Updated
Updated · New York Post · Jul 2
Atlanta Police Charge 41-Year-Old Ciarre Campbell in 71-Year-Old Mother's Killing After 911 Welfare Check
Updated
Updated · New York Post · Jul 2

Atlanta Police Charge 41-Year-Old Ciarre Campbell in 71-Year-Old Mother's Killing After 911 Welfare Check

3 articles · Updated · New York Post · Jul 2

Summary

  • A 3 1/2-minute 911 call captured Ciarre Campbell’s siblings pleading for a welfare check after neighbors saw him driving 71-year-old Nateal Campbell’s car and said she never left the Buckhead home.
  • Police entered the townhome on June 30 after Ciarre Campbell allegedly barricaded himself inside, detained him, and found Nateal Campbell unresponsive; she was pronounced dead at the scene.
  • Ciarre Campbell, 41, was booked into Fulton County Jail early Wednesday on felony murder, murder, aggravated assault and knife-possession charges tied to allegations he cut his mother’s neck.
  • Police had been called to the home 10 times in the past nine months, including reports of a “demented person,” fires and neighbors saying Campbell was acting erratically while off schizophrenia medication.

Insights

Did Georgia's billion-dollar mental health overhaul fail the Campbell family before this tragedy occurred?
How did a violent murder shatter the peace of one of Atlanta's safest, most secure neighborhoods?