911 transcript

YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

Investigating Officer(s): Det. T. Armstrong, Det. S. Murphy
Incident No.: 005533-26J-2024
Case Description: Laurie Daniels homicide investigation

This is the transcript of a 911 call received by Yoknapatawpha County Emergency Services at 12:16 p.m. on Sunday, November 3.

Dispatcher: 911. What is your emergency?

Caller: I've been ******* fixed! He did it! He's here! He ******* fixed me.

Dispatcher: Slow down, sir. Tell me what happened. Has anyone harmed you?

Caller: Yeah! Not yet, but Dr. Yah Yah has put about a million hexes on me! He's here, and he's trying to kill me. The man is a witch doctor, and he's a known killer! He put an egg in my tree and spiders in my pillow, dammit!

Dispatcher: Sir, are you at 126 County Road 432 in Yocona?

Caller: Yes, yes, that's me.

Dispatcher: Is your life in danger right now?

Caller: Yes, dammit! Why do you think I'm calling you?

Dispatcher: We're sending a unit out there right now. Will you hold the line?

Caller: I can't hold the line! ****, he's probably listening in. He's liable to be up the pole listening. He's gonna kill me. He works like slow poison. Please, get somebody!

Dispatcher: What's your name?

Caller: Ah… Forrest Burgess.

Dispatcher: Tell me again what he did, sir. Is he there right now?

Caller: I can't see him, but I know he's here.

Dispatcher: What did he do?

Caller: He put an egg in my tree! It's a fix!

Dispatcher: Sir, has he physically threatened you?

Caller: What do you call that?

Dispatcher: Yes, but an egg….

Caller: It's a classic hex! He's trying to kill me. I'll be dead by tomorrow. Holy ****! I've done nothing wrong! I didn't kill Laurie Daniels!

Dispatcher: Sir, what happened?

Caller: Look, I shouldn't have… I shouldn't have called. Cancel that. I'll just—

Dispatcher: Sir, please hold the line. You don't have to talk. Just hold on.

Caller: Oh God, I can't.

[CALL DISCONNECTS]