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Woman who drowned children seeks part of their estate

Leatrice Brewer, who admitted to drowning her three

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Leatrice Brewer, who admitted to drowning her three young children in her bathtub in New Cassel five years ago, is telling a judge that she deserves some of the money from her children's $250,000 estate. (March 13, 2008)

A woman who admitted to drowning her three young children in her bathtub in New Cassel nearly five years ago is telling a judge that she deserves some of the money from her children's $250,000 estate.

Leatrice Brewer, 32, who admitted to the drownings but pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect in 2009, was brought to Nassau Surrogates Court Wednesday morning so she could...

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