Mother Who Drowned 3 Children at Coney Island Is Sentenced to 20 Years
SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. Merdy through Brooklyn Defender Services, declined to comment.On Sept. Merdy brought Zachary, Liliana and Oliver to the beach near West 35th Street, steps away from the Coney Island boardwalk, prosecutors said.
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- ▪Merdy through Brooklyn Defender Services, declined to comment.On Sept.
- ▪Merdy brought Zachary, Liliana and Oliver to the beach near West 35th Street, steps away from the Coney Island boardwalk, prosecutors said.
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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMother Who Drowned 3 Children at Coney Island Is Sentenced to 20 YearsErin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 killings of her children, ages 7, 4 and 3 months.Listen · 3:26 min Share full articleErin Merdy was in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband when she drowned her children.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York TimesBy Chelsia Rose MarciusMay 20, 2026 !function(){var e="gps_module_impressions",s="gps_suppress_module",t=new URLSearchParams(window.location.search),o="1"===t.get("gps_debug")?function(e,s){console.log("[gps]",e,void…
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