911 CALL REVEALS CINDY CRAWFORD’S SON’S HEARTBREAKING LAST MOMENTS
For Cindy Crawford and her family, the morning of September 20 began with an emergency call that would end in devastating news.
A newly surfaced 911 dispatch recording is now offering a chilling glimpse into what happened during the final moments of Presley Gerber’s life — a sequence involving a reported cardiac arrest, an apparent overdose and an emergency response at the rehabilitation facility where the 27-year-old had been staying.
The details are difficult to hear.
And they raise an even more painful question: What was happening to Presley in the moments before help arrived?
According to dispatch audio obtained by PEOPLE and Page Six, emergency services were contacted at approximately 9:35 a.m. after a report of cardiac arrest at the Santa Monica-area facility. A subsequent dispatch referenced a possible overdose. Presley was pronounced dead about 10 minutes later, at 9:45 a.m.
The audio does not provide a complete account of what happened inside the facility. But it establishes the urgency of those final minutes.
Police, firefighters and ambulance personnel responded to the scene, with authorities remaining there for hours, according to reports.
For a family that had watched Presley struggle publicly and privately for years, the news was another devastating chapter in a battle he had repeatedly tried to confront.
PRESLEY HAD JUST REACHED FOR HELP
Perhaps one of the most heartbreaking details surrounding Presley’s death is the timing.
Reports said he had entered the rehabilitation facility only days before his death after recognizing that he needed help.
A source cited by Page Six said Presley “knew he needed help” and had not been doing well. The same source described longstanding struggles involving self-esteem, addiction and uncertainty about his direction in life.
That makes the emergency call especially difficult to process.
Presley was not simply a young man whose struggles had remained hidden from the public. Over the years, he had repeatedly spoken about them himself.
He had used his platform to discuss depression, addiction and mental health, including through his “Mental Health Mondays” series.
In a 2023 podcast appearance, Presley explained that he hoped his own mistakes could help other people avoid making the same ones. His message was remarkably direct: he wanted his difficult experiences to mean something for someone else.
His openness also affected the people closest to him.
KAIA HAD ALREADY REVEALED HOW MUCH THE FAMILY KNEW
In an interview published shortly before Presley’s death, his sister Kaia Gerber spoke about his decade-long struggle with addiction.
She described how deeply his difficulties affected the entire family and explained that Presley’s willingness to be open about what he was going through had changed the way they viewed silence and shame.
Kaia portrayed her brother not simply as someone struggling, but as someone who was willing to expose his own vulnerability in the hope that others might feel less alone.
That perspective now gives the newly surfaced emergency details a painful backdrop.
Presley had spent years trying to find a way forward.
And only days before his death, he had reportedly taken another step toward treatment.
Then came the 911 call.
THE WORDS “CARDIAC ARREST” CHANGED EVERYTHING
The dispatch recording reportedly includes an automated message referring to “cardiac arrest,” followed by information about a possible overdose.
Those words are important — but they should not be mistaken for a final medical conclusion.
Santa Monica police said detectives were investigating Presley’s death as a suspected overdose and that there was no indication of foul play.
But the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has not yet established the official cause and manner of death.
An autopsy was completed, but the determination was deferred pending additional testing and/or studies. The Medical Examiner has said that such cases can take additional time before a final determination is made.
So while the emergency dispatch provides a disturbing picture of the crisis responders encountered, it does not by itself establish exactly what caused Presley’s death.
That distinction matters.
Because behind the headlines and the shocking audio was a 27-year-old who had been trying to make sense of a struggle he had openly acknowledged.
CINDY’S WORDS NOW HIT DIFFERENT
And then there is the message from his mother.
On July 2, Cindy Crawford celebrated Presley’s 27th birthday with a deeply personal tribute.
She wrote that she was proud of the man he had become — but added that she would always see him as her little boy.
At the time, it was simply a mother celebrating her son.
Now, after his sudden death, those words carry an entirely different emotional weight.
Cindy had also publicly supported Presley during his struggles.
After one of his posts about mental health and treatment, she responded with a simple message of reassurance: “Presley - we love you and you are not alone.”
There was no way for anyone reading those words at the time to know what would happen months later.
And that is what makes the retrospective pain so powerful.
A birthday message.
A mother’s reassurance.
A son trying to find his way back.
And then, weeks later, an emergency call.
THE FINAL HOURS MAY NEVER TELL THE WHOLE STORY
The 911 recording gives the public a narrow window into Presley’s final crisis.
It tells us that emergency responders were called.
It tells us that cardiac arrest was reported.
It tells us that an apparent overdose was also reported.
But it does not tell us everything Presley experienced before those words reached the dispatcher.
Nor does it explain what led to the emergency.
Those answers remain with investigators and the Medical Examiner.
What is already clear is that Presley’s death came after years in which he had spoken unusually openly about addiction and mental health — and after a reported decision to seek treatment once again.
His family has asked for privacy.
And perhaps the most haunting part of the story is not the emergency audio itself.
It is the contrast between what Presley was trying to do and how quickly everything ended.
He had reportedly recognized that he needed help.
He had entered treatment.
He had spent years talking about recovery.
And then, on a September morning, someone made the call that brought police, firefighters and paramedics rushing to his door.
For Cindy Crawford, those final moments were not a headline.
They were the moment her son was gone.
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And for everyone who had watched Presley speak publicly about his struggle, the newly revealed 911 details make one question impossible to ignore:
How close was Presley to believing he could finally turn his life around — and what happened in those final minutes before help arrived?
