The motive for the murder was Paris' resentment towards his mother, Charity Bennett, as he believed the best way to emotionally damage her was to take away one of her children.
During her childhood, Charity intentionally became addicted to drugs in an attempt to gain attention from her mother, but Kyla never showed any interest.
However, Paris displayed warning signs of violence before the murder and has since admitted to feeling homicidal tendencies since he was a young child.
On February 4, 2007, Charity hired a babysitter, as she had to work late at her job at the restaurant Buffalo Wild Wings as it was the night of the 2007 Super Bowl.
Later that night sometime before 11:30 PM, Paris entered Ella's room; sexually assaulted her and stabbed her 17 times.
On the call, Paris appeared to fake insanity, telling the dispatcher that he thought Ella was an inflamed pumpkin-headed demon and stabbed her.
[1] In 2021, Charity stated that she had ceased all communication with Paris after learning he was involved with a woman who was on bond two hours away from where she lived for planning a mass shooting.