The bodies of the 7-year-old boy, 4-year-old girl and 3-month-old boy were found around 4:40 a.m. after a nearly three-hour search that began when a relative called police, worried the woman had intended. to harm her children. The children were rushed to Coney Island Hospital, where all three were pronounced dead. The 30-year-old mother, who has not yet been identified, was found about 90 minutes later wet, “almost catatonic” and barefoot, police said, about 2 miles down the boardwalk from the Coney Island section where she lived. . Officers initially received a call around 1:40 a.m. from a concerned family member that someone may have harmed three young children. When officers arrived at the home on Neptune Avenue, a man who identified himself as the father of the three children answered the door and told police he believed the mother was with the children on the sidewalk. Police then began combing the boardwalk and surrounding area for any sign of the mother or children. That’s when they received a second call from family members who were with the mother on the boardwalk, about two miles from where the children were found. NYPD press conference: Police said the suspect made statements to family members that she drowned her children, but stopped talking when the officer arrived and has not made a statement since. “So far, he hasn’t said anything,” NYPD Chief Kenneth Corey said. She has since been taken to hospital twice and post-partum depression leading to post-partum psychosis is thought to be a possible motive. “Mother was soaking wet,” Corey said. “Whether she was out in the rain or in the water is speculation at this point. She was wet, barefoot and not communicating with officers.” The mother has prior incidents of harassment and aggravated harassment that did not result in charges. He has no prior arrests or history of emotional disturbance. Police say the actions appear to be premeditated and not something that happened in a moment, and detectives are looking into her past and interviewing neighbors and relatives to determine what happened. He has not yet been charged. Neighbors who knew the mother said she seemed like a good mom and that the children seemed healthy and well-cared for. If there was something terribly wrong, they would never guess. Allen McFarland, who coached the 7-year-old in soccer, described the older son as a happy, energetic kid. He said that while it appeared the mother was doing several juggles at once, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. “Solid kid, really good kid, always smiling on the football field,” he said. “She definitely cared, you know what I mean? That’s why it was such a shock.” Police are asking anyone who may have seen the mother and children at any time last night or early this morning to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA ( 74782). READ ALSO | NYPD commissioner discusses drop in shootings, rise in other crimes like robberies ———-
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