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If any copy of this recording exists anymore, we weren't able to find it.

According to the incident report, Dave can be heard on it threatening to shoot himself several times.

But he did not say that he was going to harm Laura.

Right.

And Laura did ask to leave twice, but both times Dave said no and that he wanted to talk.

And one of those times, it sounded like there was a physical struggle and Laura could be heard yelling for help.

According to Dave, what they heard wasn't a struggle.

He told deputies that the only time he put his hands on Laura was to, quote, hug her and hold her close.

He says the moment where she said, help me, might have been when they were like deep in an embrace.

I guess one of Laura's two cell phones slipped out of her belt.

So she yelled, help me.

That's what he said.

And he says he did.

He picked up the phone and set it aside for her.