She is accused of smothering her 9-year-old son to death, tying him up and burying him in a shallow grave behind a house in Detroit.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy is scheduled to be charged Friday in connection with her son’s death.

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.

Human remains have been discovered behind a garage on Detroit’s northwest side.