Where's she at? >> Here. She's all yours. >> Nope. Stay on the ground. Stay on the ground. >> Where's the knife at? >> I don't know. Please let me go. >> Roll over to me, please. >> I just wanted to see my kids. >> I'm missing kids in there. >> I don't care. Go. >> Next time, I'll come prepared. >> In the middle of the night in Flaggler County, Florida, deputies got a strange 911 call, but the caller wasn't asking for help. She was the emergency. What started as a false wellness check would escalate into a home invasion with a knife wielding woman standing over her ex-husband as he slept. That woman was 47year-old Melinda Gould. That wasn't here before. Where she at? >> Here. She's all yours. >> Nope. Stay on the ground. Stay on the ground. >> Hands on your back. 3323. >> I just want to see my baby. Like you're hurting my arm. >> Where's the knife at? >> The son. I made him take it with the knife. >> Is it still in my room? >> No, that's it right there. >> Just don't touch it. >> Yeah, that's it. I think I'm just leave it there. >> Yeah, just leave it there. We're going to leave. Please let me go. >> Roll over to >> I just wanted to see my kid. Can you sit up? >> Is everybody okay? >> I just wanted to see my babies and see my kids. >> I haven't slept in like 5 days. >> Why is that? >> Cuz I haven't seen >> kick foot in >> or stand up. One, two, three. After being handcuffed, she still didn't calm down. She openly threatened the officers, saying that next time she would come prepared. That's when things escalated, and officers became more concerned about taking her into custody immediately. >> Dude, I could have killed him and I didn't. All right. He's being a [ __ ] Look at that. >> Hey, is your car in lock? >> Okay, >> I just wanted to scare him. >> You what? Nothing. >> Next time I'll come. >> What does that mean? >> Next time I'll come with you, right? >> What? With lights and sirens? >> No. Gun blows brains out. His name is I don't even care about her. No women are going jailing. >> Nobody's hiring. >> Nobody's hiring for cops. >> I want to be a cop. >> Hi. I've seen you before. >> Mhm. I've seen me before. I've >> seen you before, too. >> Your feet. Face the car. >> Using the back side of my hand. >> What's that? >> Using the back side of my hand. >> Oh my god. >> You have any weapons on you? >> No. >> No. Face the car. >> I'm sorry. I didn't know. He has I was just >> Don't look at him. Look at Right here. Right here. >> I'm sorry. Jesus Christ. Anything in your shoe? >> No, you can take it off if you need to. >> Go ahead and slide it off. >> Excuse me. >> Slide it off. After placing her in the backseat of the police car, the officer read her rights and asked if she was willing to talk. So, they returned to the house where the victim described a nightmare. >> Yeah. Are you able to get the tag for me, please? Sheriff's office. >> Yeah, I think them are her keys. >> Yes. Where's this knife at? >> That's I guess that's the knife. The one next to the sink. this one here. >> She died from here or brought with her, >> I guess. >> Okay. So, >> I guess she woke him up first. >> Let me talk to All right. Let me talk to you first and then I'm going to talk to you. I want your story separate. Okay, >> that's fine. >> All right. Not trying to not trying to be disrespectful, but >> let me talk to you real quick. >> I got you. All right. So, what happened? >> I guess I heard a door open. So, I wake up. I wasn't too sure if I was still dreaming or anything. You know, I'm half asleep. It's 3:00 in the morning. >> I look over, I guess. I see, you know, figure >> in your room. >> Just right there. Okay. >> I was sleeping right there. So, I just kind of looked up and I figured who it was, but I still have asleep. So, I thought maybe I was dreaming or something. And she walked up and tapped me on the face. Yeah. I was a little confused and looking around just waking up and before I realized it or said anything, I know she was already at the door to his room. Yeah. Just heard a whole bunch of commotion. >> Did she say anything? Was she your mom? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Biological mom. >> Mhm. >> Okay. Did she say anything? >> Wake up maybe and then said something while she's walking out of the room. >> What? She you know what she said? >> Couldn't make it out. >> Okay. >> Yeah, that's about it. >> What do you think her intention? I don't know. I walked in the room and then she's pinned down with a knife and ring. >> Okay. When you say pinned down, you mean like right here? >> No, in the room. >> In the room. So, she had moved from in there to out here. >> Uh, no. He moved her. >> Okay. All right. Let me get your This is your dad, right? >> Okay. >> All right. Let me get your side of the story. Woke up. She's at the foot of my bed in here, you know, and she's sleeping in the bed and uh my 7-year-old boy's in the bed right next to me. And then at first, she just, "Oh, what's up with you guys?" And next thing you know, bam, I see the knife come out. And I just, you know, reacted and I grabbed the hand with a knife and put her on the ground, was yelling. And then he come in there and I'm like, "Hey, dude, get the knife from her. Get the knife from her." >> Mhm. >> You know, and then the kids, you know, are kind of crying. So I drove her out here, pinned her on the ground, and waited for you guys to come. >> Okay. >> So, >> and how was she holding the knife? >> Um, upside down like she's going to stab me with it. >> Okay. Do you think that she was going to >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's Yeah, but and luckily I reacted the way, you know what I mean? And >> you know, cuz at first I thought I was dreaming. You know, I'm thinking like, who, oh, what are you doing in my house? >> And then bam, the knife and I was like, "Oh [ __ ] she got a knife." And then I reacted, >> which I don't I don't got no cuts, I don't think. You know, I'm not bleeding anywhere. I was looking just that I think that's from, you know, the floor or something. But >> And you're okay, too? Yes, sir. >> You're okay? Your seven-year-old's okay? >> Yeah, they're they're in the room like you can see. Um and I I'm pretty sure I thought my door was locked, but >> got both the boys there sleeping and she come right to the foot of the bed, man. And you know, luckily I >> I'm not sure if it was locked or if it wasn't. >> I I'm usually good at locking it. As you see, it's not like the best door. It can be jimmied open. And unfortunately, I guess my camera is not on right now, but I do usually have a camera 247 going on. >> Okay. Is there a way to get in with it locked? >> No. Yeah. I mean, you could jimmy it with a knife fairly easy, unfortunately. >> You said this camera here is not working. >> No, it it's not. I guess it's not charged at the moment. >> Yeah. >> Is she trespassed from here? >> Yes, sir. She is. >> Okay. She's been arrested once for being over here. >> Okay. >> This last weekend, I mean, she just had the kids this last weekend. You know, it's actually yesterday was his birthday. I guess she's been at their school cursed out the principal. The cop on campus two days in a row. I got another son in that room. I guess she had cursed his girlfriend out. His girlfriend's aunt. >> So, how many people are in the house right now? >> Right now, five. >> Five? >> No, six. Four. Four kids, two adults. Okay. >> And in the bedroom when she was staying in there with a knife, >> there was four. Uh me, her, and the seven-year-old. The 5-year-old just had woke up and went in there. >> Okay. >> Yeah. He had just went in there cuz all the commotion. He wants to be next to his older brother, of course. So, >> Okay. >> You don't have knives that look like that? >> Uh, no, man. I I mean, all my knives are over here. >> Okay. You know, I think um I want to feel like she brought that with her, man. Cuz like we just did all these dishes up before we went to sleep. >> You don't have any That's a fillet knife. So, yeah. I don't Yeah. >> All right. If you guys mind, just hold tight for me. Okay. >> After speaking with the victim's family, one officer realized he knew the suspect from past calls where she reported having nightmares. When she finally agreed to talk, she revealed something completely unexpected. So, what happened tonight? >> I wanted to see my boys. >> Okay. >> I wanted to see my boys. I haven't seen them in a while. >> Okay. Let's start with the dream cuz I was the one that you spoke with on the phone. >> I keep having nightmares. >> Okay. Where were you when you had the dream? >> My apartment. >> Where's your apartment at? >> Norman Beach. >> Norman Beach. Okay. >> He threatened me once when I was married to him. >> Mhm. that if I ever left him, he was going to go on a suicide rampage, >> okay? >> Kill us all. I was going to kill us all. >> Okay. >> And himself. >> Okay. So, let's talk about tonight. >> Okay. >> So, after we got off the phone, what did you do? >> Kicked over a motorcycle that was parked next to me. >> Okay. >> At San Marco, cuz it was just in my way and I was so pissed. And I talked to some black guy across the street cuz I wanted to buy a gun off of him. >> Mhm. >> But he said he didn't have one. What would you have done if you got the gun? >> I would have blew his brains out. >> Okay. >> And not thought twice about it. >> Okay. >> And then I probably would have shot the girl if she came at me. But if not, I wouldn't have done anything to her. >> Okay. The black guy didn't sell you the gun. So, what happened next? >> I got in my van. I have time to buy a gun cuz I got all this other crap running through my head. I can't believe my kids. I don't know where my 5-year-old's at. >> Mhm. >> I don't know where my 7-year-old's at. I can't sleep. I haven't slept in four or five days. >> I can't eat. I can barely drink. Everyone asks me if I'm on drugs. I'm not. Okay. >> At least not that I'm aware of. >> Okay. >> I'm a pharmacy tech. >> So, you left Orman and you drove here. What happened? >> So, I came here because I wanted to give my son his birthday gifts. I bought him all kinds of stuff at the mall. >> Mhm. >> Because I was intending to go and eat lunch with them at school, but they wouldn't let me. Mhm. >> So, I left because they don't have a mother. He's got sole custody. And in the system at school, I don't exist. >> Uh-huh. >> So, I left the school. I was talking to my boys. I wanted to get a hold of them. I've been texting his family, me, I mean, everybody to try to get a hold of my kids and nothing. I'm the crazy one. >> Okay. So, what happened when you got here? >> I was like, "Oh, Ricky, are you okay?" Cuz he was sleeping. >> So, you left your car and >> I went to check on the boys. >> Okay. Was the door unlocked? >> Yes, it was. >> Okay. >> The door was unlocked. Like he sleeps with the door unlocked. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. And then he tackled me like he's >> No, the front door was unlocked. >> Yeah, the front door. Why? Unlocked. Okay. >> Like he was expecting me to come in. >> Okay. So, once he walked in, what did you do? >> Nothing. I He knew I was going to come in. I know him. He knows me. He's not stupid. >> He knew it. >> Okay. >> Okay. So then I grabbed the knife because one time we got into a fight when he bracked me and he claimed that I wanted to kill him when I grabbed the kitchen night before. >> Okay. >> And I told the cop, "Oh, I was just cutting up pizza." >> Okay. So the knife came from their kitchen. >> Correct. >> Okay. >> I came with no weapons. Like I said, I I was going to because my intentions were to blow his head out. You know what I mean? But I some struck a luck. [ __ ] didn't have a [ __ ] gun that day. You know what I mean? And I had cash on me, too. So, >> all right. So, once you got the knife, what did you do? >> I walked into the room to see what he was doing. He's just laying there. Just laying there. No, I shouldn't be here. Like all that stupid. >> Mhm. >> I was like, "What do you mean I shouldn't be here? I'm here to see my kids." You know, I was seeing You're not on your meds. That's what he tells me. What do you mean I'm not on my meds? You know what I mean? Why the should I be on my meds? >> Okay. >> Like, what? What? You're on drugs? >> So then what happened? >> Nothing. And I grabbed the knife and I was going to but he attacked me. >> Okay. >> Threw me on the ground like he was a cop. Put my hand behind my back like he was a cop. He's he act like a cop. >> Okay. >> Like a full-blown cop. >> So you're upset you're upset that he stopped you. >> Correct. >> Okay. Stopped you from what? >> Taking my kids home. >> Okay. Was your was your plan to kill them? >> Seeing my kids >> and was your plan to kill them with the knife? >> No. >> What were you going to do with the knife? >> I don't know. Honestly, I blacked out. Honestly, I don't know. Okay. All right. >> I mean, I grabbed the knife and I was just like, like I said, I remembered like a flashback, you know what I mean? Like when we when we used to argue, I was like, "Oh, this is like it seems it seems like home sweet home." You know what I mean? Like, I'm going to grab the knife and act like I'm going to go get bakered again. Cuz I knew like I was already like, you know what I mean? I've been through so many rounds. I was like, "Oh, it's the same old. I'm getting bakered. He's going to throw me on the ground and I'm crazy. Oh my god. I'm running around with a knife." She's good though. >> Mhm. >> You know what I mean? Like I said, I was going to scare him, but I already thought of that at the light because I didn't have a gun before I got into the driveway. You know what I mean? I was like, I'm just going to scare him. I don't have a gun. >> Okay. >> Like, I mean, what how do I know he doesn't have a gun? How did I know he didn't have one or his girlfriend didn't have one? You get what I'm saying? Like, >> wow. You sleep with your door open. You don't have a gun next to you. Are you Chuck Norris? You know what I mean? Like, damn. >> All right. Well, hold tight for me. Okay. >> Yeah. Deputies say Gould had earlier tried to buy a gun from a neighbor to kill her ex-husband. When that failed, she turned to the knife. She's now facing aggravated assault, armed burglary, two counts of child abuse, battery on a detained person. Her record already includes violation of a no contact order, battery on an EMT, trespassing battery, and violently resisting arrest. As the sheriff put it, "There's a reason you broke up. In Flaggler County, acting out of revenge doesn't bring closure. It just brings a prison sentence.