On June 10 this year, four children died in Mechanicville, New York, and their mom, Sarah Myers, and their grandmother, Amy Steadman, also passed away in an alleged murder-suicide plot.
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The Times Union reported on a press conference held by Police Chief William Rabbitt, who said that allegedly, “Sarah Myers and her mother, Amy Steadman, researched pharmacies and drug effects to kill Myers’ four children.”
A Custody Fight
CBS 6 Albany discussed the fact that Brady Harmon, the father of the kids, was fighting for custody of the children, but they never made it to the hearing, which was set for July 1.
It’s a disturbing case for many true crime followers, and when Jesse Weber on Law&Crime Network’s “Sidebar” discussed the deaths, responses ranged from anger to shock.
Jesse recounted how the mom and the grandmother allegedly poisoned and stabbed to death Harper, 13, Hudson, 11, and twin siblings Gavin and Gracelynn, both aged 10.
Welfare Check Discovery
On the day of the deaths, Brady Harmon was scheduled to speak with his children, but that never happened. Jesse explained that a welfare check revealed the four children and the women had died some time earlier, as they were in a state “of decomposition.”…