A man was formally charged with murder. after he His mother’s body was found inside a box in his Brooklyn apartmentNew York authorities reported.
El cadaver de Shirley Awer67 years old, was found by a social worker who went to visit the apartment in East Flatbush on Friday afternoon, officials said.
The social worker He found the woman’s remains in a large box and called the police.
The suspect identified as David Drummond30 years old He was arrested at the apartment after allegedly admitting that he fatally hit her.said the agents and police sources.
The accused allegedly suffers from schizophrenia.
Officials did not disclose how Awer died.who was described by her neighbors as a lithe 5-foot-8-inch woman known for walking around the area daily.
A police source familiar with the case said that There were no weapons involved in the incident.adding that the officers They were trying to figure out whether Drummond had beaten her to death or strangled her.reported Daily News.
This was the man’s first arrest in New York City, police said.
Mother and son lived in the six-story apartment building for two months and kept to themselves, the building’s superintendent said.
“I don’t know much about them because they were new tenants,” said the superintendent, who preferred anonymity. “I see her walking outside a lot. I didn’t speak to the other boy. I never had any complaints about them.”
The building manager said he never met Drummond. In the few conversations she had with the victim, the woman never talked about her son.
Another resident said he frequently found the accused outside the building smoking.
“used to sit [fuera del edificio] to smoke all day. He does not work. She would talk to herself. He was walking through Flatbush [Ave.] “talking to himself as if he were talking to someone who wasn’t there,” the neighbor said.
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