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UPDATED May 22, 2026 at 4:04 PM ET
May 21, 2026 at 9:18 AM ET
Brooklyn mother sentenced for drowning three children
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Erin Merdy was sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty to drowning her three children near Coney Island.
WHO: Erin Merdy; Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez
WHAT: Sentenced to decades in prison for first-degree murder after pleading guilty to drowning her three children near Coney Island.
WHEN: May 21, 2026 at 2:46 AM ET
WHERE: Coney Island, Brooklyn, USA
WHY: She pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2022 drowning deaths of her children.
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