Pennsylvania mom Sheri Shermeyer suffocates baby son, kills self in murder-suicide

Sheri Shermeyer, 40 wrote a lengthy message on her Facebook page saying she loved her son, but she had been "slowly dying inside. I'm confused, just to down, hardly ever go out in public anymore, don't socialize with people."

Based on a tip, Pennsylvania State Police were sent to the house in a small cluster of homes on Baltimore Street near Cedar Lane to check on Sheri Shermeyer, 40. They found her in bed with an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head."

Police say the woman intentionally suffocated her son, John Shermeyer, who tued 1 earlier this month. He had been suffocated.

Shermeyer's Facebook page contains a mix of messages of despair and inspiration, and many photos of her smiling baby.

Christmas night, she updated her cover photo with a sign reading: "Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free."

On Monday, she wrote of her despair, her marriage, and the loss of "family, friends, pets, jobs."

Shermeyer's scathing Facebook posting, above, has received almost 2000 comments, most wanting to be non-judgmental

 

Tragedy: Police claim that Sheri Shermeyer, 40, suffocated her 12-month-old son John and then shot herself dead in a murder-suicide (Sheri, John and John's father above)

 

Shermeyer posted on Facebook that she planned to kill herself and said her husband did not deserve to have a legacy

 

The pair looked happy in numerous Facebook photos but apparently were anything but according to her last message

 

'He is the only reason why I haven't blown my head off right now' the tragic mom said before doing just that, said police

She also wrote of her intentions to kill herself.

The response was swift, with comments of support for her well-being. Others started expressing conce for her and her child's welfare.

About two hours later, people asked for someone to check the house.

A coroner was sent to the home just before 2 p.m. Autopsies are scheduled for Wednesday.

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