The stripper mom who authorities say left her 2-year-old daughter alone to die in a Brooklyn house fire was already being probed by city officials for child neglect, sources told The Post.
The Administration for Children’s Services has been keeping tabs on Leila Aquino since Feb. 15, when it began investigating her for leaving little Kalenah Muldrow home alone while she went to work at CityScapes Gentlemen’s Club in Queens, the sources said.
Aquino, 20, arrived home Tuesday morning to find her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment in flames. She was carrying a box that contained $980 — all in $1 bills.
Cops initially thought the cash was her night’s tips from exotic dancing — but sources said Wednesday that she was actually out partying, not working.
“She’s definitely not going to be mom of the year,” a source said.
Aquino first told cops she was dancing Tuesday night, when a portable heater sparked the fire killed her little girl, who had crawled under a bed.
She then admitted she had skipped her shift to party with friends instead.
Aquino was charged with reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child on Wednesday night at Brooklyn Criminal Court, where it was revealed that ACS was still actively investigating her at the time of the fire.
Aquino has four prior arrests, including two busts since 2011 for robbery and attempted criminal possession of stolen property.
Additional reporting by Kenneth Garger and C.J. Sullivan
