Great Wolf Lodge Killings: Autopsies Confirm Stab Wounds, Court Date Shifts to Nov. 3

Sadly, we start the week off on another note to the Great Wolf tragedy we reported on earlier this month. The Monroe County Coroner's Office has ruled the deaths of Charles Harrison, 36, and his 3-year-old son homicides. Autopsies were completed Thursday (Oct. 15) and found both died of stab wounds to the chest, according to WNEP and Fox 56. The two were found dead Monday (Oct. 12) in Room 2030 at Great Wolf Lodge in Pocono Township.

Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, of Towanda, the victims' wife and mother, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide and is held in the Monroe County jail without bail. She is presumed innocent. Her preliminary hearing, listed earlier for Wednesday (Oct. 21), is now tentatively set for Tuesday (Nov. 3) at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, according to WNEP. That is also Election Day.

The coroner's findings on the number of wounds each victim suffered differ from what police wrote in the arrest affidavit, according to lehighvalleylive.com, which also reported that toxicology results are expected to take at least a month.

District Attorney Mike Mancuso called the motive "one of the most perplexing questions" at an Oct. 13 news conference, and no motive has been made public since, as far as we can find. Pocono Township police, the DA's office, the State Police forensic unit and the coroner's office are still investigating.

Great Wolf Lodge has called it an isolated family incident, and a lodge spokesperson said law enforcement determined there was no ongoing security concern. The resort remains open.

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