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David Crespi's 911 call released 
01:00 PM EDT on Thursday, October 5, 2006
The chilling 911 call David Crespi made confessing to the murder of his twin daughters is now public.
(Some people may find the contents of this article disturbing due to graphic content)
The call and transcripts of everything said between David Crespi and a 911 dispatcher is chilling and disturbing.
The call was placed nine months ago on the day David Crespi chased down his twin five-year-old girls and stabbed them to death.
"You'd think he'd show some type of emotion or something," said Medic dispatcher Kim Dixon, who took the 911 call from Crespi.
But when Crespi spoke to Dixon, he told her about the killings with chilling calm and candor in his voice.
"I thought it was a joke or maybe somebody who was mentally ill maybe taking some medications having some kind of hallucination," said Dixon.
Dixon kept Crespi on the phone with her for twelve minutes, asking him multiple times to try and save the girls. She asked Crespi if there was anything he could do to control the bleeding or perform CPR.
"He just wasn't willing. He was just sure they were deceased and didn't want to help," said Dixon.
When police and medics rushed into the Crespi home, there was nothing that could be done to save Tess and Samantha.
"It was too late. And there were grown men crying because there was nothing they could do to save these children," said Dixon.
Nine months later, Dixon said she still struggles with the incident.
"It's tragedy, and you learn to hug your children a little bit tighter and keep them a little bit closer... that's the only thing you can do," said Dixon.
David Crespi's wife, Kim Crespi asked that the judge release the 911 call recordings. She said she is hoping to raise awareness for mental illness.
Crespi is already serving two life sentences for the death of his 5-year-old twin daughters Samantha and Tessara. It was the end of two beautiful and precious lives, and the end of a well respected family.
911 Operator: Police department.
Crespi: Yeah. I just killed my two daughters.
Operator: You just what?
Crespi: I just killed my two daughters.
Operator: Where are you at sir?
Crespi: I’m at 11233 Creek Point Drive.
Crespi is now at the hospital in Central Prison after confessing to the murders. The twins were stabbed to death. In an almost matter of fact tone, Crespi reported the crime to police via a 911 call.
Operator: Sir, tell me what happened. OK. How. I mean, what’s going on right now?
Crespi: I just freaked out.
Operator: Are you on medication?
Crespi: Yeah
Operator: Are they breathing or anything now?
Crespi: No
Operator: What did you do to them?
Crespi: I stabbed them.
Operator: You stabbed them?
Crespi: Yeah.
Operator: OK. How many times did you stab them?
Crespi: I don’t know.
While the dispatchers were professional, it’s clear the revelation even stunned them.
Medic arrived on the scene first and waited for police who arrived seconds later.
While Crespi was on the phone, the operators tried to get an explanation.
Crespi: I’m on antidepressants.
Operator: You’re on antidepressants?
Crespi: Yeah.
Operator: What kind?
Crespi: Inaudible
Operator: Huh?
Crespi: Prozac and other kinds.
Operator: Have you taken you medicine today?
Crespi: I don’t remember.
Medic continued to focus on the children and Crespi continued to tell them it was no use.
Operator: Are you sure that they’re dead?
Crespi: They’re dead.
Operator: We can’t try to do CPR or do anything to help them?
Crespi: No, no I killed them.
Operator: How many times do you think you stabbed them sir?
Crespi: I don’t know
Crespi tells them that he committed the crime while his wife went to the salon. He was then able to tell them who he works for.
Operator: Where do you work?
Crespi: I work at Wachovia.
Operator: Wachovia?
Crespi: The cops are here
Operator: The cops are there, OK sit right now. You’re going to sit on the ground for us please?
Crespi: Yeah
Efforts were made on part of the media shortly after the crime occurred for the release of Crespi’s 911 call. Prosecutors and Crespi’s defense attorney fought those efforts. As a result, a judge ordered the 911 tape sealed.
A consent order was signed Tuesday to unseal the record and Wednesday police released the tape.
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