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NEW YORK (AP) \u2014 A Brooklyn woman was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison on Wednesday for drowning her three young children<\/a> in the ocean near Coney Island\u2019s famed boardwalk.<\/p>\n

Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder charges in the 2022 killing of her 7-year-old son Zachary, her 4-year-old daughter Liliana and her 3-month-old son Oliver.<\/p>\n

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