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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea

January 24, 2021

It was initially thought of an accidental fire, but investigations revealed the terrible truth: a severely depressed American woman, Oreanna Myers (25), killed her 5 children between the ages of one and seven and then burned her house where they lived and commit suicide.



Before the dramatic gesture that shook the entire United States, Oreanna Myers left a note to her spouse, in which she explained that she was unable to defeat her 'demons: “I'm sorry for my evil crime. strong to fight these demons. I'm sorry for letting you down, sorry for letting down our beautiful boys. "



At the origin of the woman's gesture a banal quarrel with her husband

, Brian Bumgarner.

The man had decided to temporarily sleep with his father for work reasons due to the impossibility of being able to use the only family car being repaired and the need to arrive on time at his workplace: "If you choose money instead of my depression - Oreanna wrote to him - prove that I'm worth nothing. Nobody cares about me? Money comes and goes, once I leave there is no way to replace me. I ask and cry for help but I never get it. " 



In a press conference, Greenbrier County Sheriff in West Virginia

, Bruce Sloan, at the conclusion of a meticulous investigation, clarified the dynamics and motive of the family tragedy, explaining that it was initially thought that it was an accidental fire because the 'December 8, a neighbor called the police for the flames that engulfed the family home.

Instead the police discovered that next to Oreanna Myers was the weapon of what later appeared clearly as a murder-suicide: a non-automatic rifle that the woman had to reload before each fatal shot in which she killed the five. children (three biological children and two stepchildren): 7-year-old Shaun Dawson Bumgarner, 6-year-old Riley James Bumgarner, 4-year-old Kian Myers, 3-year-old Aarikyle Nova Myers and 1-year-old Haiken Jirachi Myers, before taking their own lives.



The severity of the woman's health condition was not understood

.

The CCTV images recorded by the cameras on board the school bus, which took two of the five children home, showed the children getting off at the stop near the house and asking their mother why she had the red line on her face.

When asked if it was bleeding, the woman replied that she had drawn it herself.

An hour after the tragedy.

The spouse has found the strength to publicly remember their children's dreams and make an appeal that family members of anyone suffering from depression or expressing suicidal thoughts immediately seek help.