{"id":227581,"date":"2026-10-15T01:48:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/pennsylvania-woman-stabbed-young-son-and-husband-to-death-at-great-wolf-lodge-water-park-police-say-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T01:48:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T01:48:54","slug":"pennsylvania-woman-stabbed-young-son-and-husband-to-death-at-great-wolf-lodge-water-park-police-say-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/pennsylvania-woman-stabbed-young-son-and-husband-to-death-at-great-wolf-lodge-water-park-police-say-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania woman stabbed young son and husband to death at Great Wolf Lodge water park, police say – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A woman killed her husband<\/a> and 3-year-old son at a popular Pennsylvania water park before she asked police for their help to die by suicide because she couldn\u2019t \u201cfind the vein in her neck to stab,\u201d authorities said Tuesday.
Officers rushed to the Great Wolf Lodge at 3:13 p.m. Monday after a \u201cdistressed female\u201d in Room 2030 \u201cadvised the dispatcher that she needed help committing suicide,\u201d Poconos Township police said in a statement<\/a>.
The caller, Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, told a dispatcher she wanted to die by suicide but needed help \u201cto find the vein in her neck to stab,\u201d Detective Earl Ackerman wrote in a criminal complaint.
Charles Harrison \u201csuffered multiple stab wounds to the chest,\u201d while a 3-year-old child, identified only as \u201cT.H.,\u201d was found dead with a \u201csingle stab wound to the chest,\u201d Ackerman wrote.
Harrison was taken to the hospital, accompanied by police, and told officers in the ambulance that \u201ceveryday, I work so hard\u201d to \u201cbe the best person, the best mother, the best wife,\u201d the complaint said.
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t supposed to end like this. I was supposed to have my happy family. That\u2019s what I envisioned since I was a child,\u201d she said, according to Ackerman\u2019s statement.
Harrison also asked how deep she needed to slice her wrist for the \u201cnext time,\u201d the complaint said.
Investigators found a \u201clarge butcher kitchen knife\u201d on Room 2030\u2019s bathroom floor and a \u201csmaller knife\u201d in the bathroom sink, the complaint said.
The family originally checked into Great Wolf on Sept. 21, and they were scheduled to leave Tuesday.
Harrison is alleged to have told a dispatcher that police could find the bodies in their room, with the complaint quoting her saying that \u201cmy husband and son are already gone in the bed in the living room.\u201d
\u201cThey\u2019re already gone, I\u2019m sorry,\u201d she said, according to the affidavit.
Harrison was booked on suspicion of two counts of homicide.
\u201cThis case is an isolated domestic tragedy and there is no threat to the community,\u201d the police statement said. \u201cOur thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the family and loved ones affected by this tragedy.\u201d
The famed water park and child-friendly vacation destination is a little more than 100 miles north<\/a> of central Philadelphia.
\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 Great Wolf Lodge said in a statement.
\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
A judge ordered Harrison held without bail Tuesday. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear Wednesday whether she had an attorney to speak on her behalf.
Messages left at publicly listed phone numbers for the suspect and the victim were not immediately returned Wednesday.
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 <\/em>SpeakingOfSuicide.com\/resources<\/em><\/a> for additional resources.<\/em>
Senior Breaking News Reporter
David Chang, NBC Philadelphia
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