Officers in the Cold Case Squad made the discovery inside Madelyn Carmichael's Brownsville apartment around 7:40 p.m. The woman was charged with murdering the girl, who disappeared 20 years ago.

A 60-year-old woman who neighbors said often complained of hearing the phantom cries of a baby at night was arrested yesterday after the police discovered her young daughter's body in her Brooklyn apartment, wrapped in plastic and hidden in a footlocker.