After that, the young woman went in search of Lisa and discovered Promise, then four, “feeding herself with chocolate” on her mother’s bed.
Hubert stated, “She picked her up and ran out and called the police,” citing a 911 call transcript that claimed she had observed “bugs crawling” on Nazir’s body.
Neighbors had apparently been complaining of a bad odor that smelled like “death” for weeks before the mother and son were discovered (how long they had been dead is unknown).
After receiving an anonymous 911 call on Tuesday, police had finished a welfare check at the second-floor apartment at East 231st Street, but no one answered the door.
According to police sources who spoke to the outlet, responding officers had no reason to break down the door even though neighbors informed them that they hadn’t seen Lisa or her kids in two weeks because they didn’t smell anything or hear any noises.
“[The police] said they’d be back in a few days,” a neighbor continued. She was attempting to obtain a court order to have the door broken in, according to one of the social workers.
