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New court documents reveal new details on a woman accused of stabbing her husband and their 3-year-old son to death inside a room at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos on Monday.
Officials said they were called to the resort in Scotrun, Pennsylvania, around 3:13 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 12, after receiving a report of a woman in distress.
When the woman called 911, she told the dispatcher that “she needed help committing suicide,” police had explained.
The woman, identified as Metallica Harrison, 27, said that she couldn’t find the vein in her neck in order to stab herself, according to an affidavit.
“I’m too weak to stab my neck,” Harrison allegedly said to the dispatcher. “I need police.”
She told the dispatcher that she had knives and said, “I don’t want to be here any more,” according to the affidavit.
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The dispatcher asked if she was by herself and Harrison responded by saying, “my husband and son are already gone in the bed in the living room,” according to officials.
She also told the dispatcher that, “They’re already gone. I’m sorry,” but she did not mention needing help for her husband or son, investigators said.
When the officers got to her room in the resort, they reported seeing cuts on her left wrist as well as punctures to her neck.
Officials said that Harrison told them she wanted to be with her husband Charles Harrison and their three-year-old son.
As police entered the room, they found Charles Harrison and the boy on a mattress that was on the floor.
Charles Harrison had several stab wounds to his chest and the child had one stab wound to his chest, according to the affidavit.
Next to Charles Harrison on the floor, officials said they found a plastic container that had a brownish-red liquid inside that they believed was blood.
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Inside the room, detectives reported finding a large butcher-style kitchen knife on the floor in the bathroom as well as a smaller knife on the sink. Both of the knives had green-colored handles and staff at Great Wolf Lodge said they do not keep that style of knife at the resort.
A garbage can in the bathroom also had a brownish-red liquid inside of it that detectives said they believed was blood.
Detectives also said they found several bottles of medication scattered throughout the room.
While Metallica Harrison was being taken to a local hospital by an ambulance to be treated for her injuries, she allegedly told the officer with her that she “f***ed up. I f***ed up. I just needed energy and strength.”
Harrison also asked the EMS team in the ambulance “why there wasn’t an easier way,” according to the affidavit. She also allegedly asked how deep the vein in her wrist was so she knew for “next time.”
According to the affidavit, Harrison told the emergency personnel that she had taken blood thinners and was frustrated that her blood was clotting.
“Every day, I work so hard. To be the best person, the best mother, the best wife. It wasn’t supposed to end like this. I was supposed to have my happy family. That’s what I envisioned since I was a child,” Harrison allegedly said.
Harrison family timeline at Great Wolf Lodge
According to an affidavit, Metallica Harrison checked into Great Wolf Lodge with her husband, Charles Harrison, and their 3-year-old son on Sept. 21, 2026.
Then, on Oct. 5, 2026, the reservation for the family was extended until Oct. 13, 2026, officials said.
Video surveillance shows the family entering their room at the resort around 6:53 p.m. on Oct. 11 and then Metallica Harrison leaving the room to use a microwave around 8:12 p.m. that evening.
Four minutes later, Metallica Harrison goes back to the family’s room.
Two hours later, around 10:43 p.m., Metallica and Charles Harrison are seen leaving the room and going to the arcade at the resort before they return around 11:22 p.m.
No other activity is recorded by members of the family on surveillance footage after this.
“We are deeply saddened and heartbroken by a tragic domestic incident that occurred yesterday in a guest room at our resort in the Pocono Mountains. It was an isolated family incident, and we’re cooperating fully with local law enforcement as they conduct their investigation. Our thoughts are with the family and loved ones of those affected,” a spokesperson for Great Wolf Lodge wrote in a statement.
Metallica Harrison is charged with two counts of criminal homicide. Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Oct. 21, 2026.
Court documents don’t list an attorney who could speak on her behalf.
