ATLANTA (AP) \u2014 The brother of NFL player Calais Campbell has been charged with murder after police found their 71-year-old mother dead at her home in Atlanta during a welfare check.<\/p>\n
Arrest warrants say Nateal Campbell\u2019s throat was cut and Ciarre Campbell was found in possession of a knife. Officers found her unresponsive when they arrived at around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a police statement.<\/p>\n
Ciarre Campbell, 41, was booked into the Fulton County Jail, where he was being held without bond, and waived his initial court hearing Wednesday on charges including aggravated assault and murder. A lawyer listed for him in online court records did not immediately return an email and voicemail seeking comment on the charges.<\/p>\n
In a 911 call released by police, an unidentified man can be heard asking for a wellness check. He tells the dispatcher that he is outside his mother\u2019s house with his brother and sister-in-law and that they\u2019re trying to get inside. He said they can see another brother, who is \u201cmentally ill\u201d and lives with their mother, inside the home. He said the brother inside said their mother left but a neighbor\u2019s camera footage shows she didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n
The Campbell family issued a statement asking for privacy while they deal with \u201coverwhelming grief.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are devastated to share that the Campbell Family has lost its matriarch, Mrs. Nateal Campbell,\u201d the family statement said. \u201cWhile the details of her passing are still being investigated, we take comfort in knowing she is reunited with our father, her beloved Chuck, and in the arms of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n
A defensive lineman for the Baltimore Ravens, Calais Campbell is entering his 19th NFL season after signing a one-year, $5.5 million contract in April.<\/p>\n
The 2017 first-team AP All-Pro selection has been voted to the Pro Bowl six times in a career that started as a second-round pick in 2008 with the Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n
The 39-year-old former Miami Hurricane spent 10 seasons with the Cardinals and also played in Jacksonville, Atlanta and Miami.<\/p>\n
Campbell has 117 career sacks in 278 games, including 259 starts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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