She was described by her neighbors as a reclusive figure.
By Catholics for Catholics
In a grisly urban case that shocked police and fellow New Yorkers, a 25-year-old Brooklyn mother described by neighbors as a withdrawn figure, allegedly packed her 1-month-old son in a duffel bag and hid it in a closet, according to police.
Authorities charged Gynae Kendall on Sunday with concealment of a human corpse, one day after offices said they found little Adonnys unresponsive inside the Flatbush apartment.
Officers made the ghastly find after the infant’s grandmother called the New York Police Department and asked them to perform a wellness check late Saturday, telling agents she was concerned after not seeing the baby for some time, according to a story by The New York Post.
Once at the scene, officers questioned Kendall, who told them that the baby was with her dad. However, the father, 30, denied having the child, leading investigators to the apartment, where they made the harrowing discovery about 7:30 p.m.
Investigators said Adonnys, was found wrapped in a blanket and stuffed inside the bag. He was pronounced dead by EMS at the scene and there were no apparent signs of trauma, sources said.
Kendall allegedly did not cooperate with police and demanded a lawyer before she was booked and charged, the sources said, according to The Post.
A 29-year-old tenant told The Post on Monday. “It’s heartbreaking, it’s heartbreaking that a newborn had to die. It makes us feel unsafe. I don’t want to live here anymore. I don’t want to live in a building where people like this are let in and allowed to live here.”
Kendall was described by her neighbors as a lone figure, someone who refused to make eye contact, being occasionally seen outside her seventh-floor apartment.
“She never spoke with anyone in the building,” said tenant Christopher Kinney, a personal care attendant. “You never heard yelling or screaming or anything like that coming out of her apartment.
“But she always sounded like she was cooking or laughing on the phone with a girlfriend and just playing music really loud,” Kinney added. “She was loud and noisy, usually pop music or rap music. You would hear it far away outside on the floor, you could hear it from this far away around the corner.”
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