When the call was made, I was mostly upstairs, getting Jazmin and Huckleberry out of the house, to get picked up by Gramma Lois.   Let me take you back to where we were that night.

When Taylor didnt get off the bus at the normal time, we started to wonder where he was.  We knew he was really upset, but figured he stayed in town with his friends or maybe was down at the beach sulking and chopping driftwood (like this - click here).  When more time rolled by and no friends knew where he was, we were really starting to worry.  We took the little kids in town to get some food and movies in preparation for a night of sheriff calls and searching.

Before we called him in as a missing person, we decided to check the house for clues and just to make sure.  I went downstairs and looked in the bedrooms and bathroom, finding nothing.  The last place to check was the basement.  I went in and turned on the lights.  As I came around the corner, I saw Taylor in a heap on the floor (his rope came undone).  At first I thought he was messing with me, kind of hiding.  I said ‘Taylor!’, taking a step towards him.  He didnt respond, and then I was scared.  I took another step towards him, saying louder this time ‘Taylor!’.  Now I was really scared.  I said his name a last time as I knelt down to touch him.  He was cold and stiff.  Oh no… No…  Niccole heard me, and was coming down to the basement.  I met her at the door saying ‘It’s bad, baby, it’s really bad.’  We turned around and went back into the basement with Taylor.

I cant really type how we felt next.

But we knew that we had to get the little kids out of there, so I called Gramma Lois, and told the kids to get in our car, at least they’d be out of there.  Although I went back down there with Niccole a couple times, I was mostly in charge of getting the little kids taken care of.

Hearing the CD today of the 911 call was goddam painful.

If you would like to download and hear the 911 call that Niccole made, click here.  Probly best to right click on it, and choose ‘Save Target as…’, save it to your desktop or whatever, then double click it.