Murder Suspect Surrenders on 911 Call

A Pierce County (Wash.) dispatcher who picked up a ringing 911 line didn’t hesitate for a moment—the man on the other end calmly said he had just shot his wife, so she began asking him questions. Indeed, Carol Parsons was inside a nearby church, dead from five gunshot wounds from a .45-cal. pistol. Federal Way police found that caliber of pistol on the hood of Charles Parsons’ pick-up truck in the parking lot, where he was waiting for police. On the logging tape, the dispatcher methodically asks Parsons questions about the incident and himself, including his middle initial. Towards the end of the call the sound of a siren begins to grow louder and louder in the background as officers arrive. At the end of the call, Parsons tells the dispatcher he is lying down in the parking lot. Read about the incident here, and then listen to the 911 call and decide what questions would you ask or what would you tell a person confessing murder.