TODAY's Natalie Morales listens to the frantic call made by Rodney King's fiancee after she discovered his body in a pool.
By Samantha Tata and Robert Kovacik, NBCLosAngeles.com
Rialto, Calif., police released recordings on Tuesday?of the 911 call made by Rodney King?s fianc?e Sunday morning, when she found the 47- year-old at the bottom of their backyard swimming pool.
Cynthia Kelley can be heard crying throughout the five minute, 15 second-long phone call, which was made at about 5:30 a.m. PT on June 17.
Kelley:??Rodney King, the guy that got beat by the police.?
Dispatcher:??OK. How old is he??
Kelley:??He?s 47 years old. He?s not moving; he?s at the bottom of the swimming pool.?
Dispatcher:??Is he out now of the pool or is he still in the pool??
Kelley:??I was sleeping, all of a sudden I heard something fall like the table and then I looked over and then I went to find him and he?s at the bottom of the swimming pool. He?s still there. Please hurry up.?
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The dispatcher asks Kelley if she is able to retrieve King, but Kelley says she can?t swim.
Rialto police officers pulled King from the swimming pool and tried to resuscitate him. King was pronounced dead at the hospital about 45 minutes after the 911 call was made.
Officials found no signs of trauma or traces of blood on the concrete near King?s swimming pool. While they are investigating his death as an accidental drowning, police said they are looking into all possible leads.
An official cause of death was deferred Monday by coroner?s officials, claiming more toxicological tests were needed. The results are expected within six to eight weeks.
Toxicology tests ordered in Rodney King's death
King was in the water three to four minutes between the time his fianc?e called 911 and when officers pulled him from the water, Capt. Randy De Anda said Monday.
The world first saw King as a grainy image being beaten by police officers at the end of a 1991 pursuit on a Southern California freeway, an event videotaped by George Holliday, whose residence looked out to the freeway.
Riots broke out in Los Angeles when three of the officers involved were acquitted and another officer's case was declared a mistrial.
One of the most violent images of the riots was the beating of trucker Reginald Denny. King told NBC4 the Denny attack triggered memories of his own beating.
"I could feel that brick hit his head," King said. "I could hear it, and I could also feel it. I said to myself, 'Oh, my God.'"
Fifty-three people were killed in the LA riots, during which King asked during a news conference, "Can we all just get along?"
"I want to be remembered as the one who always tried to keep it together," King told NBC in an interview in April of this year.
King was awarded $3.8 million in a civil case, but that was spent on a record label and other failed ventures. He resurfaced on the show "Celebrity Rehab" and sparred in boxing matches.
He recently finished a book, "The Riot Within: From Rebellion to Redemption." In the book, King wrote about watching as Los Angeles was torn apart.
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