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Allegations of a drained 401(k) account and kitchen knives brought from home point to a possible preplanned plot in the stabbing deaths of a Pennsylvania man and his 3-year-old son.
Metallica Harrison, 27, is facing charges in the murders of her husband, Charles “Chaz” Harrison, and their young child inside a hotel room at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos.
April Thetga, the accused murderer’s stepmother, told Fox News Digital she is in disbelief and that the tragedy appears to have been deliberately orchestrated in advance.
Thetga said Metallica Harrison possibly drained her 401(k) account ahead of the family’s three-week stay at the resort. It was not immediately clear if Chaz knew the account was possibly drained.
Metallica and her husband Charles “Chaz” appeared to be married for three years before police say she stabbed and killed her husband and the couple’s young child. (Pocono Township Police Department; Facebook/Meta: Chaz Harrison)
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According to Thetga, the kitchen knives found at the crime scene were brought from the family’s modest home in Towanda.
“This was definitely preplanned, which is horrifying,” Thetga said.
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According to court documents, the Harrison family lived in Towanda, Pennsylvania. Metallica Harrison is accused of killing her husband, Charles, and the couple’s 3-year-old son. (Google Maps)
A probable cause affidavit states officers discovered those knives, along with blood and medications, inside the Harrisons’ hotel room.
Police initially responded to a 911 call made by the suspect, who was “suicidal.”
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A mother is accused of stabbing and killing her husband and the couple’s 3-year-old son at the Great Wolf Lodge in Pennsylvania. (Facebook/Meta: Chaz Harrison)
The horrific scene marked the end of the family’s three-week stay at the popular resort, where room bookings can range from hundreds of dollars to up to $2,000.
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The extended vacation raised questions about how the working-class couple could afford to foot the bill, as Chaz worked for a cabinetry company in Sayre and Metallica worked in an undisclosed healthcare position, Thetga said.
A father and son were found murdered inside a hotel room at the Great Wolf Lodge in the Poconos in Pennsylvania on Oct. 12, 2026. (Great Wolf Lodge)
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The grieving grandmother expressed deep devastation and anger over the sudden, violent loss of her grandson.
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Chaz Harrison is remembered by family as a man “whose whole life was centered around his wife and child,” one of his relatives wrote on social media. (Facebook/Meta: Chaz Harrison)
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“I want to hear him say ‘Grandma April look at me!’ I want it back, I need it back. I’m so broken, angry and just don’t understand. She just destroyed our whole lives,” Thetga said.
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She added that she just wants to hold her grandson again and give him her love, noting that “he didn’t deserve this.”
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Chaz and his son were both found stabbed inside their hotel room at Great Wolf Lodge, police say. (Facebook/Meta: Chaz Harrison)
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Harrison is currently sitting in a Monroe County jail cell with no bond while she awaits her next hearing.
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Authorities said that the investigation into the murders is active and ongoing.