Deaths of 3 children found on New York beach ruled homicide; mother held but not charged

New York City's medical examiner confirmed Tuesday that the deaths of three children found on the shoreline near Brooklyn's famed Coney Island boardwalk were homicides by drowning. Their mother was in police custody. No charges had been filed as of late Tuesday. Zachary Merdy, 7, Lilana Merdy, 4, and Oliver Bondarev, 3 months, were found early Monday after a nearly three-hour search that began when a relative called police, worried that the woman intended to harm her children.
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