A West Virginia mom gunned down her five younger children earlier than burning down her home and turning the gun on herself in December, officials mentioned this week.
Oreanna Myers, 25 left a confessional suicide be aware in which she wrote she was not sturdy sufficient to defeat her “demons,” and apologized for her “evil crime,” legislation enforcement officials mentioned Thursday.
The horrific Dec. eight bloodbath left Myers’ three sons and two stepchildren from her husband’s earlier marriage useless. The children had been recognized as Shaun Dawson Bumgarner, 7, Riley James Bumgarner, 6, Kian Myers, 4, Aarikyle Nova Myers, 3, and Haiken Jirachi Myers, 1.
Myers was affected by despair and was upset that her husband had been staying together with his father for 2 weeks as an alternative of together with her and the children at their residence exterior Williamsburg, W.Va., on account of logistical transportation points, Greenbrier County Sheriff Bruce Sloan mentioned Thursday.
The grim timeline started when Myers picked up two of her sons from the bus cease on the finish of the varsity day on the December Tuesday with a crimson line drawn throughout her face.
When requested by her children if she was bleeding, Myers replied that she drew it, witnesses instructed investigators.
An hour later, firefighters responded to a 911 name on the household residence and located the home totally engulfed in flames.
After extinguishing the flames, the our bodies of the younger victims had been discovered inside the house with shotgun wounds to the top. Myers was discovered useless exterior the house close to a picnic desk, with the homicide weapon mendacity by her aspect.
Officials mentioned the weapon was not automated, which means Myers needed to reload the shotgun earlier than every lethal blast.
Sloan mentioned textual content messages despatched in the week earlier than the tragedy between Myers and her husband confirmed that Bumgarner’s work-related absence was the supply of a heated disagreement between the couple.
“Don’t fear about this piece of [expletive] anymore. You’ll don’t have anything to return again to however to corpse [sic]. You selecting cash over my despair exhibits I’m [expletive]. Nobody cares why ought to I?” learn one of many determined texts Myers despatched to her husband.
“Cash will come and go, as soon as I’m going there’s no changing me. I urge and cry for assist however by no means get it. It’s my psychological well being that wants tending to–assist me– I don’t care anymore.”
Myers left a number of notes to her husband denoting her guilt.
“I’m so sorry Brian,” one learn. “I used to be not sturdy sufficient for you or this household. My head is so (expletive). I’m sorry for my evil crime. I used to be not sturdy sufficient to struggle these demons, Snap. Crunch, Growth. So depressed. Coronary heart numb. Soul fully shattered. I’m sorry I failed you. I’m sorry I failed our good-looking boys. I’m so sorry I used to be not sturdy sufficient. OAM.”
“I had shot all the boys in the top. I had set home on hearth. I had shot myself in the top. I’m sorry,” she wrote.
“Psychological well being is critical. I hope someday somebody will assist others like me. Psychological well being is to not joke about or taken evenly. When somebody begs, pleads, cries out for assist, please assist them. You simply would possibly save a life or extra lives. Thanks, OAM.”
Sloan mentioned he was unaware whether or not Myers was being handled for psychological sickness.
Based on a heartbreaking joint obituary for 4 of the younger victims, Shaun was “ in house and needed to be an astronaut.”
Riley was a budding musician who “was studying to play the piano and the ukulele.”
Aarikyle was a younger artist who “beloved Ninja Turtles and superheroes.”
One-year-old Haiken was “spoiled by all and beloved driving his toy vehicles.”
Sloane mentioned the case is closed and is urging members of the family of anybody affected by despair or expressing suicidal ideas to hunt assist instantly.
Anybody affected by suicidal ideas is urged to name the Nationwide Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255.
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