Leatrice Brewer in a 1999 yearbook.
(Nassau County Police Department, via Associated Press)
Leatrice Brewer
Leatrice Brewer with children Michael Demesyeux (l.) and Jewell Ward
in an undated family photo.
Leatrice Brewer
Leatrice Brewer
Leatrice Brewer
Leatrice Brewer
Leatrice Brewer
(Credit: Howard Schnapp)
Leatrice Brewer (second from right) is escorted from the Nassau
County court in Mineola after
a ruling in her Surrogate’s Court claim. (Photo Credit: Mike Balsamo/Examiner.com)
Leatrice Brewer, a mother who drowned her three children and is
trying to get money
from their estate after
being found not guilty by reason of mental disease, leaves
Nassau
County Court in Mineola. (Nov. 6, 2013)
(Credit: Howard Schnapp)
Nassau County officers at the apartment building where three
children’s bodies were found
in a blood-spattered bedroom.
(Robert Stolarik for
The New York Times)
Nassau County officers at the apartment building where three
children’s bodies were found.
The victims
Leatrice Brewer's children were, clockwise from right, Jewell
Ward, 6;
Innocent Demesyeux,18 months; and Michael Demesyeux, 5.
Jewell Ward, 6;
Michael Demesyeux, 5;
and Innocent Demesyeux, 18 months.