Episode 346

In a quiet Florida retirement community, 17-year-old Colin Griffith called 911 on September 8, 2024, claiming his mother Kathy had lunged at him with a knife during an argument and fatally stabbed herself in the neck. First responders found her body in a pool of blood with a deep wound from a 12-inch knife that entered the front of her neck and exited the back; Colin, bloodied but calm, immediately invoked his right to an attorney.

The Scene and Early Doubts

Neighbors in the Hamptons community reported seeing Colin, who is 6 feet tall and 160 pounds, grab Kathy by the hair and drag her screaming into the house as their argument began in the driveway. EMTs noted the wound's improbability as self-inflicted—compressions during CPR forced air through it, indicating depth through major vasculature—and Colin's oddly composed demeanor after his panicked 911 call. Deputies secured a blood-covered knife near the washer-dryer. Colin's story evolved: first accidental, then self-defense as she bore down on him and fell onto the blade.