A 38-year-old wheelchair-bound woman and her 8-year-old autistic son mysteriously died in a Bronx home, leaving her 4-year-old traumatized daughter alone in the apartment with the two corpses for several days, police said Saturday.
The little girl was heard “screaming for days” inside the E. 231st St. home near White Plains Road in Wakefield before another daughter and the woman’s father made the grisly discovery at around 8:30 p.m. Friday, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
It was not immediately disclosed how long the mother and son had been dead. Their names were not immediately disclosed.
Cops searching the home found the traumatized 4-year-old girl cowering inside. EMS rushed her to Montefiore Medical Center for a medical evaluation.
The woman’s father told police that he had not heard from the 38-year-old woman for some time before he and his granddaughter went over to check on them.
The two victims had no apparent injuries, cops said. Autopsies have been slated to determine how they died.
Until the city Medical Examiner releases their findings, their deaths are not being considered suspicious since both the mother and child were both physically and mentally disabled, a police source said.
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