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Sloan said text messages sent in the week before the tragedy between Myers and her husband showed that her husband's work-related absence was the source of a heated disagreement between the couple.

“Don’t worry about this piece of [expletive] anymore. You’ll have nothing to come back to but to corpse [sic]. You choosing money over my depression shows I am [expletive]. No one cares why should I?” read one of the desperate texts Myers sent to her husband.

Myers left several notes to her husband denoting her guilt, chiding her husband for putting money over her mental health issues, and saying she hoped others would listen to people suffering from mental illness like she was.

I don't doubt she was suffering from mental illness.  But, she knew it and could have sought help on her own.  Sounds, to me, like killing the kids and herself was meant to hurt/punish her husband.  Fucked up, no matter what.

Refs:
Sheriff: Woman upset over husband's absence kills kids, self | Southern West Virginia | wvgazettemail.com
Mother's murder-suicide left five children dead: officials (nypost.com)
Mother Fatally Shoots Her 5 Kids And Puts Their Home On Fire Before Killing Herself - Maybach Media