Father condemns toxicology findings after four children killed in murder-suicide
Brady Harmon has described toxicology findings as “sickening” after his four children were killed in a murder-suicide allegedly carried out by their mother, Sarah Myers, and grandmother, Amy Steadman, in Mechanicville, New York. Investigators said the women drugged the children and repeatedly stabbed 10-year-old Gavin before killing themselves, prompting renewed scrutiny of alleged earlier abuse and failures by authorities to intervene.
Police said diphenhydramine was present at fatal or lethal levels in all six people, while mitragynine, a compound associated with kratom, was found in four. Harmon is seeking $400 million from several local authorities, alleging years of warning signs, including a 2024 incident in which the children became seriously ill and one required Narcan; his legal notice also alleges the women regularly drugged the children and fabricated or caused illness.
- Toxicology found lethal diphenhydramine levels in all six deaths.
- The children’s father called the findings “sickening”.
- He alleges authorities ignored years of abuse warnings.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Father of four kids killed by their mom and grandmother in a grisly murder-suicide calls toxicology findings ‘sickening’”.