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Great Wolf Lodge Double Murder: Pennsylvania Mother Charged in Stabbing Deaths of Husband and Toddler | Crime Alert 10.19.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Sydney Silvani. A chilling double murder inside a Pennsylvania
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  Speaker 2: resort has left a community stunned and a young mother
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  Speaker 2: facing homicide charges. 27-year-old Metallica Rose Harrison of Tawanda is
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  Speaker 2: behind bars, charged with two counts of criminal homicide after
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  Speaker 2: her husband, Charles Chaz Harrison, and their three-year-old son were
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  Speaker 2: discovered stabbed to death inside their guest room at Great
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  Speaker 2: Wolf Lodge in the Pocono Mountains. According to a probable
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  Speaker 2: cause affidavit filed by Pocono Township Police, officers rushed to
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  Speaker 2: the resort around 3.15 on the afternoon of Monday, October 12,
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  Speaker 2: after Metallica called 911, telling the dispatcher she needed help
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  Speaker 2: dying and was too weak to stab her own neck.
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  Speaker 2: On the call, she admitted she had knives and stated
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  Speaker 2: her husband and toddler were already gone, adding, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Responding officers discovered a horrific scene. Charles lay dead on
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  Speaker 2: a floor mattress with a single chest stab wound, while
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  Speaker 2: their three-year-old son lay on a separate mattress with multiple
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  Speaker 2: fatal chest wounds. Detectives recovered two teal-green kitchen knives that
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  Speaker 2: staff confirmed did not belong to the resort, alongside several
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  Speaker 2: medication bottles and and containers believed to hold blood. Metallica,
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  Speaker 2: suffering from cuts to her wrist and neck, was taken
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  Speaker 2: into custody, reportedly telling police she wanted to be with
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  Speaker 2: her husband and son. During transport, Metallica allegedly told first responders,
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  Speaker 2: I effed up. I just needed energy and strength, claiming
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  Speaker 2: she worked hard to be a good mother and envisioned
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  Speaker 2: a happy family since childhood. At the hospital, she declared
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  Speaker 2: she was suicidal, not stupid, and refused to speak with officers.
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  Speaker 2: Stepmother April Thetka believes the attack was pre-planned, noting the
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  Speaker 2: family brought knives from home and that Metallica may have
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  Speaker 2: drained her husband's 401k to fund an expensive three-week stay.
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  Speaker 2: Resort surveillance captured the family entering their room Sunday evening
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  Speaker 2: and visiting the arcade before disappearing. Addressing reporters, Monroe County
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  Speaker 2: District Attorney Mike Mancuso confirmed the isolated nature of the
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  Speaker 2: tragedy to local station 2822 News.
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  Speaker 1: It's been determined that there's no threat to public safety,
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  Speaker 1: that this was a violent domestic tragedy in which two people,
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  Speaker 1: a boy and his father, lost their lives.
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  Speaker 2: Great Wolf Lodge expressed heartbreak and pledged full cooperation, while
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  Speaker 2: a GoFundMe campaign launched by grieving relatives has raised thousands
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  Speaker 2: to cover burial expenses for Chaz and his little boy.
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  Speaker 2: Metallica Harrison remains held without bail at the Monroe County
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  Speaker 2: Correctional Facility, awaiting her preliminary hearing. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 2: news after this. In Florida, a horrific act of domestic
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  Speaker 2: violence has turned into a first-degree murder case following the
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  Speaker 2: tragic death of 30-year-old Jessica Antolini. The Pinellas County Sheriff's
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  Speaker 2: Office confirmed that Antolini passed away on the evening of
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  Speaker 2: October 15th from catastrophic injuries sustained two days earlier across
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  Speaker 2: the street from a Safety Harbor bar. Her heartbroken mother,
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  Speaker 2: Suzanne Reese Antolini, remembered her on social media as a
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  Speaker 2: treasured friend and a loving advocate for human rights and
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  Speaker 2: animal welfare. According to a criminal complaint, 40-year-old Christopher Dodge
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  Speaker 2: Smith arrived at the bar looking possessed, actively hunting down
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  Speaker 2: Antolini before confronting her outside. Following a heated argument, deputies
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  Speaker 2: say Smith shot Antolini in the face. He then drove
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  Speaker 2: his SUV directly over her body and sped away, leaving
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  Speaker 2: her critically injured on the pavement while his 5-year-old daughter
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  Speaker 2: sat inside the vehicle. Witnesses dialed 911, prompting Pinellas County
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  Speaker 2: deputies to track down the fleeing SUV. When Smith refused
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  Speaker 2: orders to pull over, a deputy executed a precision pit
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  Speaker 2: maneuver to immobilize the vehicle, captured in dramatic video released
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  Speaker 2: by the sheriff's office. Get on the ground now!
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  Speaker 1: Got him, got him. Following Antolini's death, prosecutors upgraded Smith's
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  Speaker 1: charges to first-degree murder alongside child abuse.
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  Speaker 2: He is currently locked inside a Pinellas County jail cell
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  Speaker 2: held without bond. Finally, in Tennessee, a 30-year-old mother is
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  Speaker 2: facing felony charges after allegedly driving her vehicle directly off
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  Speaker 2: a steep cliff with her two young children strapped in
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  Speaker 2: the back seat. State investigators report that Chase Ryan Kleindienst
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  Speaker 2: was driving a Honda CR-V when she reached a dead-end
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  Speaker 2: street near Coffey's Cliff in Chattanooga. Instead of stopping, Kleindienst
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  Speaker 2: allegedly kept driving forward, plummeting approximately 25 feet off the
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  Speaker 2: bluff before the SUV flipped upside down near active railroad
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  Speaker 2: tracks below. Emergency crews quickly transported both young children to
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  Speaker 2: a nearby hospital. One child suffered a fractured arm and
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  Speaker 2: a bruised lung, while the second child was evaluated, treated,
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  Speaker 2: and released. According to an arrest affidavit, responding officers noted
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  Speaker 2: that Kleindienst reeked of alcohol, exhibited heavily slurred speech, and
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  Speaker 2: became combative with medics attempting to render aid. Investigators searching
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  Speaker 2: the overturned vehicle discovered two bottles of wine, one of
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  Speaker 2: which was completely empty. The Tennessee Highway Patrol is charged
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  Speaker 2: Klein-Dinst with driving under the influence, vehicular assault, and two
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  Speaker 2: counts of child neglect. She is scheduled to appear before
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  Speaker 2: a judge on November 17th. For more crime and justice news,
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  Speaker 2: be sure to join us for Crime Stories with Nancy
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  Speaker 2: Grace on Fox 1, YouTube, Sirius XM, and now streaming
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  Speaker 2: on Tubi. With this crime alert, I'm Sydney Silvani.