‘I did it on purpose.’ NC man accused of fatally stabbing sister confesses in 911 call

A man charged with fatally stabbing his sister and injuring his mother in Wake Forest on Tuesday night confessed to the crimes in a 911 call released Thursday afternoon.

“I just killed my [redacted]. I need y’all to come, you know, arrest me, do the whole thing,” the man says on a copy of the edited call.

“You said you killed [redacted]?” the 911 operator asks.

“Yes, ma’am,” he responds.

Wake Forest police officers responded just before midnight Tuesday to the calls from a home on the 3100 block of Polanski Drive.

They found 24-year-old Nyla Denae Eaddy suffering from multiple stab wounds. She was taken to a local hospital where she died, according to a news release.

Officers also found a second stabbing victim, 47-year-old Dena Coston Eaddy, with non-life-threatening injuries, the release said.

Police arrested Edmond Eaddy Jr., 20, on charges of murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, the release said.

Two 911 calls were released in response to public records requests from The News & Observer: one call from the man and a second from the mother, who reports she has locked herself in the bedroom and has the knife.

“I stabbed her to death. I did it on purpose,” the man, now on the driveway, tells the 911 operator.

She asks if he can tell her why, and he says no.

“Hurry up,” he says. “Please.”

Town records show that before Tuesday police were called to the home once in the past three years, for a non-violent complaint, a town spokesperson told The News & Observer by email.

Eaddy, who could face the death penalty if convicted, is being held in the Wake County Detention Center without bail., according to ABC11, The N&O’s news gathering partner. A capital defender was appointed to represent him during a court appearance Thursday.

This story was originally published February 14, 2024 at 8:50 AM.