Chilling 911 Tape: Dad Describes How He Murdered Twin Daughters
This next tragic tale comes courtesy of fellow the True Crime Blogroll member Stephen McCaskill of Crime Scene Blog. Stephen links to a 911 call from David Crespi of Charlotte, North Carolina, who dialed the police immediately after “freaking out” and killing his two twin daughters. (The original link to the 911 call came courtesy of Crime in Charlotte.)
This call is one of the most disturbing things you’ll ever hear. Crespi begins the conversation by bluntly telling police, “I just killed my daughters”. Various police and emergency personnel spend most of the call attempting to assess the state of the girls. Despite Crespi’s repeated insistence that “they’re dead” and that there’s “nothing you can do…nothing”, the operators are obviously holding out hope that there’s something - anything - they can do. They spend a little time trying to assess why Crespi wigged out, positing that perhaps he had a fight with his wife, who had just left the house.
And that brings us to the most disturbing facet of this call: David Crespi himself. Here’s a man who has just done the unforgiveable - a man who will rightly go down in history as a murdering bastard. And yet, at the same time, he sounds so…pathetic. So…broken. The 911 operators (who, as Crime Scene Blog points out, deserve special honors for remaining so calm and professional in the face of such a tragedy) manage to learn that Crespi has a history of depression. What’s more, Crespi had just switched antidepressants a week ago, and hadn’t been sleeping as a result. In short, Crespi was fucked up. His mental state brought him to a fork in the road, where he had a choice between crying for help or letting himself snap. He chose the latter path. You can tell from the trembling and anguish in his voice that he knows he chose the wrong prong of the fork…and that there’s no taking it back.
I can only guess what Crespi’s wife must be going through. Can you imagine going out to get a haircut, and coming home to find your family demolished in a fit of insanity? She must have known, of course, that her husband was ill. But did she ever in a million years believe that he would be capable of such a thing?
Above is a picture of Crespi with his wife and daughters, in happier times. Here is Crespi’s booking photo. They don’t even look like the same human being…
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Parents Behaving Badly by Jay Andrew Allen : 2006 : October : 08
Oct 7, 2006 at 11:04 pm
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Oprah Winfrey Asks David Crespi: Why Didn’t You Just Kill Yourself? - from Parents Behaving Badly by Jay Andrew Allen
Nov 15, 2006 at 12:58 pm
[...] Last month I wrote about David Crespi, the Charlotte, North Carolina banker who “snapped” one night and murdered his twin daughters, Tess and Sam. Shortly after the killings, Crespi called 911 and confessed. The case is so baffling that Oprah Winfrey made it the focus of her Tuesday show. Crespi’s wife Kim has already talked to the media before, but this is the first time we’ve heard from David himself. [...]
C. C. Ellis
Jun 25, 2007 at 10:47 am
This makes my sick to my stomach. I was just at the prison where he is and i saw his wife and him visting, holding hands, laughing and enjoying each others company and i cant help but wonder WHY? What is wrong with that picture? I have a daughter the age of his twins and my heart breaks for them. We and can come up with all the excuses under the sun for him but at the end of the day he’s breathing and they are not, bottom line! We need a no tolerance law for those who hurt children, NO Tolerance. He should be on Death Row!
Gianna van Deventer
Jun 27, 2007 at 1:20 pm
I watched The Oprah Winfrey Show featuring the story on David Crespi. I was so shocked and I instantly felt sick. I listened to the tell-tale signs of people that might have depression. It was said that if someone we knew had two or so of the signs they could be suffering from depression. Well I know that my husband suffers, but he has each and every sign that was mentioned. I feel helpless! He was on medication for a little while recently after a “breakdown” that he had had. The pills made matters worse and he left them. I have experienced a side of him that scares me but at the same time, nothing would make believe that he could or would ever harm my children or myself. He is deeply depressed and will not go to seek help. I worry constantly about him harming himself. There was even a time where I had to make him take time off from work so that I could “baby sit” him 24/7. I love him deeply and I know he loves the children and me deeply, yet I worry all the time. I really don’t know what to do. My son of 11years also seems to have a tendancy towards “depression”. I don’t know if it is because of what he sees in his dad, or if it is hereditary. If there is anyone that can help. I would appreciate it.
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