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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. <\/p>\n

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The disturbing details into the horrific June murder-suicide in Mechanicsville were revealed in a toxicology report, sources told NewsChannel 13.<\/p>\n

Harper Harmon, 13, and his three younger siblings \u2014 Hudson, 11; Gracelynn, 10; and Gavin, 10 \u2014 were all given kratom and diphenhydramine, the ingredient in Benadryl, before they died, according to the report.<\/p>\n

Kratom \u2014 also known as \u201cgas station heroin\u201d \u2014 is a psychoactive herbal extract that can produce opioid-like effects, according to the Food and Drug Administration. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Harper, Hudson and Gracelynn all died after they were poisoned, while Gavin was knifed while trying to defend himself, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Myers had been locked in a bitter custody battle with her ex-husband Brady Harmon, who lives in Utah and hadn\u2019t seen his children in person since November 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The children were murdered shortly before they were expected to spend the summer with their father in the Beehive State.<\/p>\n

In a sick letter discovered by authorities after the slayings, Myers alleged that Harom had abused her and her children, and that the killings were the only way to save them from further abuse.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Harmon denied the claims of abuse, and said there\u2019s \u201ca special place in hell\u201d for his ex-wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cMy kids suffered,\u201d Harmon told a local station. \u201cTo poison them and also to stab them \u2013 there\u2019s a special place in hell for people like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sources told NewsChannel 13 that the drugs were discovered in the systems of Harper, 13; Hudson, 11; Gracelynn, 10; and Gavin Harmon, 10, who all died in the horrific filicide in Mechanicsville back in June.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-news"],"yoast_head":"\nFour NY kids killed in grandma, mom\u2019s murder-suicide were poisoned with allergy meds, kratom: report - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8356\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four NY kids killed in grandma, mom\u2019s murder-suicide were poisoned with allergy meds, kratom: report - 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