FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — A Fayetteville 911 operator was recognized for “calm composure and decisive action” during an emergency call from a teenager later accused of fatally stabbing his mother earlier this month, police said Friday.
Isaac Tracy, 17, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder after his mother, Katharine Svaldi, 49, was killed on Feb. 10. The slain mother was found by Fayetteville officers inside a trash can in the garage of the family’s Daphne Circle home.
Telecommunicator Dilhara Edwards took the 911 call around 7 p.m. in which the young suspect told a dispatcher he “wanted to get himself arrested because he killed his mom,” police said.
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Tracy, who is being held without bond, was later found with self-inflicted wounds and was covered in blood, according to police.
Edwards was presented with an award for handling the “critical” call, and her ability to “de-escalate (the caller’s) heightened emotional state.”…