While They Slept: An Inquiry Into The Murder Of A Family - Plot & Excerpts
All such calls are recorded; the excerpt below was transcribed from a recording. At certain points, the communications center operator (911) is speaking with the caller and, on a separate line, with the Oregon State Police (OSP).MALE:Hello? Hello? The neighbor girl from over on—911:Address?MALE:Eleven thirty-two Rossanley Drive.911:Uh-huh.MALE:The neighbor girl from over on Ross Lane is here, and she, she thinks that her brother has beaten her parents with a baseball bat.911:Can I talk to her?MALE:Uh, well, I don’t know if she can talk or not or—911:How old is she?MALE:Uh, fifteen. Sixteen.911:Well, could you tell her this here is the Sheriff’s Office and see if maybe I can talk with her?MALE:Yeah, okay. Hang on just a minute.911:We got a sixteen-year-old at a neighbor’s house says her brother beat her parents with a baseball bat.OSP:Okay, this is one at the dispatch—911:Sir?GIRL:Hello?911:Hi.GIRL:Hi.911:Can I help you? What’s the matter?GIRL:My brother beat my mom and dad and sister to death with a baseball bat.911:What’s the address?GIRL:Fourteen fifty-two Ross Lane.911:When did he do this?GIRL:Uh, I don’t know when he did my mom and dad, but he did my sister about thirty minutes ago.911:Were you home?GIRL:I was upstairs in the bed.
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