A North Carolina mom has been charged with murder after her 10-year-old son's decomposing body was found in their home where police say the child was starved to death.

A 911 call led police to her Priyanka Tiwari, 33, home in Morrisville around 5.35pm Wednesday.

When officers entered the property on Craigmeade Drive, they were confronted with a gruesome scene. Tiwari's young son was unresponsive, could not be revived by CPR, and his body had started to decompose.

Investigators found almost no food in the home, and police said the boy had lost an enormous amount of weight in the month prior to his death.

'Without the autopsy, we don't know how the child passed away,' Morrisville Police Chief Pete Acosta told WRAL.

The mother is accused of 'willfully' murdering her son with 'malice' and 'aforethought', according to an arrest warrant seen by WRAL.

She was arrested Thursday morning, and charged with murder and negligent child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.

Acosta said relatives from India had been constantly calling the home for months to check on the unnamed boy, and officers had been called around at least eight times in 2023 alone.

Residents in the neighborhood said they were shocked and appalled by the discovery of the boy's body.

'It is super alarming for the community [because] everyone is nice and friendly,' Sue Nagavalli told WRAL.

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