'I want foster care': Teen pleads for help before mother's murder

Collin Griffith appears in bodyworn camera months before his mother's murder, begging to be taken out of his mother's care.
'I want foster care': Teen pleads for help before mother's murder

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Posted at 9:55 AM, January 22, 2025

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (Scripps News Ft. Myers)Ā  Newly released bodyworn camera video is shedding light on the case of 17-year-old Collin Griffith, who is accused of murdering his mother, Catherine Griffith, in September 2024.

Collin Griffith appears in bodyworn camera during an incident with police. (Charlotte County Sheriffā€™s Office via Scripps News Ft. Myers)

Collin, who previously lived in Oklahoma, was cleared of killing his father in self-defense on Valentineā€™s Day 2023. After his release, he moved to Port Charlotte to live with his mother. But just seven months later, Charlotte County deputies were called to their home after a heated argument turned violent.

The bodycam video shows Collin in the back of a police vehicle talking to his grandmother.

ā€œI was saying, ā€˜Mom, Iā€™m not a psychopath. Iā€™m not this murderer. Iā€™m just trying to peacefully leave or peacefully coexist. She kept telling me to shut up and shut up, and when I wouldnā€™t shut up, she hit me.ā€™ā€

His grandmother pushes back. ā€œNo, thatā€™s not what happened, Collin. Thatā€™s not what happened. You never said you wanted to peacefully coexist,ā€ she said.

ā€œIā€™ve been saying that!ā€ Collin replied.

In another clip, Collinā€™s grandmother explained that Collin did not want to go back to his motherā€™s house, asking instead to be placed in foster care.

ā€œCollin did not want to come back home, and I said you donā€™t have a choice, you have to go back home,ā€ said his grandmother in the video. ā€œAnd he said, ā€˜No, I want foster care,ā€™ and even the corporal said that foster care isnā€™t good for you. You have issues you need to work on.ā€

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Despite his pleas, Collin was released the next day and sent back to his motherā€™s home. Hours later, he was Baker Acted after jail staff reported that he said he wanted to kill his mother.

In bodyworn camera video from that day, deputies are heard explaining their decision to Catherine Griffith. ā€œI struggle with a kid thatā€™s being released from jail saying, ā€˜If you bring me back there, sheā€™s going to die,ā€™ā€ one deputy said. ā€œIf we donā€™t do something, then shame on us that we didnā€™t do our job and we failed you. And Iā€™m not failing you, nor am I going to fail your son.ā€

When deputies confronted Collin about the alleged threats, he said. ā€œIā€™m in a constant state of fight or flight, and I donā€™t know. If I think sheā€™s going to do something, even if sheā€™s not, I might act. Iā€™m not going to, like, go crazy or anything, but Iā€™m not sure, honestly,ā€ he said.

The deputy asked, ā€œYouā€™re not sure if youā€™ll hurt your mom?ā€

ā€œOnly if she tries to hurt me,ā€ Collin responded.

Less than a year later, Collin called 911 from his grandmotherā€™s home in Polk County to report that his mother had fallen on a knife and was bleeding from her neck. The medical examiner later ruled that her injuries could not have been accidental.

Collin Griffith has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and kidnapping and remains in custody at the Polk County Jail.

This story was originally written by Anvar Ruziev for Scripps News Fort Myers, an E.W. Scripps Company.



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