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A mom has been charged after the body of her 10-month-old daughter was found decomposing inside a cardboard box in her Milwaukee apartment on Aug. 13

The box the baby was found in was surrounded by flies and maggots, police said

The cause of the child's death is being investigated by authorities

A mother has been charged after the body of her 10-month-old daughter was found decomposing in a cardboard box inside her apartment in Milwaukee.

On Aug. 13, a neighbor alerted police to “a foul smell” coming from the home of Shyanna Brothers. When authorities first arrived at the residence, Brothers, 28, told police that the smell came from old food, local outlet WISN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

Police then entered the apartment, where they found the body

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