It’s an apparent murder confession that Powell County dispatchers weren’t expecting.
State Police say Ralph Allyn, 66, called 911 on Sunday morning after shooting and killing his girlfriend, Barbara Martin, 64, in a home on Lower Cane Creek Road in Stanton.
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LEX 18 exclusively obtained a copy of that chilling phone call.
Dispatcher: “What’s going on?”
Caller: “I just shot my baby.”
The man on the other end of the phone is frantic and, at first, dispatchers believe he shot an actual child.
Dispatcher: “Are you there? Is it breathing? Is your baby breathing?”
Caller: *inaudible*
Dispatcher: “Is it breathing? Where did you shoot her at? Where did you shoot her at?”
Caller: “I don’t know.”
Police identified the caller as Ralph Allyn, saying he confessed to dispatchers that he had just killed his girlfriend, Barbara Martin.
Dispatcher: “Hey, what’s going on over there?”
Caller: “I don’t know.”
Dispatcher: “What…?”
Caller: “…shot my girlfriend.”
Dispatcher: “You what?”
Caller: “I shot my girlfriend.”
Dispatcher: “You shot your girlfriend?”
Caller: “Yes.”
While the caller seems convinced the victim is dead, he doesn’t seem to know why he did it.
Dispatcher: “And how come you shot her?”
Caller: “I don’t know. I was…”
Dispatcher: “Can you go to the door?”
As cops surrounded the Stanton home, the dispatcher tries to convince Allyn to turn himself in.
Dispatcher: “You can’t go to the door?”
Caller: “I can’t.”
Dispatcher: “You can go to the door. Everything’s gonna be ok, but we need to get her help and we need to get you help, ok?”
Caller: *inaudible*
Dispatcher: “Ok?”
Caller: “Ok.”
Dispatcher: “Can you do that for me? Can you go to the door for me?”
Caller: “Yes.”
Shortly after the call, police say the suspect surrendered. He was arrested and charged with murder.
Neighbors told LEX 18 that the couple had been dating for at least a year.
Investigators said Martin was shot twice with a large calibur handgun. No word on a motive.
