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Four NY kids killed in grandma, mom’s murder-suicide were poisoned with allergy meds, kratom: report
New York Post ^ | 09/07/2026 | By David DeTurris

Posted on 09/08/2026 11:44:33 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd

Four upstate New York children who were poisoned and killed by their mother and grandmother had an allergy medication that induces drowsiness and kratom in their systems, according to a new report.
 
The disturbing details into the horrific June murder-suicide in Mechanicsville were revealed in a toxicology report, sources told NewsChannel 13.
 
Harper Harmon, 13, and his three younger siblings — Hudson, 11; Gracelynn, 10; and Gavin, 10 — were all given kratom and diphenhydramine, the ingredient in Benadryl, before they died, according to the report.
 
Kratom — also known as “gas station heroin” — is a psychoactive herbal extract that can produce opioid-like effects, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
 
The four children were allegedly killed by their mother Sarah Myers, 44, and their grandmother Amy Steadman, 64, who then took their own lives, authorities said.
 
 

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demonic; gasstationheroin; kratom; postbirthabortion; satanic
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A woman stands behind four smiling children, one of whom holds a certificate that reads

The four children were found dead after they were allegedly poisoned by their mother Sarah Myers, 44, and their grandmother Amy Steadman, 64, who then took their own lives, authorities said.

1 posted on 09/08/2026 11:44:33 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd

The article goes on to say these sick women killed the children to save them from an abusive father.

If true, then why not kill the father?

My guess is now the mother and grandmother will claim post partum depression is why they did it.


2 posted on 09/08/2026 11:47:46 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: Responsibility2nd

A new hero for the left.


3 posted on 09/08/2026 11:48:12 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Responsibility2nd

Going feral harms others stay in check and remember 911 for others.


4 posted on 09/08/2026 11:49:10 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Well, they’re dead, so...


5 posted on 09/08/2026 11:49:12 AM PDT by jagusafr
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To: Responsibility2nd

Never heard of this stuff.

https://freerepublic.com/tag/kratom/index

I’ve no doubt Mother and Grandmother were hooked on it


6 posted on 09/08/2026 11:49:58 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“It’s the man’s fault”

They’re trying that with Lyndsay Clancy too. Women are terrible at accountability.


7 posted on 09/08/2026 11:57:40 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Enoch Powell warned us about Rivers of Blood. Well, I sure hope they're coming. It's the only fix.)
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8 posted on 09/08/2026 11:58:01 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

“ My guess is now the mother and grandmother will claim post partum depression is why they did it.”. I think it said that mom and gramma killed themselves.


9 posted on 09/08/2026 11:59:32 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Responsibility2nd

There’s been story after story over the past few years of parents killing their kids because they’re depressed?? Or the case of Watts who killed his pregnant wife and two kids because he was having an affair.


10 posted on 09/08/2026 12:05:32 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Psst…read the article.


11 posted on 09/08/2026 12:07:32 PM PDT by chuck allen
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Harper and his siblings?

why is the child holding the Harper certificate in picture looking like a girl but “his” is used in the article?

No I didnt fully read article.

Another mom twisting a child to pretend being opposite sex?

very very sad for the innocent kids, praying they are resting safely with our Lord.


12 posted on 09/08/2026 12:08:22 PM PDT by b4me (Pray, and let God change you. He knows better than you or anyone else, who He made you to be.)
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My comment would get me banned.


13 posted on 09/08/2026 12:13:06 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: chuck allen

Yeah no kidding.

Since I posted the article, I guess I should have known not to guess what Mother and Grandmother would now say.


14 posted on 09/08/2026 12:15:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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Those kids are in the arms of Jesus right now; their Glory has just begun! Not so sure about where Mom and Grandma landed. (Yes, I’m sure!) Lots of CrAzY in that Mother/Daughter bloodline!

Whatever happened to just yelling, ‘You kids are driving me crazy!’ and locking yourself in the bathroom with a good book for an hour or so?

That always worked for me, LOL!


15 posted on 09/08/2026 1:03:53 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Kratom was everywhere in Missouri when medicinal Marijuana was getting popular. I had heard of calls to ban the stuff and many people who took the medicinal stuff said to avoid Kratom and get it from other states. Don’t know if it’s still available now.


16 posted on 09/08/2026 1:06:51 PM PDT by Marko413
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To: ClearCase_guy

Please don’t smear all women because of what a few idiots did.


17 posted on 09/08/2026 1:07:30 PM PDT by skr (1 Peter 1:15 - But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation)
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I’m all for liberals committing suicide in fact they should use the buddy as in this case but leave the damn kids alone.

Go to Canada and request MAID., poison yourself, bullet to your head.. anything bug leave the kids alone.


18 posted on 09/08/2026 1:16:32 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: SkyDancer

That guy who put their bodies in a storage tank of some kind - water/oil????? Horrible....I’ve got to google for the details and what happened to him - GONE, I hope but probably not!


19 posted on 09/08/2026 1:21:33 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Responsibility2nd

I heard about that story, but I’m not yet ready to read all about it. The very idea is hellish in every way.


20 posted on 09/08/2026 1:21:44 PM PDT by lee martell
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