'I can't wait until the day I can kiss your sweet little face again': Sister of woman who shot dead five children and herself pays tribute to her youngest nephew on what would have been his second birthday

The sister of a West Virginia mother who shot dead her three sons and two stepchildren, before turning the gun on herself and burning down their home, has paid tribute to her youngest nephew, who would have turned two on Monday.

Oreanna Myers, 25, carried out the quintuple murder-suicide on December 8, but law enforcement officials in Greenbrier County only revealed the harrowing details of the shootings last week.

According to the local sheriff, Myers was upset that her husband, Brian Bumgarner, had been staying with relatives during the work week, instead of coming home to her.

The children who were killed with shotgun blasts to the head were identified as Shaun Dawson Bumgarner, 7, Riley James Bumgarner, 6, Kian Myers, 4, Aarikyle Nova Myers, 3 and Haiken Jirachi Myers, age 1. 

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Haiken Jirachi Myers, pictured above as a baby, would have turned two years old on Monday. He was killed by his mother, along with four siblings, on December 8 

Haiken's maternal aunt, McKenzie Kersey, took to Facebook on Monday to pay tribute to her slain nephew on his birthday 

Haiken, right, is pictured alongside one of his brothers, who was also killed 

The youngest of the five boys would have celebrated his second birthday on Monday.   

'Haiken Jirachi Myers, my sweet baby,' Myers' sister McKenzie Kersey wrote in a Facebook status update. 'Today you are two years old and while I wish with every fiber of my being you were here so Aunt Kenzie could give you big hugs and kisses, I know you're playing with your big brothers, running around God's playground and eating all the cake that little belly can handle.

'We love and miss you and your brothers so very much, sweet angel. I can't wait until the day I can kiss your sweet little face again. But, until that day be good and don't beat your brothers up too much.'

In the days after the tragedy, Kersy composed a touching post about her late sister, writing: 'I don’t know what I’ll miss more, the love you radiated or the hugs you gave me.'

According to an obituary, Haiken, being the youngest, was 'spoiled by all and loved driving his toy cars.' 

Officials in West Virginia have revealed that Oreanna Myers, 25 , shot dead her three biological children and two stepchildren, before setting their home on fire and killing herself

Pictured above are five of the children who were killed: Shaun Dawson Bumgarner, 7, Riley James Bumgarner, 6, Kian Myers, 4, Aarikyle Nova Myers, 3 and Haiken Jirachi Myers, age 1

Kersy, right, Myers' sister, mourned her death in a December Facebook post 

Bumgarner, Oreanna's husband, has stayed out of the public eye over the past month. 

One day after the murders, Bumgarner took to Facebook, sharing a status with his friends which read: 'I just wanted to say sorry and thank you to everyone reaching out to me and messaging me. I can't get back to all of you but in a truly dark time, I feel like I could fall and all of you guys would catch me. It gives me something... I don't know what. Maybe it be hope or strength or grit, I don't know. All I know is I have something and that's not nothing!!!' 

Speaking to the media last Thursday, Greenbrier County Sheriff Bruce Sloan said the five children's bodies were found with shotgun wounds to the heads inside the Williamsburg home, while Myers was found outside near a picnic table. 

Sloan described how Myers was found, revealing that she was wearing a coat with a hood, and had a red line drawn across her face from ear to ear, reported MetroNews.com. 

First responders were called to the family's home after getting reports of a fire. There, they found the bodies of the children and Myers 

The mysterious line was seen on surveillance video when Myers had gone to pick up two of her sons from the bus stop at the end of the school day. One of the boys asked her if it was blood on her face, but Myers replied she had just drawn the line.

An hour later, emergency dispatch got a 911 call about a house fire on Flynns Creek Road. When firefighters arrived on the scene just before 4pm, they found the residence engulfed in flames. 

The five-bedroom, one-bath house was built in 1888 and had an estimated value of $126,000.  

About 40 minutes later, Myers' body was found outdoors. Four of the children were found dead inside the house that same day, but the fifth child's body was only recovered from the debris four days later, reported WVNS-TV. 

Myers' husband, Brian Bumgarner, stayed with relatives instead of at home during the work week due to transportation issues, Sloan said. Text messages between Myers and her husband showed that his absence during the week had been 'a tremendous source of contention' between them. 

According to the sheriff, the woman grew more desperate after Bumgarner left the house on December 6 after dropping off groceries for his family. 

'You’ll have nothing to come back to but to corpse . No one cares why should I?” Myers texted her husband. 'Money will come and go, once I go there’s no replacing me. I beg and cry for help but never get it. It’s my mental health that needs tending to–help me– I do not care anymore.' 

The murder-suicide and arson took place outside Williamsburg, West Virginia, on the afternoon of December 8 

Sloan said he was unaware of whether the woman was under treatment for any diagnosed mental illness at the time of the deaths. But in several notes she left before carrying out the murder-suicide and setting fire to her family home, Myers complained about the lack of treatment for mental illness, according to the sheriff.

'This is no one’s fault but my own. My demons won over me. Sorry, I wasn’t strong enough,' she wrote. 

Myers texted her husband the day of the shootings saying she left something for him in their vehicle. A letter addressed to him was found inside with a bloody fingerprint next to her initials, Sloan said.

'I'm so sorry Brian,' she wrote to her husband. 'I was not strong enough for you or this family. My head is so . I’m sorry for my evil crime. I was not strong enough to fight these demons, Snap. Crunch, Boom. So depressed. Heart numb. Soul completely shattered. I am sorry I failed you. I am sorry I failed our handsome boys. I am so sorry I was not strong enough. OAM.'

Myers was upset that her husband, Brian Bumgarner, had been staying with relatives during the work week for logistical reasons. Prior to the killings, Myers texted Bumgarner, warning him that he would come home to find a 'corpse' 

Bumgarner addressed the tragedy in a Facebook post two days after the fact without going into specifics 

The sheriff said the woman also placed three notes inside a plastic bag and taped them to a side-view mirror on the family vehicle, including phone numbers to reach relatives, a confession and a will.

'I had shot all of the boys in the head. I had set house on fire. I had shot myself in the head. I’m sorry,' she wrote in her confession. 'Mental health is serious. I hope one day someone will help others like me. Mental health is not to joke about or taken lightly. When someone begs, pleads, cries out for help, please help them. You just might save a life or more lives. Thank you, OAM.'

Also recovered from the vehicle were glass jar with a crystal and a cloth decorated with a spiral symbol.