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Kids call 911 as their mother is allegedly shot to death by their father

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The 10-year-old told dispatch, 'My dad is shooting my mom' while hiding in a closet.

The show opens on the shooting of a mother. A 10-year-old is hiding in a closet. The child tells dispatch that the father is shooting the mother while the child stays hidden during the chaos. The child also says the mother has a restraining order against him. That detail matters. The conversation also leaves room for the child's fear for the mother, including the feeling that life without her is impossible. Responders reach the scene and speak with the children directly. The children identify the type of car the father is driving. They also give the direction he fled. He is quickly apprehended. He immediately asks for an attorney. A weapon is found in a car. Alleged shell casings from the scene are said to match that weapon. The record is still preliminary. The hosts keep returning to the probable cause statement as they sort through what is known and what is alleged. The father has been charged with murder. He is due in court in February, which gives the case a near-term procedural marker. Philip presses on the strength of the case and the weight of the children's description. The conversation then turns to hearsay, contemporaneous statements, and the ballistics matchup as the pieces that may matter later.

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A child's 911 call anchors this grim, detail-first account of the case.

True Crime News keeps the focus on a grim, detail-first account of how a child's 911 call shapes the case. It tracks the 10-year-old hiding in a closet, the fear in the call, the restraining order, the car description, and the probable-cause claims about shell casings and the…

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When a child hiding in a closet becomes the key witness, the case turns on what the record can actually prove.

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