Custody battles rarely end up doing anything good for the children.
Chilling twist after mom, grandma and four grandkids found dead in upstate NY
The four children found dead alongside their mom and grandma in an upstate New York apartment were murdered – while their adult relatives died by suicide, authorities revealed this week.
Amy Steadman, 64, and her 44-year-old daughter, Sarah Myers, killed themselves in the Mechanicville apartment where Myers’ four children – Harper Harmon, 13; Hudson Harmon, 11, and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn Harmon – were also discovered dead on June 23, Police Chief William Rabbitt told the Times-Union.
The kids’ deaths have been ruled homicides, the chief told the outlet.
One of the children was fatally stabbed, while the rest appear to have been poisoned, according to Rabbitt.
Police have not disclosed Steadman and Myers’ manner of suicide, nor what led up to the kids’ murders.
Last month, Rabbitt told reporters that prescriptions and over-the-counter medications were found inside the apartment, “indicating intentional poisoning.”
At the time, a handwritten note found at the scene “strongly suggested” that Steadman was “involved” in the children’s deaths, Rabbitt said.
Recently, however, the chief hinted that the grandma may not have acted alone.
“We have not ruled out that Sarah Myers was also complicit in the deaths of her children,” Rabbitt told NBC5 last week, adding that cops were still awaiting toxicology results.
The six family members were found dead last month after a neighbor requested a welfare check.
The bodies were too badly decomposed for responding officers to immediately identify them, Rabbitt said at the time.
Rabbitt and the Mechanicville Police Department didn’t respond to messages from The Post Friday.
Myers had reportedly been embroiled in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband and the children’s father, Brady Harmon, who lives in Utah.
He had not seen his children in person since November 2019, the Times-Union reported, but they were supposed to be in the Beehive State between July and September.
He previously told The Post that the last time he spoke with the children was for 15 minutes on June 7.
“They seemed like happy little kids,” he said.
A funeral for the four children has since been held in Utah, the Times-Union reported.
“We could not bring their bodies home due to the horrific state they were in,” Harmon told the outlet. “Their ashes were spread where my father’s ashes were laid to rest, on top of a mountain here in Utah.”
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