NEW YORK -- A 1-year-old baby is in good hands now. But the boy was found dehydrated in his Bronx apartment, where he spent about five days alone with his dead mother, who police say apparently had overdosed.
The child was discovered Sunday night by relatives who went to the apartment after not hearing from the mother for several days.
They found Thomasina Gibbs, 28, dead in the foyer of her fourth-floor Bronx apartment.
The toddler was taken to Jacobi Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
The Medical Examiner's office is conducting toxicology tests, but police do not suspect foul play.
Neighbor Lynn Fitzgerald told the New York Post that Gibbs had been trying to kick an addiction to crack and marijuana.
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