The mother of a six-year-old boy waited two days before calling 911 to report her son was dead in their Passaic County apartment, according to police.

Nakija Martin, 48, of Passaic, was arrested on July 29 , about two weeks after first-responders found the child “cold to the touch” inside the woman’s apartment in Passaic, according to an affidavit of probable cause.

Martin is charged with second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and remains in custody, authorities said.

Police found the child unresponsive about 8:30 a.m. on July 15 in the home where the two lived on Aspen Place. The child was pronounced dead at the scene.

Prosecutors said Martin on July 13 intended to kill her son, who had been diagnosed with autism, and attempted to take her own life. Two days later, she call

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