Metallica Rose Harrison

Introduction

Metallica Rose Harrison, a 27-year-old woman from Towanda, Pennsylvania, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide in the stabbing deaths of her husband, Charles Harrison, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Tristan — identified in court papers only by his initials but named in later coverage — inside a guest room at the Great Wolf Lodge water-park resort in Pocono Township, in the Poconos, on October 12, 2026. Police say Harrison stabbed the two, then cut herself and called 911 asking for help dying. She was booked on the charges the following day, posing for a tearful jail mugshot, and investigators searched the family’s home that week for a motive.

Background Information

The family had been living at the resort for weeks: Great Wolf Lodge security told detectives the three checked in on September 21, 2026, and extended their reservation on October 5 with a checkout date of October 13 — the day after the killings — an extension the New York Post later reported came after Harrison allegedly drained her husband’s 401(k) to pay for the trip. Surveillance footage reviewed by police showed the whole family last entering Room 2030 together at 6:53 p.m. on October 11. Harrison stepped out at 8:12 p.m. to use a microwave in the vending area, returned about four minutes later, then left with her husband for the resort arcade at 10:43 p.m. and came back at 11:22 p.m. That was the last time cameras captured the room’s door opening before police were called.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Allegations. The claims in this section are allegations from a criminal complaint and arrest affidavit sworn by Pocono Township Detective Sgt. Earl Ackerman, filed with the approval of the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office. Harrison has been charged with two counts of criminal homicide but has not been tried; she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court, and no conviction has been entered on any count. No attorney for her is named in the coverage cited, and no denial or defense statement from her appears in it.

Pocono Township officers were dispatched to the resort at about 3:13 p.m. on October 12 for a report of a suicidal woman. The caller — identified in the complaint as Harrison — told the Monroe County 911 center that she “needed help dying” and was unable to find the vein in her neck to stab. On the recording reviewed by police she allegedly said of the knives, “That’s what I’ve been using and it’s not working … I don’t want to be here anymore,” and, asked whether she was alone, answered: “my husband and son are already gone in the bed in the living room … They’re already gone, I’m sorry.” The affidavit states that at no time during the call did she request help for her husband or son.

Officers met Harrison at the room’s doorway, where they observed bleeding cuts on her left wrist and superficial puncture wounds about her neck, the affidavit states. Inside, they found Charles Harrison dead on a mattress on the floor and the boy — identified in court papers only by his initials — dead on a separate mattress nearby. The complaint alleges the husband suffered multiple stab wounds to the chest while the child appeared to have a single stab wound to the chest. Detectives recovered a large butcher knife on the bathroom floor and a smaller knife on the sink, both with teal handles that lodge staff confirmed were not the kind the resort keeps, along with bottles of medication and containers holding what appeared to be blood; police reported recovering 80 to 90 pieces of evidence from the room.

Harrison was taken by ambulance, accompanied by a police officer, to St. Luke’s Hospital–Monroe Campus in Stroudsburg. In the ambulance she allegedly kept saying she was “not supposed to be here,” said “I f—ed up … I just needed energy and strength,” and told medics, “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.” The affidavit says she also asked EMS workers how deep her wrist vein was so she would know “for next time.” When detectives read her Miranda warnings at the hospital, she declined to speak, saying she was “suicidal, not stupid.” Beyond her own wrist and neck injuries, the affidavit records that no defensive wounds or bruising were observed on her, and police executed search warrants for the room, the husband’s car and her body, photographing her and collecting a DNA sample.

The motive picture widened after the charges: on October 14, investigators executed a search warrant at the family’s home in Towanda, roughly two hours north of the resort, telling a court they hoped the search “may reveal valuable evidence relating to the motive for this incident as well as recover evidence connecting the knife used at the crime scene to other items,” and noting that it is common for individuals in these scenarios to “document their homicidal and suicidal ideation’s via hand writings or electronics prior to, during and after the act has taken place,” according to the warrant application as reported by the New York Post. Officers seized nearly a dozen knives, a safe, a journal, a financial notebook and a laptop, according to a court filing. In a separate search-warrant application obtained by WNEP and cited in the New York Post’s reporting, family members told investigators Harrison was “dominant, controlling, and felt resentful towards the child, stating that she never wanted to get pregnant,” that she “made statements about the child taking away one-on-one time between her and Charles,” and that she also allegedly “isolated” her husband’s family from him and his son — motive allegations from relatives that remain untested in court.

Public Reaction and Consequences

Monroe County District Attorney Mike Mancuso announced the charges at an October 13 press conference, calling the case “a violent domestic tragedy in which two people, a boy and his father, lost their lives” and saying there was no current risk to the public. On a motive, he said: “That’s one of the most perplexing questions … But it’s a developing situation.” Pocono Township Police Chief Jim Wagner described the deaths as “a domestic violence-related, isolated situation to a room in Great Wolf Lodge” and “a family tragedy,” with investigators still working to determine what happened. The resort, which relocated nearby guests and cordoned off the section around the room, said through spokesperson Jason Lasecki that it was “deeply saddened and heartbroken,” called the episode “an isolated family incident,” and said it was cooperating fully with the investigation before resuming normal operations. Monroe County Coroner Thomas Yanac scheduled autopsies of the husband and son for later in the week.

Current Status

Harrison was charged on October 13, 2026 with two counts of criminal homicide in a complaint approved by the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office and filed before Magisterial District Judge Daniel Kresge of Bartonsville, and was booked on the counts that same day, with her jail mugshot published in October 15 coverage. No arraignment or next court date appears in the coverage cited. She has made no public statement beyond the statements attributed to her in the affidavit and to EMS, and no attorney for her is named in that coverage. The charges are accusations; she is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

Impact on Their Career/Life

At 27, Harrison faces two counts of criminal homicide — in Pennsylvania, a category that carries a potential sentence of life imprisonment — over the deaths of her husband and their toddler, with a motive investigators themselves describe as unresolved. The case stands as a domestic-violence killing that unfolded inside one of America’s most family-facing resort brands, whose response — isolate the room, reassure guests, reopen — reflected its position as a bystander rather than a party to the events. The child was identified in court papers only by initials, and the family’s weeks-long stay at the lodge ended one day before its scheduled checkout.

Sources

New York Post, “Mom stabs husband and son, 3, to death at popular family resort then tries to kill herself: cops,” Oct. 13, 2026 — source
New York Post, “Metallica Rose Harrison’s mugshot revealed after alleged murders,” Oct. 15, 2026 — source
New York Post, “Accused killer Metallica Harrison ’never wanted to get pregnant’,” Oct. 15, 2026 — source
Pocono Record, “Woman, 27, faces homicide charges after incident at Poconos resort,” Oct. 13, 2026 — source
The Times-Tribune, “Police: Woman kills husband and son in room at Poconos resort (update),” Oct. 13, 2026 — source
NorthcentralPa.com, “Towanda woman allegedly kills husband, 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge,” Oct. 13, 2026 — source
WVIA, “Police say Towanda woman killed husband, 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge in Monroe County,” Oct. 13, 2026 — source