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Camden Police confirmed Wednesday that a mother and child died in a murder-suicide.
Prosecutors say the mother, Chevonne Thomas, stabbed multiple times and then decapitated her 2-year-old son and put his head in a freezer, before stabbing herself to death with a kitchen knife.
That little boy was identified as Zahree Thomas.
Prosecutors say the 33-year-old mother called 911 just after midnight and told them something had happened to her child.
On Wednesday evening Camden released the 911 call Thomas made after she killed her son.
"The information they were receiving was very muddled, but it led them to believe there was a child that was in jeopardy," said Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.
On the phone Thomas sounds confused as dispatchers try to get her to answer questions like her name, where her son was stabbed and how old he is. Originally says tells a dispatcher her boyfriend had stabbed the child but then she admits to committing the murder.
"You know what, I did it, I'm lying, I'm lying, I'm lying, I'm lying, I did it," Thomas said.
Investigators arrived on the 1400 block of Kaighn Avenue in Camden around 12:30 a.m.
Police immediately found the boy's body on the first floor of the home and his head in the freezer. Prosecutors say the officers then noticed there was someone else upstairs.
Originally prosecutors said police left the house but later they clarified that police maintained a position at the bottom of the stairs throughout the incident.
About five minutes after the 911 call Thomas stabbed herself just moments before police entered the home through a second-story window, prosecutors said.
"Everybody here is very shaken up. (Someone) from my office says it's one of the most grisly things he's seen on the job," said Laughlin.
Thomas was no stranger to authorities. She was arrested in Nov. 2010 on a child endangerment charge after she left Zahree in a car and lost custody of the boy. Prosecutors said that during that incident Thomas allegedly admitted to smoking PCP and marijuana.
Prosecutors say the charges were dropped last October due to insufficient evidence. In April she regained custody of Zahree.
The state Department of Children and Families also was familiar with Thomas and supplied her with programming.
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Prosecutors say the mother, Chevonne Thomas, stabbed multiple times and then decapitated her 2-year-old son and put his head in a freezer, before stabbing herself to death with a kitchen knife.
That little boy was identified as Zahree Thomas.
Prosecutors say the 33-year-old mother called 911 just after midnight and told them something had happened to her child.
On Wednesday evening Camden released the 911 call Thomas made after she killed her son.
- LISTEN: The 911 call from Thomas where she admits to killing her son. (WARNING: This audio could be disturbing to some listeners.)
"The information they were receiving was very muddled, but it led them to believe there was a child that was in jeopardy," said Camden County Prosecutor's Office spokesman Jason Laughlin.
On the phone Thomas sounds confused as dispatchers try to get her to answer questions like her name, where her son was stabbed and how old he is. Originally says tells a dispatcher her boyfriend had stabbed the child but then she admits to committing the murder.
"You know what, I did it, I'm lying, I'm lying, I'm lying, I'm lying, I did it," Thomas said.
Investigators arrived on the 1400 block of Kaighn Avenue in Camden around 12:30 a.m.
Police immediately found the boy's body on the first floor of the home and his head in the freezer. Prosecutors say the officers then noticed there was someone else upstairs.
Originally prosecutors said police left the house but later they clarified that police maintained a position at the bottom of the stairs throughout the incident.
About five minutes after the 911 call Thomas stabbed herself just moments before police entered the home through a second-story window, prosecutors said.
"Everybody here is very shaken up. (Someone) from my office says it's one of the most grisly things he's seen on the job," said Laughlin.
Thomas was no stranger to authorities. She was arrested in Nov. 2010 on a child endangerment charge after she left Zahree in a car and lost custody of the boy. Prosecutors said that during that incident Thomas allegedly admitted to smoking PCP and marijuana.
Prosecutors say the charges were dropped last October due to insufficient evidence. In April she regained custody of Zahree.
The state Department of Children and Families also was familiar with Thomas and supplied her with programming.
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