The fathers of two of the three kids allegedly drowned by their mother are suing the city of New York and child protective services for ignoring what they say were red flags in the years leading to their Sept. 2022 deaths.
Erin Merdy, 30, is facing three counts of murder for drowning her children—7-year-old Zachary, 4-year-old Liliana, and 3-month-old Oliver—off of Coney Island. Prosecutors allege Merdy, who has a history of mental health issues, took her kids to the beach in the early morning of Sept. 12, 2022, and threw them into the ocean.
