A Brooklyn woman has been sentenced to 20 years to life for drowning her three young children in the ocean near Coney Island's boardwalk.

A New York woman was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three young children in the ocean and leaving their wet, sand-covered bodies along the shoreline near their home ...

A NYC judge sentenced a Brooklyn mother to life in prison after she admitted to drowning and killing her three children on ...

A Brooklyn woman has been sentenced for drowning her three young children on a Coney Island beach. (AP Photo/Joseph Frederick ...

A Coney Island mother was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for drowning her three children in the ocean near their ...

A 4-year-old girl who was drowned by her mother off Coney Island had tragically begged not to be sent home — telling her ...

Editor’s note: The above video aired in a previous newscast. BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — A Brooklyn mother will be spending decades behind bars for drowning her three young kids in Coney Island waters ...

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Coney Island has been a popular destination for the Fourth of July since the early 20th century. Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest has been held on July 4 since the 1970s. Vintage photos of the ...

The woman, Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty in March in Brooklyn Supreme Court to three counts of first-degree murder in the ...