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Listener, when I think of true crime related audio that haunts me, I'm not sure if I'm

listening. When I think of true crime related audio that haunts me, the first thing that comes to mind is the Ruth Price 9-1-1 call. If you've never heard this call, I'm going to play it now. It's not for the faint of heart. You've been warned.

This is the Ruth Price 30-17-1 problem. There's some guys that are taking the place out.

Well, you're in the house. I have an apartment in the back and you're sitting with a broken foot. A guy comes to my door. Yes, and I'm studying for an apartment.

I don't have no idea.

For years, this call has been a bit of a mystery for those in the true crime community. Most assumed she died. But a large amount of people thought the call was a hoax. You see, there wasn't any information on this call.

Usually uploaded to forums of dubious morality or YouTube with nothing more than the title Ruth Price 9-1-1 call. But that was it. And for years.

While digging around for information for what must have been the hundredth time, I ran into a convincing reddit post. Now usually, I wouldn't waste your time with a reddit post. But this one, as wait.

This user put in the work. Trimmed for brevity, I'm going to quote user, far valuable. 5819's post. Let you be the judge.

As I Google this 9-1-1 call, multiple reddit posts and even an article show up speculating if this 9-1-1 call was real or some kind of hoax.

Apparently, this 9-1-1 call has been circulating the internet for a few decades. And first appeared in the late 80s, early 90s.

One theory was that it was created as a training call for 9-1-1 operators. Over the years, people have tracked down the possible Ruth prices. But have been unable to link them to this 9-1-1 call.

Hydrogeniology is a hobby. And love to dig and do research. I started on an ancestry tree on the third option of Ruth Miljard's Star Price.

Ruth Miljard's Star was born in Pueblo, Colorado. On December 7, 1913, Detamaso's Star, Angelana Eglor. Ruth went to Central High School in Pueblo, Colorado. See here for a yearbook photo.

Ruth Star married William Walter Price and both were still listed as living in Pueblo, Colorado in 1935. But then could be found on a 1940 census living in San Diego, California.

I also found this Ruth in a 1973-1975-1976-1978 and 1979 San Diego City Directory, living at 3877 North 35th Street in San Diego.

Remember that Ruth in the 9-1-1 call said she lived at 3877 before the 9-1-1 operator cut her off. It appears that Ruth and William had two daughters and William passed away in 1972.

During my research, I found a listing for an obituary for Ruth and Price of May of 1994 in the San Diego Union Tribune.

The entire obituary wasn't being shown, so I went looking for the full obituary. Instead, I found a Ruth and Price listed in a newspaper section called Assaults on November 3, 1980 in the San Diego Evening Tribune.

In this newspaper clipping, it says Ruth in Price was assaulted on the 3800 block of 35th Street. This newspaper clipping fits the Ruth Price 9-1-1 call perfectly.

I truly believe that this is the missing piece that identifies the Ruth Price of that unknown 9-1-1 call. It wasn't a hoax or a 9-1-1 training call. That blood-curdling scream was unfortunately very real.

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