A man has been busted for allegedly helping his friend chop up his own mother’s body after a woman’s dismembered remains were found in trash bags in the Bronx.
Sources said that the son will likely be charged with stabbing 45-year-old Tanya Byrd to death.
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Her 23-year-old son, Bahsid McLean, and his acquaintance, 26-year-old William Harris, have been arrested on charges of unlawfully dissecting a human body and hindering prosecution — but not on murder or manslaughter charges.
Police say they’re still investigating, and one of the men may be responsible for her death.
It isn’t immediately clear whether the suspects have lawyers. No phone numbers could be found for their homes.
Yesterday, sources told The Post that the lunatic son hacked up his mother and dumped her remains all over the neighborhood because the woman told him to grow up and move out.
The dismembered remains of the home health aide and devoted mother of three were found in four locations around Morrisania beginning at around 4 a.m. by a father and son walking their dog.
McLean confessed to the horrific crime — telling cops he did it, “basically because his mom wanted him to grow up and move out and be a man,” said a law-enforcement source.
Her body parts were wrapped in plastic, with some stuffed in luggage, cops said.
Police discovered a saw blade and gloves in their apartment, which reeked of bleach, the law-enforcement sources said. A box for a new Black & Decker handsaw was found in the apartment, but the tool was missing.
McLean, being held with charges pending last night, told cops he chopped up his mother in the bathtub, where he drained the blood, the sources said.
He and Harris were seen on surveillance video hauling the bags out of the house, the sources said. After at first confessing to the crime, he changed his story and said his cohort killed her.
“He and another guy are blaming each other,” said a law-enforcement source. “He’s constantly changing his story as we find more physical evidence. There’s no question he did it.”
The dog walkers who found some of the remains picked up two bags thinking they contained books, law-enforcement sources said.
They later realized it contained an arm and leg and called cops in a panic.
McLean was arrested for stealing cash from his mother in 2009.
His grandfather said the man was diagnosed with schizophrenia and was institutionalized for much of his childhood.
With AP. Additional reporting by Dan MacLeod