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A North Dakota mother was arrested for allegedly killing her two children by cutting their throats on Thursday, August 6. Not only that, Kailey Erhart is also accused of attacking her 1-year-old child with a knife.
Erhart was arrested after Mandan Police Department officers responded to a report of stabbing at her home and found her covered in blood and holding a knife to her throat, according to Valley News Live. The mother of three reportedly dropped the knife and directed the police to kill her upon their arrival.
The officers then found Erhart’s three-year-old daughter, 1-year-old son, and 5-month-old baby lying on a bed. They were not moving and all three children’s throats had been cut. She reportedly told the Mandan PD that she had put her children on the bed, but thought their throats had been cut beforehand.
Additionally, she admitted to remembering having the knife in her hands when police arrived. However, she claimed she didn’t remember what happened.
The baby later died at the Alexius Medical Center on Thursday, and the three-year-old died at Sanford Health on Friday morning. The one-year-old child survived and is recovering.
In addition to cutting her children’s throats, Erhart reportedly threatened her husband and children’s father, Cameron Erhart, with a gun. However, Cameron was able to wrestle it away from his wife and disassemble it.
A cell phone recording allegedly captured Erhart saying to Cameron, “Say goodbye to your kids” as she carried one child. Furthermore, before the Mandan PD arrived, Erhart allegedly chased Cameron and the children’s grandmother out of the house with a knife. Erhart was reportedly upset because the couple was separating, and she also bit and scratched her husband.
Not only that, the 22-year-old mother had also made threats to harm her children and herself, and Child Protective Services had been advised of the threats. In addition, Erhart was committed to a mental health facility within the last 12 to 18 months. However, she was cleared to be with the children after being treated when the attacks occurred.
Erhart’s bond was set at $3 million, according to KFYR. Police Chief Jason Ziegler said the scene was “horrific.”
A scene like that is something that nobody should ever have to see, and the way they came through in one of the most horrific times that theyll probably experience in their life, Im proud, Ziegler said.
“I want to acknowledge this is an extreme, tragic and heartbreaking incident for the children involved, their families, our community and first responders who arrived on scene,” he added. “Our thoughts are with everyone that were impacted.”
Erhart was charged with two counts of murder and attempted murder. Additionally, she was charged with three counts of aggravated assault.
A GoFundMe page was set up by Cameron’s mother, Melissa Erhart.
“My name is Melissa Erhart, and my son Cameron Erhart never thought we would have to ask for help like this,” she wrote. “He is a father trying to survive something no parent should ever have to face. I lost two precious souls in a devastating tragedy after they were murdered by their mother, and the pain is more than I can put into words.”
