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.

Authorities say a woman accused of killing her 9-year-old son and burying his body in her Detroit backyard has been charged with murder