Questions over whether cannibalism was involved in four-year-old boy’s murder

Neither the mum nor the son can be identified for legal reasons (Picture: 9News)

A mum has been charged with murder after the body of a four-year-old boy was found in a home in New South Wales, Australia.

The woman, 32, allegedly told police she had ‘carried out acts of cannibalism’ on her son when turning herself in at 4.40pm yesterday.

Officers later discovered the boy’s body with significant arm injuries while carrying out a welfare check at her home on Bryron Street, Wyong.

The youngster may have been dead for days, broadcaster Nine News reported.

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