The rotting bodies of a man and his elderly mother were discovered inside a Brooklyn apartment this week, cops and police sources said Tuesday.
The 39-year-old man and his 76-year-old mom were found in the living room of the third-floor unit on Quentin Road near West 5th Street in Gravesend when the NYPD and FDNY responded to a 911 call around 6:50 p.m. Monday, cops said.
Both bodies were badly decomposed.
The rotting bodies of a 39-year-old man and his 76-year-old mom were discovered inside an apartment on Quentin Road in Gravesend, cops said. G.N.Miller/NYPost
The cause of death for the duo remains under investigation. G.N.Miller/NYPostThe woman was found wedged between the couch and the bed, and the man was lying face-up on the bed, the sources said.
It was unclear how long they had been there.
The circumstances surrounding the mother and son’s deaths were not immediately known.
Their names were not released, pending family notification.
The city medical examiner’s office will make an official ruling on the cause of death, police said.
