The mother who is accused of drowning her three young children has been charged with murder in connection to their deaths.
NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey gives an update on the deaths of 3 children found on a beach in Coney Island.Erin Merdy, 30, was charged Wednesday with three counts of murder in connection with the deaths of her three kids.
Authorities are looking into whether postpartum depression that led to postpartum psychosis could have played a role. When officers arrived at the home on Neptune Avenue, a man who identified himself as the father answered the door and told police he believed the mother was with the children on the boardwalk.
The search for the children intensified after Erin Merdy was found alone, and police sent in a helicopter and marine units.
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