MrBallen

When the screen lit up, the instant messenger app was already open, and Nikki's conversation with Chris was visible on the screen. Just then, the icon beside Chris's handle changed colors, indicating that he was now online. The killer thought for a moment and then hit a couple of keys at random and hit enter. A few seconds later, a response came through from Chris. How'd you get home so fast?

You must have run every red light. As the killer read that, they smiled. Now they knew Nikki was on her way home. Killer switched off the computer screen and walked into a different room and hid. A few minutes later, the killer heard the front door open, followed by the sounds of Drew and Max running happily into the house. The killer stayed where they were, thinking Nikki would soon pass by.

You must have run every red light. As the killer read that, they smiled. Now they knew Nikki was on her way home. Killer switched off the computer screen and walked into a different room and hid. A few minutes later, the killer heard the front door open, followed by the sounds of Drew and Max running happily into the house. The killer stayed where they were, thinking Nikki would soon pass by.

You must have run every red light. As the killer read that, they smiled. Now they knew Nikki was on her way home. Killer switched off the computer screen and walked into a different room and hid. A few minutes later, the killer heard the front door open, followed by the sounds of Drew and Max running happily into the house. The killer stayed where they were, thinking Nikki would soon pass by.

But the wait took longer than they expected. And so as the minutes ticked by, the killer grew impatient. And so eventually, they poked their head out of the room where they were hiding, and right then, they heard Nikki talking to someone in the hall. It sounded like she was on the phone, and she was saying something about an intruder in the house.

But the wait took longer than they expected. And so as the minutes ticked by, the killer grew impatient. And so eventually, they poked their head out of the room where they were hiding, and right then, they heard Nikki talking to someone in the hall. It sounded like she was on the phone, and she was saying something about an intruder in the house.

But the wait took longer than they expected. And so as the minutes ticked by, the killer grew impatient. And so eventually, they poked their head out of the room where they were hiding, and right then, they heard Nikki talking to someone in the hall. It sounded like she was on the phone, and she was saying something about an intruder in the house.

With a sudden pang of horror, the killer realized their mistake. Nikki must have gone into her office. She had seen the message and realized someone had sent it from her computer when she was still gone. There was no more time to wait. The killer sprinted into the hall where Nikki turned around, saw them, and screamed.

With a sudden pang of horror, the killer realized their mistake. Nikki must have gone into her office. She had seen the message and realized someone had sent it from her computer when she was still gone. There was no more time to wait. The killer sprinted into the hall where Nikki turned around, saw them, and screamed.

With a sudden pang of horror, the killer realized their mistake. Nikki must have gone into her office. She had seen the message and realized someone had sent it from her computer when she was still gone. There was no more time to wait. The killer sprinted into the hall where Nikki turned around, saw them, and screamed.

The sound filled the killer with a blinding rage, and they shouted right back at her, Nicole, calm down! But Nikki didn't calm down. She turned and ran. And as she passed by the living room, she shouted for Drew to hide, and then continued into the bedroom to try to help Max hide. But the killer chased after her and grabbed her and threw her onto the bed.

The sound filled the killer with a blinding rage, and they shouted right back at her, Nicole, calm down! But Nikki didn't calm down. She turned and ran. And as she passed by the living room, she shouted for Drew to hide, and then continued into the bedroom to try to help Max hide. But the killer chased after her and grabbed her and threw her onto the bed.

The sound filled the killer with a blinding rage, and they shouted right back at her, Nicole, calm down! But Nikki didn't calm down. She turned and ran. And as she passed by the living room, she shouted for Drew to hide, and then continued into the bedroom to try to help Max hide. But the killer chased after her and grabbed her and threw her onto the bed.

She screamed and tried to fight them off, but the killer swung that heavy flashlight as hard as they could into her head and her shoulders and her neck over and over until she stopped moving. The killer completely ignored Max, the nine-year-old who was right next to the bed, cowering, who had just watched this happen to his mother.

She screamed and tried to fight them off, but the killer swung that heavy flashlight as hard as they could into her head and her shoulders and her neck over and over until she stopped moving. The killer completely ignored Max, the nine-year-old who was right next to the bed, cowering, who had just watched this happen to his mother.

She screamed and tried to fight them off, but the killer swung that heavy flashlight as hard as they could into her head and her shoulders and her neck over and over until she stopped moving. The killer completely ignored Max, the nine-year-old who was right next to the bed, cowering, who had just watched this happen to his mother.

The killer simply turned, dashed out of the room, taking the bloody flashlight with them. However, what the killer failed to notice was the phone lying on the bed beside Nikki's limp body. The line was still open. And on the other end, Chris was listening over speakerphone while he spoke to the police on his cell phone.

The killer simply turned, dashed out of the room, taking the bloody flashlight with them. However, what the killer failed to notice was the phone lying on the bed beside Nikki's limp body. The line was still open. And on the other end, Chris was listening over speakerphone while he spoke to the police on his cell phone.

The killer simply turned, dashed out of the room, taking the bloody flashlight with them. However, what the killer failed to notice was the phone lying on the bed beside Nikki's limp body. The line was still open. And on the other end, Chris was listening over speakerphone while he spoke to the police on his cell phone.

And so with Chris's phone so close together, the audio from Nikki's room was picked up and recorded along the 911 call. It was very faint and heavily degraded, but with a little effort, the phrase, Nicole, calm down, could be heard in the background. And this was the phrase that blew the investigation wide open.