Carrollton Mother In Murders-Suicide Took Depression Meds

The Carroll County coroner said a woman who police said killed her two young children before taking her own life on Wednesday had been taking medication for depression.

Coroner Mandal Haas said Thursday that 24-year-old Madison Hallett hadn't given any indication that she would kill her children.

Police said Hallett first shot and killed her 6-year-old daughter, Natalya Marie Carosiellie, while the girl was in bed.

Hallett then went to another bedroom, where police said she shot and killed her 18-month-old son, Drayden W. Hallett-Warnick, while he was sleeping in his crib. Police said Hallett then turned the gun on herself, and her body was found next to her son's crib.

Next to Natalya's bed, police said they found five handwritten letters from Hallett. In one of the letters, she apologized to police for the gruesome scene they were forced to investigate. Carroll County Sheriff Dale Williams said Hallett's suicide notes essentially said she was tired of life as it is and didn't want her children to go through that.

Hallett was an Army reservist and her father said she was set to be deployed in about a month. She was also a third-year student at Kent State University's Tuscarawas campus, where she made straight-As studying nursing and criminal justice. Her Facebook and MySpace pages online depict a proud mother who loved her children.

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