Erin Merdy, 30, was accused Wednesday with three charges of homicide in relation to the fatalities of her three children.
She is charged for each victim with homicide, killing with a complete lack of concern for human life, and killing with a victim who is under 11 years old.
The Medical Examiner stated on Tuesday that the three children perished due to drowning and their fatalities were classified as a homicide.
Police have video of Merdy walking the children calmly to the ocean in the middle of the night, according to police sources.
If she is unable to be moved to court, it is possible for the arraignment to take place bedside. Merdy remained hospitalized at NYU Langone Hospital in Brooklyn on Tuesday.
Authorities are investigating whether postnatal depression that resulted in postnatal psychosis could have had an impact.
Merdy insisted that she was taking anti-depressants and was off her medication, but her family has no documented history of psychiatric problems.
The authorities state that she informed her relatives that she submerged her offspring but refuses to communicate with the detectives.
Following a thorough investigation, the deceased remains of her three children – known as Zachary Merdy, aged 7, Lilana Merdy, aged 4, and Oliver Bondarev, aged 3 months – were discovered on the coast of a beach in Coney Island.
Merdy received a call from the police early on Monday morning, informing her about the sudden disappearance of her children. Concerned for their well-being, she immediately contacted a family member and shared the distressing news.
At Neptune Avenue, upon the arrival of the officers at the residence, an individual who introduced himself as the father responded to the door and informed the authorities that he suspected the mother was accompanying the children on the boardwalk.
Officers then started to survey the promenade and nearby vicinity for any indication of the mother or children.
Approximately two miles away from the location where the children were discovered, law enforcement received a phone call from relatives who were accompanying Erin Merdy on the promenade, an hour and a half afterwards.
The quest for the kids escalated after Erin Merdy was discovered by herself, and law enforcement dispatched a helicopter and naval squads.
The children were found shortly after 4:30 a.M. On a quiet section of the beach, about 13 blocks away from the stadium, where the Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball team plays.
Attempts to revive them at a neighboring hospital were unsuccessful, according to Kenneth Corey, Chief of the NYPD Department.
Merdy Erin has no prior history of emotional disturbance or arrests, but there were previous incidents of aggravated harassment and harassment that did not result in charges.
The police say that the actions appear to not be premeditated and that something occurred at a spur of the moment, leading detectives to interview relatives, neighbors, and look into her past.
Whether the family fell through the gaps, and if the Administration for Children’s Services should have been investigating Merdy prior to the deaths of the children, they refused to comment on it.
An ACS representative declared, “We are collaborating with the NYPD to probe this heartbreaking incident. Safeguarding the security and welfare of all children in New York City remains our utmost concern.”