Chilling 911 call from victim played in court

[XanaDUer]

http://insession.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/26/chilling-911-call-from-victim-played-in-court/?iref=werecommend

Lee was inside the defendant’s Camaro when she used his cell phone to call a 911 operator and screamed: “My name is Denise and I just want to see my beautiful husband and kids again.” She also answers the 911 operator when asked, “do you know this guy?” Crying into the phone, Lee yells “NO.” Watch the defendant as the frantic 911 call is played

Prosecutors say Lee had been abducted by King and was shot to death with one bullet to the head shortly after this call. Family members of Lee left the courtroom before the tape was played, but Lee’s father Detective Rick Goff stayed, telling me after court, “Its my daughter…I’m not going to leave.”

[lavenderdiva]

1. I remember seeing this case story on perhaps 'Forensic Files'

I think it was that one... It was SO sad that SOOOOOOO many people tried to help, and call 911, but either they had one detail off (like the color of the car being dark green vs. dark blue or something, or someone reporting that they saw a child's hand on the window with screaming when it was really a small woman) or the 911 operator wasn't connecting the details. Also, as I recall, there were at least 2 counties involved in this kidnapping, and at the time, they weren't sharing information. So, even though she started out missing in one county, he transported her over county lines, and the 2nd county was unaware of the disappearance; hence, their 911 operators weren't aware of the missing woman/reported car when people were calling in. It was such a sad story, and so many people did try to intervene and prevent this outcome.

I feel sorry for her dad. He was/is (?) a detective or police officer, and his colleagues did everything they could to try to help him find his missing daughter, but because of the county rules at the time, it just wasn't enough.

[RamboLiberal]

2. More like 911 operators screwed up & blamed on a shift change

In what seems to be little more than a miracle, Denise Amber Lee managed to obtain her kidnapper’s cell phone. She called 911 at approximately 6:14 P.M. and managed to stay on the phone for nearly six and a half minutes. Denise’s wasn’t the last 911-phone call to be made that fateful day.

A neighbor of Denise Amber Lee’s saw a green Camaro drive up and down their street. At approximately 2:30 P.M., she reported seeing that same green Camaro pull into the driveway of Denise Amber Lee’s home. When Denise Amber Lee called 911, they were able to determine that the cell phone she used belonged to Michael Lee King. When police discovered the name of the kidnapper, they went to his residence, however there was no sign of Michael or Denise, yet they did find a piece of duct tape that still had long strands of brown hair attached to it. Then, Michael Lee King did a very disturbing thing. He went to his cousin’s home.

Michael King arrived at his cousin’s home, Harold Muxlow, and asked to borrow two items: a can of gasoline and a shovel. While there, Harold saw Denise Amber Lee in the back seat of the green Camaro, struggling and pleading for help. She screamed for Harold to call police, he didn’t and Michael Lee King drove away with a shovel, a gas can, and a panicked Denise Amber Lee, who was still screaming and begging for her life. Harold Muxlow did, however, tell his 17-year-old daughter about what he had seen, and Sabrina Muxlow decided to call 911. The call was received at approximately 6:23 P.M.

There was one more 911 call to be made on behalf of Denise Amber Lee, that fateful night of January 17, 2008. A Tampa based computer consultant, Jane Kowalski, just happened to have her window rolled down while driving U.S. 41 that evening. She happened to stop at a red light, where Michael Lee King pulled his camaro alongside hers. She heard loud noises coming from the car, and was startled to hear the screams of the passenger in the back seat of the car. Jane Kowalski witnessed Denise Amber Lee’s last cries for help. She looked at her and thought that she was a child, however, she did look directly at Michael Lee King and called 911 somewhere between 6:30 and 6:40 P.M.

Due to a dispatcher mix-up, the report of Jane’s 911 call was never relayed to officers who were currently in the area, searching for Denise Amber Lee. Police in the area never knew that the camaro was in their vicinity, even though they were utilizing a helicopter search, dog search, and ground search. The question remains today, “Would Denise Amber Lee have been saved, if the 911 dispatchers notified the police to look for the camaro?” Denise Amber Lee’s body was located nude and in the fetal position within three miles of the very spot where Janet Kowalski made the final 911 call. Denise Amber Lee had been sexually assaulted and shot in the head.

http://www.examiner.com/x-7403-Tampa-Crime-Examiner~y2009m4d7-Denise-Amber-Lee-also-called-911

Woman's frantic 911 call helps convict her killer

A Florida plumber was found guilty Friday of kidnapping and murdering a police detective's daughter at a trial in which his victim's voice filled the courtroom as her desperate 911 call was played to the jury.

Jurors deliberated just two hours before finding Michael L. King, 38, guilty of first-degree murder, kidnapping and sexual battery in the January 17, 2008 abduction and slaying of Denise Amber Lee, a 21-year-old mother of two.

Lee's family, including her father, Charlotte County Sheriff's Det. Rick Goff, cried as the verdict was announced; King showed no reaction.

The jury must next decide whether King, who was a stranger to Lee, should be executed for his crimes.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/28/florida.murder.kidnap.911/

[XanaDUer]

3. Jury: Death for man who murdered cop's daughter

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/04/florida.murder.kidnap.penalty/index.html?iref=mpstoryview