A woman was arrested and charged after a man and young boy were found dead inside a room at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos on Monday, according to the Pocono Township Police Department.
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 explained.
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When the officers got to the room in the resort, they found Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, with wounds on her body, officials said.
Inside the room, officers reported finding an adult man and a three-year-old boy who were both dead.
Harrison was taken to a nearby hospital and is charged with two counts of criminal homicide, police said.
The investigation into this case is ongoing and Harrison is awaiting arraignment.
The Pocono Township Police Department says that this was an isolated domestic incident and there is no threat to the resort or community.
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“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.
