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DEFENDANT NAME: HOMICIDE
SA# 12SA022031
JAIL CALL
JAIL CALL 18533166 Total time on tape 00:11:47 (Transcription begins 00:02:17)
Information from recording: Date: 2012/4/12, Time: 16:43:27, dialed number (Recorded calling directions)
RECORDING: Hello, you have a prepaid call from
ZIMMERMAN: George Zimmerman (recorded directions) This call will be recorded and subject to monitoring at any time. Thank you for using Inmate Calling Solutions. You may begin speaking now.
ZIMMERMAN: Hey honey.
SHELLIE: Hey baby.
ZIMMERMAN: Hey you-you can hit five like as soon as you start hearing them talk.
SHELLIE: Oh okay, I-I don’t, I don’t want to run the risk of like disconnecting us
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: so I’m always like hesitant, but okay.
ZIMMERMAN: Gracie did that, I was like holy cow, how did you cut all that out?
SHELLIE: Wow, (inaudible)
ZIMMERMAN: So I thought if you can and,
SHELLIE: Good, you did it, okay
ZIMMERMAN: um, Gracie conferenced us.
SHELLIE: Oh okay, cause he said he wasn’t finished
ZIMMERMAN: judging it up
SHELLIE: yeah cause he was on the way to, where he was going.
ZIMMERMAN: I know and I told him I would ask you if you could uh.
SHELLIE: Oh that’s like an idea.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: Well. Do you need to talk to him right now?
ZIMMERMAN: No, no but I’m just saying um, you know, it (inaudible due to talking over)
SHELLIE: Yeah if he can’t do it then I definitely can, yeah.
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ZIMMERMAN: Okay, if he, I mean, it’s for me. I don’t see why he’s paying for it.
SHELLIE: OH, you’re right, you’re right, okay, I see, I did Mark O’Mara.
ZIMMERMAN: You did already?
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: Did you text him?
SHELLIE: Yes I did.
ZIMMERMAN: Did he text you back?
SHELLIE: No, but I told him that you would be calling and that it would most likely be a 407-688 number or similar but that you would be calling him shortly.
ZIMMERMAN: Oh, you’re so good.
SHELLIE: Yeah. And said or similar.
ZIMMERMAN: Okay
SHELLIE: You know, cause he’s probably getting bombarded but I want him to know like,
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: you know. Huh?
ZIMMERMAN: Uh, what was I gonna say? Um. So Ken’s looking to call you and get the key to do that? Take care of that portion stuff.
SHELLIE: Absolutely yeah, I’ll do it for sure. I’ve heard, I totally forgot that I could do that for him. I don’t even know what I was thinking.
ZIMMERMAN: (inaudible due to talking over)
SHELLIE: I was just,
ZIMMERMAN: my account
SHELLIE: huh?
ZIMMERMAN: From my account.
SHELLIE: Well yeah of course, well from mine, yeah.
ZIMMERMAN: You let him know, he’s going to call you and when you, when you talk to him, take care of my account so that you can log in.
SHELLIE: Yeah, I know.
ZIMMERMAN: You know what I’m talking about, right?
SHELLIE: What we had just talked about.
ZIMMERMAN: Earlier. Not this phone call. When I said I had $44.46. Hello?
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SHELLIE: Yeah?
ZIMMERMAN: Remember I said, you need to call him and so he can reset it, the password and the security questions are something that you can use?
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: Like when you log in and it gives you all of those security questions and you’ll know the answers?
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: So you have to do that with him over the phone.
SHELLIE: I know
ZIMMERMAN: Okay
SHELLIE: That’s what I was just saying, the passwords and stuff.
ZIMMERMAN: (inaudible due to talking over)
SHELLIE: But I can’t do it because he’s on his way to take his wife somewhere.
ZIMMERMAN: (inaudible due to talking over) I know, I know, I’m just saying, when he does, don’t forget to do that.
SHELLIE: Oh yeah, no I know. Don’t worry cutie. Don’t even worry.
ZIMMERMAN: Ah man, that feels good. That’s a good (inaudible due to talking over)
SHELLIE: What?
ZIMMERMAN: That (inaudible) I care.
SHELLIE: Yeah, they do, trust me. And boy, after that happened yesterday, he said like, so many people, your-your site kept crashing.
ZIMMERMAN: Wow
SHELLIE: He said people were just trying to give you, you know, words of support and kindness.
ZIMMERMAN: Good. Wow, that is awesome.
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: They need to, and to talk to uh, O’Mara about getting the word out because I mean those people need to start vocalizing themselves.
SHELLIE: Right
ZIMMERMAN: But. We’ll talk (inaudible due to talking over)
SHELLIE: (inaudible due to talking over)
ZIMMERMAN: I’ll call him, after I talk to Glendle. Uh
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SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: it makes me feel happy and to lay here and um be okay.
SHELLIE: I’m so happy to know that you’re gonna be okay.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah. And we’re gonna be okay but, I’m happy to know that you won’t be.
SHELLIE: No. After this, we go over, you’re gonna be able to just, have a great life.
ZIMMERMAN: We will.
SHELLIE: Yeah, we will. You’re
ZIMMERMAN: I’m (inaudible) excited.
SHELLIE: Yeah, you should be. You should be excited.
ZIMMERMAN: Uh, what are you doing now?
SHELLIE: I’m actually just in my room laying down.
ZIMMERMAN: Oh, cool. I’m happy I set it
SHELLIE: (inaudible)
ZIMMERMAN: up for you before I left.
SHELLIE: Huh?
ZIMMERMAN: I’m happy I set it up for you before I left.
SHELLIE: Set what up?
ZIMMERMAN: The room.
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: Yep
SHELLIE: I wish you were here of course but.
ZIMMERMAN: I will be.
SHELLIE: I know you will be. I know it like I visualize you walking through that door.
ZIMMERMAN: I will be.
SHELLIE: I know you will be. This, isn’t that crazy how something like this just makes you, like put everything in perspective in life?
ZIMMERMAN: Yep
SHELLIE: It’s-it’s amazing how insignificant the things that we stress out over are.
ZIMMERMAN: Yep
SHELLIE: It’s, it’s amazing.
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ZIMMERMAN: I know. I agree.
SHELLIE: But what it has really showed me is, just to even, be so grateful even for this. I know it sounds crazy but for me I’m so grateful to even talk to you.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: To even know you’re alive.
ZIMMERMAN: Me too.
SHELLIE: So what are you doing?
ZIMMERMAN: Just laying down. I think I’m not gonna be in here for (inaudible)
SHELLIE: Oh good
ZIMMERMAN: I had one earlier today.
SHELLIE: Good
ZIMMERMAN: Because I didn’t take my medicine (inaudible)
SHELLIE: Oh, I’m sorry.
ZIMMERMAN: It’s okay.
SHELLIE: So you tell them you take that?
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: For that? Like three times a day.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, they didn’t know if they’d be able to get that or not but (inaudible)
SHELLIE: Okay
ZIMMERMAN: They would definitely be able to do the uh, what’s the antidepressant called?
SHELLIE: The nighttime one?
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, (inaudible)
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: I don’t even remember.
ZIMMERMAN: Remeral (sp)
SHELLIE: That’s it. They said it was like Respiradol (sp) but I don’t think that’s it.
ZIMMERMAN: No, it’s Mirtazapine, Mirtazapine
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: But it’s Remeral (sp) an
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SHELLIE: Oh, (inaudible) I’m looking at you right now, on TV (chuckles)
ZIMMERMAN: (chuckles) and uh, yeah I think that’s it.
SHELLIE: Yeah okay, Mirtazapine, that’s right. Of course I’m just saying that stuff because I had heard in nursing school.
ZIMMERMAN: They were able to do that and Tylenol for my back and my Adderall.
SHELLIE: Oh good
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: Good, good, um, good. So you say you’re laying down?
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: Uh, is it like a portable phone or on a cord?
ZIMMERMAN: It’s on a cord.
SHELLIE: Oh okay, well that’s okay.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah I know the cord is long I can, we can talk on it, on it
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: from (inaudible) I mean I’m laying in the bed.
SHELLIE: Yeah
ZIMMERMAN: It’s fine (inaudible)
SHELLIE: That’s good
ZIMMERMAN: cover up so I don’t, (inaudible) try and keep warm.
SHELLIE: Uh huh
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: Uh huh, hmm
ZIMMERMAN: What are you gonna do for the rest of the night?
SHELLIE: Uh, pick up somebody.
ZIMMERMAN: Oh, good, good, good, good, good, good. You need that.
SHELLIE: I know. That’s why I was so happy when
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: they said they were gonna come, I was like (makes sound).
ZIMMERMAN: Is it just her?
SHELLIE: Yeah
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ZIMMERMAN: Okay
SHELLIE: But it’s kinda like
ZIMMERMAN: Oop, (inaudible)
SHELLIE: Okay. Huh?
ZIMMERMAN: Thank you sir, thank you sir. Hello?
SHELLIE: Hi
ZIMMERMAN: Hey. Um. So yeah I think she (inaudible due to low speaking)
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