Posted on 09/08/2026 6:50:19 PM PDT by Red Badger
Four innocent children were deliberately drugged and murdered by their own mother and grandmother in a sickening murder-suicide plot allegedly driven by a bitter custody dispute, according to investigators.
The children, Harper Harmon, 13; Hudson Harmon, 11; and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon, were found dead alongside their mother, Sarah Myers, 44, and grandmother, Amy Steadman, 64, inside Steadman’s apartment in Mechanicville, New York, on June 23.
Investigators believe the children were murdered on June 10, nearly two weeks before their decomposing bodies were discovered during a welfare check.
Now, toxicology results have revealed that diphenhydramine, the active ingredient in Benadryl, and kratom, a psychoactive substance with opioid-like effects, were found in the children’s blood, sources told Albany’s WNYT NewsChannel 13.
The disturbing toxicology findings were first reported nationally by the New York Post.
According to police, Myers and Steadman conspired through text messages to obtain medications, poison the children, and conceal their monstrous plot.
The messages allegedly show the two women coordinating the murders as they were taking place.
One message reportedly indicated that the drugs were not working as planned and that at least one child had realized what was happening.
Gavin was allegedly stabbed repeatedly after the poisoning attempt failed. Police said he had defensive wounds, indicating the terrified 10-year-old fought for his life.
Investigators also discovered disturbing internet searches on Steadman’s phone involving fatal stabbing locations and the carotid artery, according to ABC News.
They are beyond man’s punishment now...................
it was reported a while back, i remember the older girls face.
this is unbelievably horrendous..
Yes, the beautiful children smiling...especially the girl with the blue hair.
It shows that the kids should have been with the Father entirely, though, poor dad, he would have had his hands full. Yet even if shared custody had been the arrangement; that would still have been dangerous for the kids, knowing now what the grandmother and the mother were capable of!
Expect more and more of this since the Lindsey debacle.
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