Oct 21, 2009 10:40 am US/Central
Cold Case Minute: Jamie Santos
Police Seek Identity Of Mystery 911 Caller In 1991 Wheeling Murder
WHEELING, Ill. (CBS) ―
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Jamie Santos was murdered at her home in Wheeling on Oct. 28, 1991.
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The murder of Jamie Santos rocked northwest suburban Wheeling 18 years ago.
For this edition of Cold Case, CBS 2's Bill Kurtis asks you to focus on one sense – hearing. Have you ever heard a voice on an answering machine, or a commercial, and thought, "That sounds familiar. I know that person."
We're hoping that will happen when you hear this story. And in this case, the voice may belong to a cold-blooded killer. The story goes back 18 years.
On Oct. 28, 1991, at 11:31 p.m., a distress call was routed to Wheeling 911 dispatch. The call was for an ambulance at 1765 Stonehedge Ct. in Wheeling, for a woman who wasn't breathing and was turning blue.
Within five minutes, police and paramedics were on the scene. Inside, there was a gruesome discovery.
Jamie Santos, 27, lay dead on her bedroom floor. Beside her, a pillow remained indented from smothering her final breath, and her last plea for help.
The crime scene gleaned little. There were only a few latent fingerprints that so far haven't been matched.
What detectives do have is a voice. The person who dialed 911 was a mystery caller, who used a pay phone three blocks from where Santos lay dying.
"No, no, no, there's no time," the caller said when the 911 dispatcher said to wait just a minute.
Detectives don't know if the man who called 911 was her guardian angel, or her remorseful killer. But they are confident that this anonymous tipster holds the key to unlocking their cold case.
Detectives are asking for your help in identifying the 911 caller.
Please take a moment to watch this video, where you will hear the voice recorded 18 years ago.
Detectives say everyone has opinions about the mystery caller. One profiler believes the tipster knows the area well because in the call, he specified "hedge" over "henge" in "Stonehedge Drive." Another profiler said the caller couldn't be from the Midwest, because he used the term "public phone" rather than "pay phone."
If you have any information about the voice behind the 911 call, or the murder of Jamie Santos, contact the Wheeling Police Department, at (847) 459-2632.
Bill Kurtis, CBS 2 News
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