Son charged after elderly mom’s body was found stuffed in box inside her NYC apartment: NYPD

A man was charged with murder after his mother’s body was found stuffed in a box in her Brooklyn apartment, the NYPD said.

The body of Shirley Awer, 67, was discovered by a social worker who visited the East Flatbush apartment Friday afternoon, police said.

The body of Shirley Awer, 67, was discovered by a social worker who visited the Flatbush apartment Friday afternoon.
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A police officer guards the crime scene in Brooklyn.
Peter Gerber
The East Flatbush apartment building where a woman was found dead in a box.
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Awer’s son, David Drummond, was taken into custody after allegedly admitting he hit her, police and law enforcement sources previously told The Post.

Drummond, 30, suffers from schizophrenia. The cause of the woman’s death has not yet been determined.