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A Brooklyn mother accused of treating her infant's tiny corpse like luggage was cut loose on supervised release, even as prosecutors revealed the stomach-churning state of the baby's remains.
Janae Kendall, 25, is currently facing charges for concealment of a human corpse.
After police discovered her one-month-old son, Adonis, stuffed inside a duffel bag and stashed in a closet inside her Flatbush apartment, this neighbor spoke to News 12.
The horror unfolded at 209 Veronica Place in Brooklyn, New York.
Concerned that she hadn't seen her grandson in weeks, Adonis' maternal grandmother called the NYPD for a wellness check.
When officers arrived at the seventh floor unit, Kendall allegedly spun a web of lies, claiming the boy was with his 30-year-old father and hadn't been home for 14 days.
However, when the father denied having the child, the reclusive mom's story disintegrated.
Cops returned to the apartment and followed a quote-unquote strong odor of decomposition to a closet.
Inside a travel bag, they found a scene that will haunt them forever.
Little Adonis was unresponsive, his eyes sunken, and his skin was sloughing, literally peeling off his body from decay.
Despite the advanced decomposition, the infant showed no immediate signs of physical trauma.
Kendall reportedly clammed up, refused to cooperate with investigators, and demanded a lawyer.
At her arraignment in Kings County, a judge ignored the grisly details and granted Kendall supervised release, ordering a mental health evaluation while she awaits her next court date on May 26th.
As of now, the medical examiner is working to determine exactly how and when that little boy died.
If the autopsy reveals foul play, this duffel bag mom could see her charges upgraded from simple concealment to a far more permanent stay behind bars.
And finally, talk about taking in sickness and in stealth to a whole new level.