By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-10 12:16:14 | Updated at 2026-08-10 13:51:44
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A North Dakota mother accused of stabbing two of her young children to death ghoulishly told their father, “Say goodbye to your kids” in a blood-chilling video shot moments before the slaughter, according to a new affidavit.
Kailey Erhart, 22, is facing a slew of charges including two counts of murder, attempted murder, two counts of terrorizing with a dangerous weapon, three counts of aggravated assault and a misdemeanor count of domestic violence following the horrifying Aug. 6 incident at a home in Mandan.
Cops said she waved a gun at her estranged husband, Cameron, and threatened to kill herself before fatally stabbing their 5-month-old and 3-year-old kids, and savagely attacking their 1-year-old, who miraculously survived, cops said.
Newly released video uncovered by investigators shows Erhart holding one of the children during the frantic scene while brandishing a pistol at her hip and telling the father, “Say goodbye to your kids.”
Cops responded to the home after receiving a report that a mother had stabbed her children, finding a crime scene so bloody even veteran cops were traumatized by the sight of it, according to a Mandan Police affidavit obtained by Valley News Live.
When officers arrived, Erhart was soaked with blood and holding a kitchen knife to her throat. She dropped the knife to the floor and told officers to kill her, court documents detail.
After taking her into custody, police followed a trail of blood through the home to a bedroom, in which they found three young children lying motionless on a bed with knife wounds to their necks.
The 5-month-old was pronounced dead at St. Alexius Medical Center that night, and the 3-year-old succumbed to their injuries at Sanford Health Friday morning.
Moments before police arrived at the scene, Erhart had chased the children’s father and grandmother out of the house with a knife.
The father later told investigators that moments before they were locked out he wrestled a pistol away from his crazed ex, and managed to disassemble it and scatter the pieces throughout the house, the affidavit said.
After she was placed under arrest, Erhart told investigators she believed their throats had been cut before she placed them on the bed.
She recalled having the knife in her hands when cops arrived at the home but claimed she didn’t remember anything else.
The affidavit also detailed the couple was separating, and that the father had previously reported to the state’s mental health services that Erhart had previously threatened to harm both him and the children.
After Child Protective Services got involved, Erhart was committed to a mental health facility for an unknown period of time within the last 12-18 months and placed on medication.
She was cleared to be around the children at the time of the incident, according to the affidavit.
Erhart made her first appearance before a judge at the Morton County Courthouse Friday, where bond was set at $3 million cash, the high amount owing to the “extreme violence in these alleged charges and the threat to the community, victims and children,” said District Judge Marina Spahr.
She has not yet entered a plea, and will be back in court Oct. 6.
A GoFundMe page raising money for funeral costs for the slain children, as well as medical bills for the 1-year-old, has raised nearly $27,000 out of a $30,000 goal as of Monday morning.
