Overview
- Officers entered the apartment after a neighbor requested a welfare check and found six deceased people identified by autopsy as Amy Steadman, her daughter Sarah Myers, and Myers’ four children.
- Mechanicville police said evidence recovered from the scene, including a handwritten note and many prescription and over-the-counter medicines, points to intentional poisoning.
- Investigators disclosed that one child also suffered fatal sharp-force injuries, indicating more than one mechanism of death is possible and that forensic work is needed to determine causes and manners of death.
- Police say they have found no evidence of an outside suspect and the case remains an active investigation as officials await final autopsy and toxicology results to reach definitive conclusions.
- The children’s father, who lives in Utah and had planned a custody reunification, has been notified and services for the family were held privately as the community and authorities seek answers.