Rialto, Calif., police released recordings on Tuesday of the 911 call made by Rodney King’s fiancée Sunday morning, when she found the 47- year-old at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool.
Cynthia Kelley can be heard crying throughout the five minute, 15 second-long phone call, which was made at about 5:30 a.m. PT on June 17.
Kelley: “Rodney King, the guy that got beat by the police.”
Dispatcher: “OK. How old is he?”
Kelley: “He’s 47 years old. He’s not moving; he’s at the bottom of the swimming pool.”
Dispatcher: “Is he out now of the pool or is he still in the pool?”
Kelley: “I was sleeping, all of a sudden I heard something fall like the table and then I looked over and then I went to find him and he’s at the bottom of the swimming pool. He’s still there. Please hurry up.”
The dispatcher asks Kelley if she is able to retrieve King, but Kelley says she can’t swim. Rialto police officers pulled King from the swimming pool and tried to resuscitate him. King was pronounced dead at the hospital about 45 minutes after the 911 call was made.
Officials found no signs of trauma or traces of blood on the concrete near King’s swimming pool. While they are investigating his death as an accidental drowning, police said they are looking into all possible leads.
An official cause of death was deferred Monday by coroner’s officials, claiming more toxicological tests were needed. The results are expected within six to eight weeks.
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