The mysterious deaths of an elderly mother and her son, found dead and decomposed in an apartment in Gravesend, are being investigated by police.
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Once firefighters broke into the apartment, they found a 76-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man badly decomposed in the living room, according to the NYPD. Their names have not yet been released. Neighbor Nataliya Polizzi said the mother and son mostly kept to themselves, except for an evening a few weeks ago when the son unexpectedly knocked on Polizzi’s door with wine and pizza.The smell became noticeable a few days ago, according to Polizzi. She didn’t know who had called the police.
“I was as surprised as everybody else was,” she said about the deaths. “All I heard yesterday was that there was a smell coming from that apartment.”
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