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Grandmother, daughter, four children found dead in Mechanicville apartment

6/26/2026

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Grandmother Found Dead

Neighbors reported seeing the children play outside for weeks before bodies were discovered hidden in the apartment for a week.
Chief Bill Rabbitt said a grandmother, her daughter, and four children were found dead in a Mechanicville apartment.
Police noted medication poisoning and fatal sharp-force injuries as the causes of death.
Investigators said the four homeschooled children had no other individuals involved, posing no public threat.

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Grandmother Implicated

Police say a handwritten note found at the home points to the grandmother’s involvement in the deaths.
The grandmother, her daughter and three children were found dead in the home, with medication and fatal sharp-force injuries.
Investigators recovered syringes and determined the children had been injected with drugs before dying.
Father Brady Harmon will bury them in Utah, far from their mother.

History

Historical Context

After the 1993 Kelsey family murders in Mechanicville, where a grandmother, her daughter and four children died from drug injections and stab wounds, New York authorities note a pattern echoed by the Gilgo Beach serial killings uncovered in 2010, which involved ten victims along Ocean Parkway. The recurrence fuels police pleas for tighter oversight of homeschooling and prescription-drug distribution.

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Grandmother Found Dead

Neighbors reported seeing the children play outside for weeks before bodies were discovered hidden in the apartment for a week.
Chief Bill Rabbitt said a grandmother, her daughter, and four children were found dead in a Mechanicville apartment.
Police noted medication poisoning and fatal sharp-force injuries as the causes of death.
Investigators said the four homeschooled children had no other individuals involved, posing no public threat.

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