A Bronx woman with an apparent history of mental illness and her severely autistic young son were found dead in their apartment, with “bugs crawling on” the child’s body and his 4-year-old sister, who had been “screaming” for days, trapped inside, police and sources said.
The woman, 38, and her 8-year-old son were declared dead at the scene. The woman’s young daughter was rescued and brought to a hospital in stable condition, authorities said.
It’s unclear when the woman, whom police said was wheelchair-bound, and her son died or how long the girl had been inside — but neighbors complained of a foul odor that smelled like “death” emanating from the home for weeks.
Despite numerous complaints from other residents at the East 231st Street building in Wakefield, no one discovered the horrifying scene until about 8:30 p.m. Friday, when the dead woman’s older daughter arrived to check on the family at the behest of her worried grandfather, and called 911…