear the case in the coming weeks.

It was around 4:14 p.m. on Wednesday, January 28, that Greene County 911 dispatched police and EMS to an apartment at 579 Main Street in Cairo for a report of a three-year-old girl found unconscious and bleeding from the mouth.

It was the child’s mother who reportedly found her severely injured after returning from a job interview.

Mohamed was noted to have several visible injuries and was treated at the scene before being airlifted to Albany Medical Center, according to the sheriff’s office.

Greene County District Attorney Joseph Stanzione had called the crime a “horrific offense” and said that the child “was beaten and abused beyond comprehension.”

Wilson is not originally from the area, Stanzione noted. Public records show he previously lived in the Rochester area.

Cairo resident Emmy LaRosa is helping to organize the candlelight vigil that will take place 6 p.m. on Saturday, February 28 at Horizon Church, located at 473 Main Street in Cairo.

“Pastor Jason Thompson will lead us in prayer followed by a remembrance walk and final prayer,” said LaRosa, adding that candles will be provided and all are welcome to attend.

LaRosa said that while she never met the child, she lived nearby and is heartbroken by the tragedy.

“Hopefully everybody―the whole entire community―comes out to support this little girl,” she said.

Stanzione did not respond to a request for additional information about the case on Wednesday but previously confirmed that Wilson has an extensive criminal history.

“This past summer, Wilson was charged with public lewdness.  It was a disgusting offense displayed in public,” Stanzione said, referring to a May 21 arrest by the Town of Cairo Police Department.

“He was investigated for masturbating inside of the library and arrested quickly afterwards,” Cairo Police Sergeant-in-Charge Rick Busch had confirmed.

Wilson was convicted and sent to jail, but Stanzione said, “Unfortunately, public lewdness is merely a Class B misdemeanor for which the maximum sentence is a 90-day sentence, for which a defendant actually serves only 60 days.”

Then, as the result of a June 4 arrest by State Police in Cairo, Wilson was convicted of attempted petit larceny and placed on probation.

State Police arrested Wilson in Cairo again on July 3 and charged him with two counts of forcible touching, a misdemeanor. He was arraigned and sent to the Greene County Jail in lieu of bail but was later released.

But Stanzione had said Wilson also allegedly violated the terms of his probation.

“A hearing date on the violation was to be scheduled. The goal of my office was to achieve a conviction on the violation and have him again sentenced to jail,” said Stanzione.

“Unfortunately, a hearing date had not yet been set before the current crime was committed,” Stanzione added.

Wilson’s other prior convictions include second-degree attempted robbery in Monroe County in September of 2018. He was sentenced to two years in prison.

Then in January of 2023, he was convicted in Columbia County on one count of aggravated harassment of an employee by an inmate and served 22 months in state prison. While incarcerated in an Oneida County facility in December of 2024, he was also convicted of second-degree promoting prison contraband and sentenced to time served, Stanzione had said.

State records show Wilson was released from prison in February of 2025.

The investigation into what is now Mohamed’s death remains ongoing and anyone with possible information is urged to contact the sheriff’s office at 518-943-3300.

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