Mom Charged With Murder In Brooklyn 9-Year-Old's Death: NYPD, Reports

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn mother has been charged with murder after her 9-year-old daughter was found dead in their Crown Heights home, according to police and reports.

Shemene Cato, 48, was arrested Monday just 24 hours after Shalom Guifarro, 9, was found dead in their Lincoln Place apartment near Franklin Avenue, police said.

Shalom — who had cuts and bruises on her head and bite marks on her back — died of multiple blunt-force trauma injuries, the city's medical examiner told the New York Times.

Police said Cato also faces manslaughter, assault and a weapons charge, which the Times reports is linked to an electrical cord used to hit Shalom.

The nine-year-old lived in the apartment with her mother, 13-year-old sister and two dogs, the outlet reported.

Cato was notorious in the neighborhood as an overprotective mother who was often seen yelling at her children, neighbors told the Times.

Shalom's body was found after the owner of the restaurant below called police to report a foul odor coming from her apartment.

Cato is expected to be arraigned Tuesday, according to the Brooklyn District Attorney.