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The grandma found dead alongside her daughter and four grandchildren in her upstate New York home appears to have poisoned them all, police said in a shocking update Thursday \u2014 as the slain kids\u2019 father spoke of his heartbreak at never seeing them again.<\/p>\n

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A handwritten note found at Amy Steadman\u2019s home \u201cstrongly suggests\u201d that she was \u201cinvolved\u201d in the deaths of her daughter, Sarah Myers, 44, and Myers\u2019 four children: Harper Harmon, 13, Hudson Harmon, 11, and 10-year-old twins Gavin and Gracelynn, Mechanicville Chief of Police Bill Rabbitt told a press conference.<\/p>\n

One of the children was stabbed, while the rest appear to have been poisoned \u2014 possibly in a rage over their dad recently getting custody, sources told Channel 13.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is recovered evidence from inside the apartment indicating intentional poisoning \u2013 to include numerous prescriptions and over-the-counter medications,\u201d Rabbit told reporters, noting no evidence of anyone else being involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidence recovered during the investigation, including a handwritten note, and other circumstantial evidence, strongly suggests that Amy Steadman was involved in the deaths,\u201d he said, stressing that the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Sources told Channel 13 that the children were injected with drugs, with syringes found inside their grandma\u2019s home.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The relatives had all been dead \u201cfor an extended period of time\u201d by Tuesday evening, when a concerned neighbor who hadn\u2019t seen Steadman in several days called police for a welfare check around 6:20 p.m., according to Rabbitt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The bodies were too badly decomposed for responding officers to immediately identify them, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Steadman had allegedly grown resentful after her grandchildren\u2019s father, Brady Harmon, was recently granted two-month custody of the kids \u2014 which was due to start next Wednesday, sources told Channel 13 News.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The dad, who hasn\u2019t seen the kids since 2019, was excitedly preparing for their arrival at his Utah home until cops knocked on his door to break the harrowing news Tuesday, he told the Times Union.<\/p>\n

\u201cI went from, \u2018I\u2019m seeing my kids,\u2019 to \u2018I\u2019ll never see my kids again,\u2019\u201d Harmon said, according to the outlet. \u201cHope to hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThings happen, but nothing like this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harmon accused his slain ex-wife of keeping the kids from him, and only allowing for an occasional FaceTime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He now wants to bury his children in Utah.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want them as far away as possible from their mother,\u201d he told the Times Union between tears.<\/p>\n

The police chief said the investigation remains ongoing and will take \u201ca considerable amount of time to get right,\u201d according to Rabbitt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But he stressed that investigators \u201cbelieve these deaths occurred entirely within the apartment and found no evidence indicating the involvement of any outside individual.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFinal determinations regarding responsibility will be made only after all investigative findings, toxicology results and medical reviews have been completed,\u201d Rabbitt said.<\/p>\n

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