Mom of Brooklyn infant found dead in duffel bag hidden in closet was badly decomposed

"The city Medial Exmainer is conducting an autopsy on little Adonnys Kendall to determine how he died in his family's home on Veronica Place near Beverly Road in East Flatbush. The body showed no obvious signs of trauma and blood and tissue tests could take weeks to complete, a law enforcement source said. Cops were called to the apartment about 7:30 p.m. Sunday after Kendall's mother called 911, concerned for her daughter's welfare. Kendall was home when police arrived but her baby was nowhere to be found."

"Kendall claimed Adonnys had not been home for two weeks but "gave varying inconsistent statements about the child's whereabouts," prosecutors said in court papers. Cops searching the apartment found Adonnys' body "wrapped in a duffel bag inside a closet," prosecutors said. The infant's "eyes were sunken, his skin was sloughing and there was a strong odor of decomposition," court documents say. There were no marks on the infant's body and it wasn't immediately clear how long she had been dead."

"Kendall has no prior criminal record, officials said. So far, all she has been charged with is concealment of a human corpse. The infant's death caught neighbors off guard. Neighbor Niaz Femd, who lives on the same floor as the mother, said she rarely saw the woman. "From October to January, I saw her maybe like two times getting out of the elevator," Femd said. "Who are we living next to and what is everything coming to?""

A month-old boy named Adonnys Kendall was found dead wrapped in a duffel bag inside a closet at his family's East Flatbush apartment. The body showed advanced decomposition with sunken eyes, sloughing skin and a strong odor, and no obvious signs of trauma were reported. Gynae Kendall, 25, the child's mother, was arraigned, granted supervised release and ordered to undergo a psychiatric exam. Kendall told police the baby had not been home for at least two weeks and gave inconsistent statements. The Medical Examiner is performing an autopsy and tests that could take weeks; Kendall was charged with concealment of a human corpse.

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