#wellness-check

#wellness-check

A mother and son were discovered mummified inside a Brooklyn apartment on Wednesday afternoon - after residents reported a troubling smell wafting through the building for days, according to sources and authorities. The 80-year-old woman and 52-year-old man were discovered by officers who entered the building on the corner of Jay Street and Tillary Street in Downtown Brooklyn for a wellness check just before 1 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Police in the Bronx are investigating the death of a 53-year-old woman found in her Norwood apartment Thursday afternoon after a neighbor requested a wellness check, authorities said. Officers from the 52nd Precinct responded around 4:39 p.m. to 115 East Mosholu Parkway North, where they discovered the woman unconscious and unresponsive, police said. EMS pronounced her dead at the scene.

Four people where found dead inside a San Francisco home Wednesday afternoon, according to police officials. The group was found by officers a little after 1:20 p.m. during a wellness check at the home on the 900 block of Monterey Boulevard in the city's Ingleside District, police said. San Francisco Police Department homicide officers are conducting the investigation and the county's medical examiner will determine the cause of death.

The tragic case unfolded as police responded to a wellness check, highlighting the sometimes dire outcomes of domestic disputes that can escalate to violence.