American women are suspected to have drowned their three children due to postpartum depression. The youngest is only 3 months old

Polar News reporter Manda

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Comprehensive Associated Associated Press and New York Times reported on September 12 that at 4 am local time on September 12, on the beach near the famous Connie Island in Brooklyn, New York, a 7 -year -old boy, a 4 -year -old girl and 3 3 The big baby boy was found drowning, and the police believed that they might be drowned by their mother.

Early morning alarm call

At 1 am on September 12, the New York Police Department suddenly received an alarm call. The alarm claimed to be the relative of the 30 -year -old Brooklyn woman Merdie. She was worried that Merdie might hurt her three children. Di is stopped.

Merdie and three children live on Kony Island. After receiving the alarm, the police began to find people. They carefully searched for the beach, seaside boardwalk, surrounding streets and local hospitals on the island of Connie. After receiving the alarm for 90 minutes, the police found Mety at the seaside boardwalk about 3 kilometers away from Merdie's residence. She was barefoot, soaked in her body, and faced the police inquiries.

Because I saw Midy with the children, the police increased their search efforts and sent a helicopter and the Navy to start a comprehensive search from sea, land and air. Until around 4:30 in the morning, search and rescue personnel found three children on the beach on West 35th Street West Street, but they had lost their consciousness. The beach is about 3 kilometers away from the place where Midy was discovered.

I found the seaside of the three children (the source: the Associated Press)

Police performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation at the scene, and then sent them to Connie Island Hospital. Unfortunately, the three children were proclaimed to die due to the ineffective rescue. They are 7 -year -old boys Zakari, 4 -year -old girl Llea, and Oliver, a 3 -month -old baby boy.

Or suffer from postpartum depression

At present, Merdie is still being asked by the police that she has not been detained and has not been prosecuted. The local police are still investigating the matter.

56 -year -old Scott is Merdie's mother. She said in an interview with the media that Merdie was a loving mother, but her life was very difficult recently. She may have postpartum depression.

The day before the incident, Scott talked to her daughter, and Merdie claimed that he was washing clothes. Scott proposed that he wanted to chat with the grandson, but it was unsuccessful. After that, she called her daughter twice, but no one had answered.

Merdie also has a aunt who lives in North Carolina, named Stephen. She said in an interview that Merdie "has been struggling, that's it." She refused to disclose anything about Merdie. Stephen also said that she did not know about the details of the three children drowned.

The scene of the incident has been pulled up (picture source: New York Times)

The place where the three children were found, the apartment building where the mother and son lived were separated by three blocks. A director of the building said that the family had moved in for less than a year. The relevant person in charge of the police also said that the police had not received a report on Merdie's abuse or ignoring her child. The police have not made a decision on what kind of criminal charges that Merdi may face.

Father has tried to fight for guardianship

Among them, Zakari was born with Merdie and the naval veterans living in Norfuk, Virginia.

Derek said in an interview with the New York Times that Zakari was the child of himself and his ex -wife Merdie, and he knew the other two children, but it was not born to Merdie.

At the time of the incident, Merdie's relatives told him that Merdie brought the children to the water. "How could she bring the children to the sea and throw them there?" Derrick felt incredible.

He said that he met Merdie on Facebook, and the two married in 2014. In March 2015, his son Zakari was born, but soon the two divorced. Since then, Zakari has been sentenced to raising Midy, but Derek has been fighting for guardianship.

"If my son is raised by me, this kind of thing will not happen." Derek sobbing.

Derek and his son Zakari (Figure source: New York Times)

He said that his ex -wife Mody was unreliable. She often shuttled between Virginia, New York State and Japan due to work reasons.Derek will meet with the child regularly. The two parties will interview the child at the designated place, but Merdie often appoints.Derric also said that when he met his son, his son was often dirty and there were not enough clothes.Zakari will also tell him that he often eats full.When Merdie is busy, he will close Zakari in a room. He wants to go to the toilet and can only use a bowl to pick it up.

The dialogue records of Derek and his son showed that Zakari said: "I didn't do bad things, but she starved to death."

Derek said he sought help from the authorities, but had no results.

A spokesman for the New York City Children's Service Administration said the agency is investigating the incident with the police, but will not further comment.

Derric said that every time he reunited with his son, his son always said that he didn't want to go home, but he still returned his son back to his mother.

For this reason, Derric regrets: "I shouldn't send him back."

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