911 call released in Buckhead homicide of Calais Campbell’s mother

Atlanta police released the 911 call tied to the Buckhead homicide that killed Nateal Campbell, the mother of former Falcons player Calais Campbell, adding new detail to how relatives grew alarmed before officers found a 71-year-old woman dead in Habersham Townhomes on Roswell Road.

The call began as a welfare check after a family member worried something was wrong at the apartment complex. The caller told dispatchers that surveillance video appeared to contradict what his brother was telling relatives about their mother’s whereabouts, and that concern helped push the family to call for help. When officers reached the home, they learned a man had barricaded himself inside and forced their way in.

Inside, police found the woman dead. Family members identified her as Nateal Campbell, while Fulton County Jail records identified the suspect as her son, Ciarre Campbell. Jail records listed charges of murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a knife or gun during the commission of a felony.

Arrest warrants obtained in the case alleged that the woman’s throat had been cut with a knife, a detail that underscored the violence investigators confronted once the welfare check turned into a homicide scene. The 911 call also added context to the family’s concerns before officers arrived. The caller said his brother suffered from schizophrenia and had driven away in their mother’s car, behavior the family found highly unusual.

That sequence, a suspicious family call, conflicting video, a barricaded suspect, and a dead woman inside the home, drove the case from a domestic crisis to a murder investigation in minutes. The Campbells asked for privacy as they grieved, while the released call and mug shot became the latest public window into a death that was both intensely personal and now the focus of a criminal case.