The boy, Canon Reid, was autistic, non-verbal and being home-schooled by his reclusive mother, police sources said.

Police discovered the decomposing bodies of a woman and boy inside a Brooklyn apartment Wednesday afternoon.At about 2:05 p.m., officers were called to an apartment on Dumont Avenue in East New York over reports of a foul odor,

Police said they discovered the pair at a NYCHA building in Brownsville after getting a call about a foul odor.

Cops were called to the apartment on Dumont Ave. near Hinsdale St. in East New York just after 2:05 p.m. Wednesday for reports of a foul odor, cops said.