Detectives in Brooklyn are attempting to talk to the mother of three young children who were found unconscious and later died on the beach in Coney Island early Monday morning.
According to NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey, two relatives of the young victims — all of whom were 7 years of age and under — had expressed concern to police officers from theThose concerns triggered a massive police search that began at 1:40 a.m. on Sept. 12 with a visit to the mother’s apartment at 3325 Neptune Ave. Upon arriving at the scene, they found the front door to the apartment unlocked, and the residence empty, according to Corey.
After about a 90-minute search, Corey said, 60th Precinct officers in Brighton Beach encountered the victims’ mother, who was soaking wet and barefoot, walking on the boardwalk with other family members.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Then, at about 4:42 a.m., police located the three victims — a 7-year-old boy, a four-year-old girl and a 3 1/2-month old girl — unconscious and unresponsive at the water’s edge in Coney Island, off the Riegelmann Boardwalk near West 35th Street. The location is about 2 miles from where officers encountered their mother in Brighton Beach earlier Monday morning.
So far, Corey noted, the mother has not been communicative with detectives. She was brought to the 60th Precinct stationhouse for further questioning as police work to piece together exactly what transpired in this tragedy.
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