"Police discovered the infant in a duffel bag in a closet at the home on Veronica Place and Beverley Road around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, after his grandmother called 911 and asked officers to conduct a wellness check because something seemed amiss, according to authorities. Officials said the officers initially found nothing, but detectives who returned to the home found the boy's body."
"Police said he had no visible trauma to his body and they are still investigating how and when he died. City medical examiners are looking into his cause of death, according to the NYPD. A spokesperson for the city's Office of the Chief Medical Examiner did not immediately return an inquiry. Information for Gynae Kendall's attorney was not immediately available Monday morning as she awaited her arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court."
Gynae Kendall, 25, was arrested and charged with concealing the corpse of her 1-month-old son, Adonnys Kendall, after police found the infant's body in a duffel bag inside a closet at the family's Brooklyn home. The discovery followed a 911 call from the child's grandmother requesting a wellness check. Officers initially found nothing, but detectives who returned located the body. Police reported no visible trauma and said investigators are still determining how and when the infant died. City medical examiners are examining the cause of death. Kendall awaited arraignment in Brooklyn Criminal Court.
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