The final hour of Russell John’s life plays out on a 911 audio recording moments after his common-law wife stabs him in the heart.
“Wake up. Wake up,” pleads Marguerite (Toni) John.
But Russell John doesn’t respond and never will.
He’s bleeding profusely from a single stab wound to the middle of his chest which broke through the soft ribcage cartilage, perforated the pericardium sac, and entered his heart.
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