He Talked to His Friend for 8 Minutes Before Calling 911?? #crimejunkie #truecrime | Forensic Files

Police found out that before calling 911, Michael McKini made a nearly 8minute call to Randy Woods, the Preston
Chief of Police, >> which like for what possible reason? >> So, Michael doesn't give one to
investigators that we know of, but Chief Woods does. Chief Woods tells state investigators [music] that when Michael
called, he just instructed him to call 911. Call 911. Did that take 8 minutes? >> Right. We have an 8minute call.
>> Yeah. >> Now, maybe Michael was in shock. I mean, no one ever expects to be in a situation
like this. Maybe he panicked. He called law enforcement by dialing his friend's number in law enforcement instead of
911. Like, in his mind, it could have been the same thing. And maybe for 8 minutes, Chief Woods was calming him
down. We don't know. But it would sure be weird if he spent that long calming his friend down. but then basically told
the family to like cool it [music] because she aspirated while then Michael goes on to tell 911 that her throat was
slit. >> And Roy didn't overhear anything. >> He says no. He says that he knew he was
making more than one call, but he suspected that Michael was calling his ex-wife first. I don't know why, but he
says he didn't know it was the chief and like he couldn't hear much from the call.
>> Could Chief Woods have been instructing Michael about what to do? Only two people know what was said in those eight

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Brief Summary

Michael McKini's 8-minute call to Chief Woods raises questions about the incident leading to a 911 call.

Key points

The 8-Minute Call. Michael McKini made an 8-minute call to Chief Woods before dialing 911. What happened during that time?
Confusion and Panic. Michael's choice to call a friend instead of 911 raises questions about his state of mind.

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Did that take 8 minutes?

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