A Bridgeton mom has been indicted on charges that she killed her 23-month-old son, burned his remains, then told police he had been kidnapped.

Nakira M. Griner, 25, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Griner Jr., whose burned and dismembered body was found at the Griner family home in February, hours after the woman reported that she was knocked to the ground by an unknown assailant while walking to a store with her infant strapped to her chest and Daniel in a stroller.

When she looked up, the stroller and Daniel were gone, she told police, prompting a widespread community search that ended with the grim discovery at the family home.

An autopsy determined the child died of blunt force trauma that included multiple bone fractures.

After changing her story, Griner admitted that she struck the child after he refused to eat his breakfast, according to her criminal complaint. She told police she struck him so hard that it left bruises on his face and also claimed he had fallen down a flight of stairs.

She claimed she left the injured child alive and alone in his stroller on a Bridgeton street “because she wanted someone to find him and help him because no one would believe her,” police noted in their report.

In addition to murder, the grand jury indicted Griner on charges of disturbing or desecrating human remains (second-degree), tampering with evidence (fourth-degree), endangering the welfare of a child (second-degree) and false public alarm (second-degree).

Griner remains in Cape May County Jail and is scheduled to return to court for a post-indictment arraignment on July 22.

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