Metallica Harrison Could Face Death Penalty in Great Wolf Lodge Killings of 2, Including 3-Year-Old
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
Metallica Harrison Could Face Death Penalty in Great Wolf Lodge Killings of 2, Including 3-Year-Old
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 19
Summary
Pennsylvania law could make 27-year-old Metallica Harrison eligible for the death penalty if she is convicted of killing her husband, 36-year-old Charles "Chaz" Harrison, and their 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge.
Prosecutors say Harrison brought kitchen knives from home and stabbed both victims inside their hotel room, a fact a private investigator said could support a first-degree murder case and the aggravating factor of killing a child under 12.
Any death sentence would still be unlikely to lead to execution because Pennsylvania has kept a gubernatorial moratorium on executions in place for more than a decade.
Defense strategy is expected to focus on mitigating factors such as possible mental illness, while speculation has also surfaced that the case may have involved a failed murder-suicide scenario.
Harrison remains jailed in Monroe County and is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 3.