{"id":934435,"date":"2026-07-02T07:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/934435\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T07:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T07:03:14","slug":"nfl-star-calais-campbells-family-feared-for-moms-safety-in-frantic-911-call-released-after-her-grisly-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/934435\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL star Calais Campbell’s family feared for mom’s safety in frantic 911 call released after her grisly murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

A frantic 911 call captured Calais Campbell\u2019s siblings asking for a welfare check on their mother because they couldn\u2019t get hold of her after the NFL star\u2019s schizophrenic brother allegedly killed her<\/a> inside her Atlanta home Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The caller, only identified as \u201cMr. Campbell,\u201d called for police to be sent to the Buckhead townhome June 30 after neighbors spotted 41-year-old Ciarre Campbell driving a car owned by his 71-year-old mother, Nateal Campbell, according to audio <\/a>shared by the Atlanta Police.<\/p>\n

Nateal Campbell was found unresponsive inside her home, as her son was accused of cutting her neck with a knife, according to an arrest warrant viewed by WSB-TV.<\/a><\/p>\n

Ciarre Campbell, who is two years older than Calais Campbell, was said to have been diagnosed with multiple mental illnesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of a wellness check, my brother, he\u2019s mentally ill, he\u2019s been diagnosed with schizophrenia and some other things. He stays with my mother, And this morning we\u2019re trying to get in\u201d the caller told a dispatcher.<\/p>\n

Calais Campbell with his mother, Nateal Campbell. Denver Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThis morning he drove her car, which is very unusual. She never let \u2026 he doesn\u2019t drive at all, but the neighbor caught it on camera that he drove off in her car and we can\u2019t get in her house,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The caller, who had been locked out of the home, said Ciarre Campbell told them their mother wasn\u2019t in the house despite witnesses disputing the claim.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just tried to jump the window, and he\u2019s in there, and he said she left, but the camera footage that my neighbor has shows she never left. So we\u2019re just trying to get in there,\u201d the caller said.<\/p>\n

The 911 caller described his mother as \u201cfairly older\u201d but didn\u2019t have any specific medical, physical or mental health issues before the call.<\/p>\n

Ciarre Campbell is being held at Fulton County Jail after he was booked early Wednesday morning for his mother\u2019s murder. Fulton County Sheriff’s Office via AP<\/p>\n

Police outside the Campbell townhouse after Nateal Campbell was found dead inside on June 30, 2026. WSB-TV\/YouTube<\/p>\n

The caller\u2019s sister and brother-in-law could be heard frantically asking questions in the background throughout the three-and-a-half-minute audio.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m on the phone with 911 right now,\u201d the caller told his sister.<\/p>\n

The dispatcher informed the siblings they should stay outside the home and not try to enter until police arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just want to get inside, we don\u2019t know she could be in the house,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ciarre Campbell, who was said to have barricaded himself inside, was detained when police entered.<\/p>\n

WSB-TV\/YouTube<\/p>\n

Officers entered the home and detained Ciarre Campbell, before discovering his mother inside, unresponsive.<\/p>\n

Nateal Campbell was pronounced at the scene.<\/p>\n

The alleged killer was arrested and charged<\/a> with Felony Murder, Murder, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Knife During the Commission of a Felony, police said.<\/p>\n

Officers had been called to the Buckhead district home 10 times over the last nine months before Tuesday due to instances with Ciarre Campbell, according to police.<\/p>\n

Three calls, between September and November 2025, were for a \u201cdemented person,\u201d according to officials.<\/p>\n

Calais Campbell with his parents and siblings in an undated family photo. charlesrichardcampbell.org<\/p>\n

Two separate instances were noted at the home on April 12, including a fight in progress and a suspicious person.<\/p>\n

The second incident, a neighbor claimed Campbell had turned off the power to his home before a second neighbor claimed the man had been standing on her air conditioning unit.<\/p>\n

Earlier that day, Nateal Campbell reported that her son had been burning items inside her garage because he hadn\u2019t taken his medicine for schizophrenia.<\/p>\n

Police responded to the home for two separate calls on April 12: a fight in progress and a suspicious person.<\/p>\n

Calais Campbell talks to the media after Baltimore Ravens Mandatory Minicamp on June 9, 2026. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Twelve days later, Ciarre Campbell allegedly started another fire to \u201crid the house of the demons,\u201d according to a police report viewed by The Post.<\/p>\n

Nateal Campbell hadn\u2019t been staying at the home for a week at the time after her son had \u201covertaken the home,\u201d her daughter told police. <\/p>\n

On May 26, police responded to a \u201cdispute call\u201d from a neighbor claiming Ciarre Campbell was \u201cacting crazy and putting stuff in her trash and yelling at her.\u201d <\/p>\n

Police were allegedly shown video from inside the Campbell household where several pictures were plastered on the walls \u201cwith killing someone on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI asked her if she talked to the mother Nateal Campbell about her son and she stated the mother said her son is a good kid,\u201d the police report stated.<\/p>\n

Ciarre Campbell is being held at Fulton County Jail after he was booked early Wednesday morning for his mother\u2019s murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A frantic 911 call captured Calais Campbell\u2019s siblings asking for a welfare check on their mother because they…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":934436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[124186,25464,223,4755,7,629,89175,13132,6,124187,9],"class_list":["post-934435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-124186","tag-arrests","tag-atlanta","tag-calais-campbell","tag-football","tag-georgia","tag-mental-illness","tag-murders","tag-nfl","tag-schizophrenia","tag-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116849108821001789","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=934435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/934435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/934436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=934435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=934435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=934435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}