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March 6, 2013

Transcript of 911 call from night of Willenborg's murder

Below is a partial transcript of the 911 call made by the fiance of Tara Willenborg after police say the 17-year-old girl was murdered Saturday morning at her Clarksville apartment. The call is 9 minutes and 48 seconds long. Some of the content may be disturbing to some readers. It has been edited for content.

 

OPERATOR: “911, what’s your emergency?”

JOSH LEWIS: “My girlfriend was raped and I think she’s dead. I need someone here now.” 

O: “OK, is she breathing?”

LEWIS: “No, she ain’t. There’s vomit, she’s been beat. There was something tied around her neck. I just cut it off. She’s dead. I can’t ... I’ve been doing CPR for the last 20 minutes. She ain’t coming back.”

O: “What’s your address?”

LEWIS: “I’m at 702 Camden Court, Clarksville, Ind. Apartment No. 30.”

O: “702 Camden Court, Apartment No. 30?”

LEWIS: “Yes, it’s called Cambridge Square. It’s the apartment complex. Someone said that they already called an ambulance, but I’m just making sure.” 

O: “Who called the ambulance?”

LEWIS: “My neighbors.” 

O: “OK, we don’t have a call on it. You said you’ve been doing CPR?” 

LEWIS: “Yeah. Get someone down here right now before I kill ’em.”

O: “Sir, they’re on their way, OK?”

LEWIS: “... Because I think my neighbor did it.”

O: “I’ve got the other dispatcher dispatching them at this time. Do you want to continue to try to do CPR?” 

LEWIS: “Yes. Tell me what I need to do.” 

O: “OK, all right ... Are you there?”

LEWIS: “Yes.”

O: “OK. You’re going to take your hands and you’re going to place them —”

LEWIS: “— On her chest, yes, and pump five times, right?”

O: “She’s on the floor, right?”

LEWIS: “Yes.”

[CALL EDITED]

O: “OK, keep doing compressions.” 

LEWIS: “Oh God, please ...”

O: “When you get to 30, give her two breaths again.” 

[Call ends, 911 calls him back]

LEWIS: “Who is this?”

O: “This is 911, I got disconnected from you.”

LEWIS: “Sorry.”

O: “It’s OK, are you still doing the compressions?” 

LEWIS: “Yes.”

O: “OK.”

LEWIS: “Come here.”

[Voices away from phone]

O: “Sir, are you still doing CPR?” 

LEWIS: “Yes, I’m doing CPR.”

O: “OK, who’s there with you?” 

LEWIS: “My neighbor. 

O: “OK.”

LEWIS: Come on baby. [inaudible] ... Chris, take the phone and talk to this lady.” 

CHRIS: “Hello?” 

O: “Hello, do you know about how old she is?” 

CHRIS: “She’s, uh, 17, I think.” 

O: “She’s 17?”

CHRIS: “Yeah, she’s 17, ain’t she. Keep going. Keep on going.” 

O: “Yeah, tell him to keep going, don’t stop. Tell everybody in the room.” 

CHRIS: “He, he, he knows what he’s doing. He’s, uh, doing it.” 

O: “OK, he’s doing it just right.”

CHRIS: “Yeah. He’s trying to bring her back.”

O: “OK, as long as he keeps doing what he was doing a second ago, he’s doing it just right. ... And he found her like this?”

CHRIS: “Yeah.” 

O: “OK.”

O: “What’s her name?”

CHRIS: “What’s her name? What’s her name? Tara? Yeah, what’s her name? Who? ... hold on.”

[inaudible]

O: “Is he still there? Is he still doing the CPR?”

CHRIS: “Yeah, he’s still doing it.” 

O: “OK. Do you all have the door unlocked so that the crews can come inside?” 

CHRIS: “Yeah, they’re on their way up right now.” 

O: “OK, I was going to say, they should be there.” 

CHRIS: “All right. Yeah, they here.” 

[inaudible]

CHRIS: “Hello?”

O: “Hello, yeah, I’m still here.”

CHRIS: “Yeah, the ambulance is here.”

O: “They’re inside the apartment?”

CHRIS: “Yeah.”

O: “... Is that who I hear talking in the background?” 

CHRIS: “Yeah — is she ...? Are you going to bring her back bro? [inaudible] That’s my dude man. That’s my dude’s girlfriend done dead and stuff, man. You still on the phone?”

O: “Yes sir, I am.” 

CHRIS. “All right.” 

O: “Are you still there?”

[call ends]

O: “Really?”

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