Decomposing bodies of woman, 33, and boy, 7, found in NYC apartment


The decomposing bodies of a 33-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy were discovered in a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday, police said.

Cops were called to the apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York just after 2:05 p.m. in response to reports of a foul odor, police said.

When they arrived, officers made the grisly discovery and medics pronounced both the woman and boy dead on the scene.

The decomposing bodies of a 33-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy were discovered in a Brooklyn apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)
The decomposing bodies of a 33-year-old woman and 7-year-old boy were discovered in a Brooklyn apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Theodore Parisienne / New York Daily News)

It wasn’t immediately clear if the victims were mother and child, cops said.

The city Medical Examiner will determine their causes of death.

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