{"id":306562,"date":"2026-10-14T16:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306562\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:46:11","slug":"pennsylvania-woman-stabbed-young-son-and-husband-to-death-at-great-wolf-lodge-water-park-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/306562\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania woman stabbed young son and husband to death at Great Wolf Lodge water park, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"

A woman killed her 3-year-old son and her husband <\/a>before failing to kill herself at a popular Pennsylvania water park, in what authorities on Tuesday called an \u201cisolated domestic tragedy.\u201d <\/p>\n

Officers rushed to the Great Wolf Lodge at 3:13 p.m. on Monday after a \u201cdistressed female\u201d in Room 2030 \u201cadvised the dispatcher that she needed help committing suicide,\u201d according to a Poconos Township Police Department statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That caller, 27-year-old Towanda resident Metallica Rose Harrison, \u201cwas observed with wounds to her person\u201d when officers arrived, the statement continued.<\/p>\n

Officers found the bodies of a man and a 3-year-old boy in the room, and officers immediately \u201cbegan investigating the deaths as homicides,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

The woman\u2019s husband, Charles Harrison, and the child had both been stabbed in the chest, according to a criminal complaint cited by NBC affiliate WGAL<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The suspect allegedly told a dispatcher where to find the bodies in their room.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy husband and son are already gone in the bed in the living room,\u201d the affidavit quoted the wife as saying. \u201cThey\u2019re already gone. I\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harrison was booked on suspicion of two counts of homicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis case is an isolated domestic tragedy and there is no threat to the community,\u201d according to the police statement. \u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the family and loved ones affected by this tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n

The famed water park and child-friendly vacation destination is a little more than 100 miles north<\/a> of central Philadelphia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are deeply saddened and heartbroken by a tragic domestic incident that occurred yesterday in a guest room at our resort in the Pocono Mountains,\u201d according to a Great Wold Lodge statement. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an isolated family incident, and we\u2019re cooperating fully with local law enforcement as they conduct their investigation. Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of those affected.\u201d <\/p>\n

A judge ordered Harrison held without bail on Tuesday and it wasn\u2019t immediately clear on Wednesday if she\u2019d hired or been appointed an attorney to speak on her behalf. <\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com\/resources<\/a> for additional resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman killed her 3-year-old son and her husband before failing to kill herself at a popular Pennsylvania…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":306563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-306562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}