Cops Realize This Mom Just Killed Her 17-Year-Old Son

On the night of December 28, 2019, a mother called 911 to report that she had killed her 17-year-old son, Austin. When police arrived at the home in Colorado, they found the teenager dead from multiple stab wounds. The mother was calm, cooperative, and covered in dried blood. She told officers she had acted out of love and protection. What emerged over the course of the interrogation was not a story of rage or abuse, but of a mother and son who had spent years isolated from the world, consumed by apocalyptic fear, and who had made a pact to die together before Austin turned 18.

The Interrogation

The transcript of the police interview is the core of the episode. The mother, whose name is not given in the transcript, speaks in a flat, exhausted tone. She explains that she and Austin had discussed dying together for years. The plan was always that when the "end time" came, they would go together. That end time, she said, was tied to Austin's 18th birthday—the day after the killing. She feared that once he turned 18, he would lose the disability benefits and medical care that kept them afloat, and that they would be separated by the system.