Killer's voice heard on 911 call
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) - February 26, 2008 Tinley Park Police Commander Rick Bruno said the call released
Monday was edited to isolate the killer's voice.
Only snippets of a man's voice can be heard during the 37-second
recording. Most of the phrases are difficult to decipher, but at
one point it sounds like the man says "I'm losing it" and
"foolishness."
"We request the media refrain from enhancing the audio for
clarity purposes, as this may distort the voice of the offender,"
Bruno said in a statement.
Authorities released another 15 seconds of the 911 call earlier
this month.
In that segment, store manager Rhoda McFarland, 42, called from
her cell phone moments before being killed. She whispered the name
of the store, its location and told the dispatcher to hurry.
"Lane Bryant," McFarland whispers to the dispatcher.
"Where at?" the female dispatcher asks.
"Tinley Park," McFarland replies. "Hurry."
"Stay on the line. Stay on the line," the dispatcher
instructs. "Don't hang up."
Then the phone goes dead.
Killed in the Feb. 2 shootings were: McFarland, of Joliet;
Carrie H. Chiuso, 33, of Frankfort; Connie R. Woolfolk, 37, of
Flossmoor; Sarah T. Szafranski, 22, of Oak Forest; and Jennifer L.
Bishop, 34, of South Bend, Ind.
A sixth woman was injured.
Authorities also have posted a composite sketch of the gunman on
electronic billboards in the Chicago area.
