NEW YORK — It was a dream turned into a nightmare.
A Coney Island mom was charged Wednesday with murder in the devastating drowning deaths of her three small children two days earlier, with her 4-year-old daughter likely left bruised when the suspect held her down in the Atlantic Ocean, authorities said.
When asked what happened, 30-year-old Erin Merdy alluded to dreaming about walking her kids into the water, according to a police source. The children, including a 7-year-old son and a 3-month-old boy, were later found on the beach about 90 minutes after Merdy was found.
