Merdy's children, aged seven, four, and three months, were found unconscious near the water's edge in the early hours of Monday after a three-hour search.
A mother charged with drowning her three children at New York's Coney Island beach has been arraigned on murder charges.
Erin Merdy faces three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human life, and three counts of murder where the victims are under 11 years old. Merdy's children - seven-year-old Zachary Merdy, four-year-old Lilana Merdy, and three-month-old Oliver Bondarev - were found unconscious near the water's edge in the early hours of Monday after a three-hour search.Merdy was found barefoot and soaking wet, two miles from the scene, Police Chief Kenneth Corey said earlier in the week.Merdy's mother Jacqueline Scott, 56, told the Daily News that she was a loving mother but had been struggling recently.
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