NEW YORK — A Coney Island mother was indicted in the drowning deaths of her young children in a seaside triple homicide, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office confirmed Tuesday.
Erin Merdy, 30, faces one count of first-degree murder and nine counts of second-degree murder in the chilling deaths in which she walked the children from their nearby apartment to their demise in the Atlantic Ocean, officials said. It was unclear when the suspect would be arraigned.
Merdy was arrested in the early morning hours of Sept. 12 after worried family members called 911 to report their concerns over her three missing children: 3-month-old Oliver, 4-year-old Liliana and 7-year-old Zachary.
