A Detroit woman has been charged with the death of her 9-year-old son, whose remains were discovered a month ago.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy is facing murder charges after prosecutors said the child was smothered to death, bound, and buried in a shallow grave behind a house in Detroit.

A Detroit woman is accused of smothering her 9-year-old son to death, burying his body in her backyard, and then moving to another state.