North Dakota Mother Charged With Murder After Slitting Children's Throats

A North Dakota mother has been charged with murder after allegedly slitting the throats of her three young children in a violent attack that left two dead and one critically injured. Kailey Erhart, 22, of Mandan, faces nine criminal charges, including two counts of murder, attempted murder, and aggravated assault, following the incident on the evening of August 6, 2026.

According to a criminal affidavit, the attack occurred at a home on the 200 block of Frontier Trail in south Mandan. Erhart allegedly chased her estranged husband, Cameron, and the children's grandmother from the residence with a knife, locking the door behind them. Before being forced out, Cameron reportedly wrestled a pistol away from Erhart during a physical altercation, disassembled it, and scattered the pieces throughout the house.

A video discovered on Cameron's phone, recorded shortly before the attack, showed Erhart holding one of the children while a pistol was holstered at her hip. In the video, she told her husband, "Say goodbye to your children."

When police responded to a report of the stabbing around 6:00 p.m., they found Erhart covered in blood in the kitchen, holding a knife to her own throat. She...