The Brooklyn mother charged with drowning her three younger youngsters in Coney Island will not be mentally steady sufficient to deal with an arraignment on homicide costs, the Brooklyn District Legal professional stated Thursday.
Erin Merdy, 30, has been hospitalized at NYU Langone Brooklyn’s psychiatric ward since Monday morning and isn't but “medically cleared” to face the homicide costs the NYPD hit her with on Wednesday, DA Eric Gonzalez stated exterior a wake for 2 of the youngsters.
“She’s not medically cleared for an arraignment, she will be able to’t be arraigned both in particular person or bedside,” Gonzalez informed The Submit exterior of the Caribe Funeral Dwelling in Flatlands the place a day, open-casket wake was held for Zachary Merdy, 7 and Liliana Stephen, 4.
“She’s not free to go away the hospital. She’s not clear for guests, she’s nonetheless medically contained. The following step would in all probability be presentation of proof to the grand jury.”
Gonzalez famous prosecutors have “180 hours” to current Merdy’s case to the grand jury and safe an indictment. If grand jurors vote to indict Merdy, she might be arraigned subsequent week or the next in Brooklyn supreme court docket the place she could be “current” to face the costs, Gonzalez stated.
The borough’s high prosecutor referred to as the Monday tragedy a “heartbreaking incident” and stated he attended the wake to pay his “respects” to the household.
“At this time it was essential for me to come back out right here as a father and a mum or dad and a fellow resident of the county to precise my condolences to the household,” he stated.
Heartbroken family and family members gathered on the funeral dwelling to recollect the 2 slain children however the mourners, a few of whom had been seen praying across the children’ coffins, refused to talk about the horror and requested for privateness.
Little Zachary’s father – Derrick Merdy – was noticed holding fingers with a cluster of individuals in a circle.
Merdy’s youngest baby – three-month-old Oliver Bondarev, who was additionally allegedly drowned by his mom – was not current at Caribe. Particulars about his wake and funeral weren't instantly clear.
All three of the youngsters have completely different fathers.
Early Monday morning, Merdy left her Neptune Avenue condo together with her three youngsters, walked them all the way down to the sand and allegedly drowned them within the surf, law-enforcement sources stated.
When cops later discovered her two miles away close to the Brighton Seashore boardwalk, she was barefoot, soaking moist and traipsing by means of the sand in a bathrobe.
Family stated previous to the incident, she’d been appearing erratically and appeared delirious. They informed police she suffered from psychological well being points and should have been coping with postpartum melancholy following the start of her son Oliver.
Merdy had a minimum of two stories of neglect filed towards her with the town Administration for Kids’s Companies for failing to convey the youngsters to high school, however the disposition of the stories is unclear, law-enforcement sources stated beforehand.
Zachary’s father informed the New York Occasions his son was usually soiled and hungry when he confirmed up for mandated custody visits.
He informed the outlet he reported the mother to “baby protecting providers” and tried to get full custody of their son, to no avail. It’s not clear to which company the daddy reported the mom.
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