A woman has been charged with murder in the drowning deaths of her three children at Coney Island, the New York Police Department announced on Wednesday.
Erin Merdy, 30, was arrested after her three children had drowned on Monday. The children, Zachary Merdy, 7, Liliana Merdy, 4, and Oliver Bondarev, 3 months, were identified by police and relatives, according to the New York Times.
The New York City medical examiner’s office ruled the children’s deaths as homicides by drowning.
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Police responded to a 911 call from a woman asking them to check on Erin Merdy at 3:13 a.m. on Monday, according to a press release.
“The caller indicated that she was concerned her family member may have harmed her three small children,” said NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey.
Officers found the mother in the vicinity of Brighton 6 Street and Boardwalk East and later found her three children near West 35 Street and the boardwalk, unconscious and unresponsive along the shoreline, according to police.
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First responders transported the three children to NYC Health & Hospitals/Coney Island, where they were pronounced dead, according to police.
