Updated
Updated · WCAX · Jun 25
Mechanicville Police Identify 6 Dead, Including 4 Children, as Autopsies Begin
Updated
Updated · WCAX · Jun 25

Mechanicville Police Identify 6 Dead, Including 4 Children, as Autopsies Begin

3 articles · Updated · WCAX · Jun 25

Summary

  • Six people found dead Tuesday in a Mechanicville home were identified as Amy Steadman, 64, Sarah Myers, 44, and four children ages 10 to 13.
  • A welfare check on Harris Avenue led police to the bodies after neighbors said they had not heard from the family for about two weeks.
  • Police said Steadman was Myers' mother and the children's grandmother; Myers and her children lived in the same apartment complex, though not with Steadman.
  • Autopsies are underway, and investigators said they have found no evidence that anyone outside the group was involved and see no threat to the public.

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