Mom calls 911, says 'My children are trying to kill me'
On Tuesday, police released the audio of Yvonne Ervin's call to 911 that she made Saturday morning, with a groggy and terrified voice explaining to the dispatcher that her children are trying to kill her and her husband.
When the dispatcher asked for further details, Yvonne said her sons, Cameron, 17, and Christopher, 22, put antidepressant Xanax into their father, Zachary Ervin's food, before attempting to kill them both.
In the call, she begged the dispatcher to "Please send someone to [my] house," further detailing that her husband was in the garage trying to distract the kids so she can make the call.
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By the end of the call, she told the dispatcher that she just heard one of her sons ask where their mom went, saying, "They're on their way upstairs now." Yvonne barely completed the sentence before a muffled scream was heard in the background. Yvonne sounded as if she was crying and seemed to fend off her children when she said, "The police are on their way."
The two Atlanta brothers have been charged with multiple felonies. Local police said they believe that the brothers indeed tried to kill their parents. Although authorities are still looking into possible reasons for the attacks, Yvonne's call somehow hinted that her children wanted the "insurance."
Meanwhile, Yvonne has gone back home after being treated and discharged from Gwinett Medical Center, while Zachary was still at the hospital on Tuesday but was reported to be in fair condition, according to the medical center's spokeswoman, Beth Hardy.
According to CNN, police saw Zachary coming out of the garage and collapsing. Gwinett County Police Sgt. Rich Long said, "He had a lot of head and body injuries from blunt force trauma and stab wounds on his back."
Zachary told police that Cameron struck him in the head with a shotgun, which could explain the "large amount of blood" on the garage floor.
Under Georgia state law, 17-year-olds are considered adults in criminal cases, meaning both Cameron and Christopher will be tried as adults, Long explained.
