Authorities allege Max Ellison Jr., a former Stoddard County sheriff's deputy, killed Cape Girardeau woman Deborah Martin in 1979, in part based on a phone call Ellison made to Ralph Mouser, former Stoddard County sheriff, from a federal prison in 1989.
Click here to read a partial transcript of that call.
WARNING: The transcript contains some foul language.
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