Mom stayed in N.J. home with dead child for 2 days before calling 911, police say

The mother of a six-year-old boy waited two days before calling 911 to report her son was dead in their Passaic County apartment, according to police.

Nakija Martin, 48, of Passaic, was arrested on July 29, about two weeks after first-responders found the child “cold to the touch” inside the woman’s apartment in Passaic, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Martin is charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and remains in custody, authorities said…

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