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Diamars 13 september 2022

Police believe 3 children drowned by

mother at NYC beach

(AP) — Three children
were found dead in the
surf off Brooklyn’s famed
Coney Island boardwalk
early Monday and police
believe they may have
been drowned by their
mother.
Psychologist: School The bodies of the 7-year-

shooter suffered fetal old boy, 4-year-old girl and
3-month-old girl were found
after a nearly three-hour
alcohol damage search that began at 1:40 a.m.
when a relative called police,
(AP) — Attorneys for below average intelligence worried the woman intended
Florida school shoot- many people with fetal al- to harm her children. in a helicopter and marine
er Nikolas Cruz be- cohol issues often score. units. The children were The children’s bodies were
gan building their case The mother was found 90 found at the water’s edge found just three blocks from
Monday that his birth Connor will resume his minutes later, barefoot and shortly after 4:30 a.m. on a the woman’s apartment
mother’s alcohol abuse testimony Monday after- soaking wet, 2 miles (3 kilo- quiet section of beach about building, where police had
left him with severe be- noon and then undergo meters) down the boardwalk 13 blocks from the stadium first gone when the search
havioral problems that cross-examination by the from the section of Coney Is- where the Brooklyn Cy- began. Corey said officers
eventually led to his prosecution. land where she lived. clones minor league baseball had canvassed the beach
2018 murder of 17 peo- team plays its games. and the boardwalk, searched
ple at Parkland’s Mar- Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty Detectives were trying to neighborhood streets and
jory Stoneman Douglas in October to murdering question the woman at the Efforts to revive the children checked the local hospital
High School. 14 students and three staff local police precinct house. at a nearby hospital failed, in the hunt for the children
members and wounding 17 Corey said. before the mother was found
Paul Connor, a Seattle-area others as he stalked a three- “So far, she’s not said any- on the boardwalk.
neuropsychologist, said story classroom building thing,” said NYPD Chief of Police didn’t immediately
medical records and testi- with an AR-15-style semi- Department Kenneth Corey. identify the children or the Corey said the mother had
mony by prior witnesses automatic rifle on Valen- 30-year-old mother. A deci- not been reported to authori-
show that Brenda Wood- tine’s Day 2018. His trial is The search for the children sion hadn’t been made about ties previously for abusing or
ard drank and used cocaine only to decide whether the intensified after the mother what criminal charges she neglecting her children
throughout much of her former Stoneman Doug- was found alone. Police sent might face.
pregnancy before Cruz’s las student is sentenced to
birth in 1998. Woodard, a death or life without pa-
Fort Lauderdale prostitute, role. For the seven-man, Wall Street rallies ahead of high-stakes
gave up the baby immedi- five-woman jury to impose
ately after to his adoptive a death sentence, the vote inflation report
parents, Lynda and Roger must be unanimous.
Cruz. Woodard died last (AP) — Stocks are climb- inflation was not as bad as show inflation slowed at the
year. Lead prosecutor Mike Satz ing further Monday, as July’s 8.5% rate. wholesale level last month.
finished his primary case Wall Street makes its last A report on Thursday will
Connor, testifying by last month. He played se- moves ahead of a high- A slowdown would bolster show how U.S. households
Zoom, told jurors that curity videos of the shoot- stakes report that will hopes that inflation topped have altered their spending
people with fetal alcohol ing and showed the rifle hopefully show inflation out in June at 9.1% and is on amid high inflation, while a
spectrum disorder show at Cruz used. Teachers and hammered the economy its way back down. That in Friday report will show how
a young age problems with students testified about less hard last month. turn could allow the Federal much inflation households
motor skills, impulse con- watching others die. He Reserve to avoid a worst-case are preparing for in upcom-
trol, socializing and pay- showed graphic autopsy The nation’s punishingly scenario for markets, where ing years.
ing attention — problems and crime scene pho- high inflation, and the steps it jacks short-term interest
previous defense testimony tos and took jurors to the the Federal Reserve is taking rates up to recession-causing They’re all crucial data points
showed Cruz had. fenced-off building, which to combat it, have been the levels and holds them there a for the Federal Reserve as it
remains blood-stained and driving forces on Wall Street long time. mulls how much to raise
Cruz’s preschool teachers bullet-pocked. Parents and all year. Economists expect interest rates at its meeting
testified he couldn’t use spouses gave tearful and a report on Tuesday to show Beyond Tuesday’s headliner next week. Fed officials have
utensils or run without fall- angry statements about that prices for consumers report on inflation at the loudly reaffirmed recently
ing. He was diagnosed with their loss. were 8.1% higher in August consumer level, a report on their plans to raise rates high
attention deficit hyperac- than a year earlier, but that Wednesday is expected to enough to slow the economy,
tivity disorder as a young In an attempt to counter plus their commitment to
child and teachers testified that, assistant public de- keeping rates high for long
that he was extremely anx- fender Melisa McNeill and enough to ensure the job is
ious and had trouble mak- her team have made Cruz’s done on inflation.
ing friends. He would have history their case’s center-
frequent outbursts in class piece, hoping at least one But with Tuesday’s report
and at home, school re- juror will vote for life. possibly continuing a trend,
cords and testimony show. many investors and econo-
By middle school, he was After the defense con- mists are hopeful that infla-
making threats. cludes its case in the com- tion could return to more
ing weeks, the prosecution “normal” levels quickly, un-
Connor said he measured will present a rebuttal case like the 1970s, when it took
Cruz’s IQ at 83, which he before the jury’s delibera- many years.
said matches the slightly tions begin.