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New York mother charged in deaths of 3 children
WHO: Leatrice Brewer, Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux
WHERE: NEW YORK
WHEN: Mon February 25, 2008
WHAT: A mother has been charged with murder in the death of her three children on Long Island
WHY: Investigators charged Leatrice Brewer on Sunday with one count of first-degree murder and and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux, 18 months, the Nassau County Police Department said in a news release. The one charge of first-degree murder alleges that Brewer intentionally caused the deaths of more than one person, police said. After a caller told police about the incident shortly before 9 a.m., a woman directed officers to the apartment, where they found the three bodies, police said.
HOW: Authorities told the AP that Brewer wasn't home but was found later. Police did not say where they arrested her.
Brewer, who cared for the children alone, had been overwhelmed, neighbors told AP. "She neglected them," Cornisha Robinson told AP. "She used to leave them in the house all the time by themselves." Robert McCord, Brewer's brother, came to her defense. "My sister's not crazy," he told AP. "She's not ballistic. This is a shock to all of us
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