The grim discovery came at 4:42 a.m., about 90 minutes after police launched a frantic search for the children — whose 30-year-old mother was found soaking wet, barefoot and uncommunicative on the Coney Island Boardwalk, police say. Full story:
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The grim discovery came at 4:42 a.m., about 90 minutes after police launched a frantic search for the children, whose 30-year-old mother was found soaking wet, barefoot and uncommunicative on the Coney Island Boardwalk, police officials said during a news conference. NYPD Chief Kenneth Corey speaks to the press in Brooklyn, New York, Sept. 12, 2022, providing an update on an investigation after officers discovered three young children at the shoreline who were all pronounced dead at a hospital.Corey described the children as a 7-year-old boy, a 4-year-old girl and a 3-month-old girl. Their names were not immediately released.