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Brooklyn mom who drowned 3 kids on Coney Island beach sentenced to 20 years to life
Erin Merdy pleaded guilty to three counts of first-degree murder after bringing the children to the beach, prosecutors said.
- On Wednesday, a Brooklyn judge sentenced Erin Merdy to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children near the Coney Island boardwalk.
- Merdy pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder charges in the 2022 deaths of her seven-year-old son Zachary, four-year-old daughter Liliana, and three-month-old son Oliver.
- New York City police initiated a search on Sept. 12, 2022, after relatives expressed concern, locating Merdy barefoot and soaking wet 3 kilometers from where she lived.
- The city medical examiner ruled the deaths homicides by drowning. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez stated the children's lives were taken "in the most heartbreaking and unthinkable way."
- Evidence included video of Merdy walking toward the Atlantic Ocean with her children before 1 a.m., while relatives previously noted she may have been experiencing postpartum depression.
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The defendant, Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty this year to first degree murder charges for the deaths of her children.
A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children in the ocean and leaving their wet, sand-covered bodies in the water.
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