An Oklahoma mother whoshot and killed her three childrenbefore turning the gun on herself showed warning signs months before the tragedy, according to the youngest victim’s father.
Last week, 39-year old Brandy McCaslin killed herself after murdering her three young kids — 11-year-old Noe, 6-year-old Bryce and 9-month-old Billy — during a supervised visitation. Now, family of the victims are speaking out about McCaslin’s concerning behavior leading up to the murder-suicide.
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Jacobson added that he immediately filed for emergency custody of Billy, which was granted, and McCaslin received mental health care.
“Everything was good for about a month,” he told the outlet. “She did a little treatment, and they decided to give her back supervised visitation, which I was hesitant of that as well — I was scared that there wasn’t anything changed.”
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Then, on July 20, during a supervised visit, McCaslin held the supervisor and two kids hostage in the garage while barricading her three other children in the residence. Police were flagged down when they saw fireworks coming from the area — which the woman was setting off from the garage — and the three hostages were able to escape when authorities arrived.
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Amid negotiations with McCaslin, police said a “stand-off ensued for the next three hours.” Police entered the house, and McCaslin and her three children were found dead. Jacobson said the violence represented his worst fears coming true.
“There was nothing I could do,” he said. “And I basically watched my son fade from my hands, because I knew something bad was going to happen and no one would help us.”
Janet Whisman, the grandmother of victim Bryce and the two children who escaped, told the outlet she is “devastated” and “furious,” about the situation. She also wondered how McCaslin obtained a gun.
“I had two grandbabies there that could have been gone,” she said. “I’m just very lucky that the lady in the garage, my daughter-in-law, was smart enough to try to get help. She’s the one blowing the Roman candle out the window.”
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The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Public Information Manager Hunter McKee said the stand-off began at around 4 p.m. local time after a Verdigris police officer — who was driving down the street — “knew there was something wrong,” perTulsa World.
The officer first noticed a Roman candle shooting out of a smashed window in the garage, Verdigris Police Chief Jack Shackelford said, according to the outlet.
The woman had reportedly come to the house with one child for a supervised visit, but McCaslin pointed a gun at her, grabbed the child and locked the woman and two other children in the garage, police said, per the outlet.
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The outlet added that the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service’s SWAT team also responded to the scene.
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“I’m just at a loss for words,” Pitre added, the outlet reports. “My heart’s just like — I don’t know. I’m just numb right now.”
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source: people.com
