Jurors listened to screams and cries for help from a 911 call during the first day of a murder trial on Monday.

On the tape, a woman tells a 911 dispatcher that her name is Jennifer Randel, and that she is being held in a truck and "can't get away."

"Why are you doing this to me?" Randel's voice screams, followed by more cries.

Monday was the first day of testimony in the murder trial of Donald Rolle, a man accused of killing Randel, a woman he once dated.

An apathetic Rolle, 47, stared ahead as Natrona County District Attorney Michael Blonigen played the tape, first in its original version and again enhanced.

The 911 dispatcher, Nicole Carlson, described Randel as "hysterical and frantic" on the call.

"I thought it was a child at first," Carlson told the 15-member jury.

The beginning of the call was muffled until Carlson asked Randel to pull the phone away from her mouth. Randel then said her name, spelling her last name, as well as Rolle's name, the type of pickup and license plate number.

Some of Randel's family members wiped away tears as they heard her plead for help on the call and scream, "Stop it! Let me go! Let me go!"

Randel's brother, Casper Police Sgt. Richard Randel, confirmed the female voice in the recording as his "baby sister," Jennifer Randel. He also said the male voice on the phone was Donald Rolle's.

On the tape, Jennifer Randel, 40, first told Carlson that she didn't know where she was and then said they were on Robertson Road.

Jurors in the courtroom sat engaged, alternately looking at the CD player and down at a copy of the transcript of the tape. Some of them shook their heads as they turned the pages of the transcript.

Rolle's leading attorney, public defender Vaughn Neubauer, argued that the transcript was not accurate and words on the tape could be interpreted differently.

Natrona County District Judge Thomas Sullins said he would allow the jurors to view the transcript, as local broadcast journalist Susan Burk said the transcript was accurate.

The Natrona County Sheriff's Office asked Burk to enhance the 911 call shortly after Randel's death, in order to better understand the words, Burk said.

She also told jurors that she listened to the tape many times, and as a result of her 17 years in broadcasting, she is able to understand muffled audio recordings and can remove some of the excess background noise.

One of the enhanced areas includes a man yelling, "I'm going to cut your f--ing eyes out!" The transcript identified the man as Rolle.

Neubauer also argued that playing sections of the tape twice would be "unnecessarily cumulative" and would lead the jury to weigh parts of the tape more than others.

Sullins allowed the two versions, because, he said, the enhanced version may help the jury better understand the 911 call.

Contact city reporter Christine Robinson at (307) 266-0639 or christine.robinson@trib.com.

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Trial Tracker

Last we knew: The trial of Donald Rolle was scheduled to begin Monday with opening arguments.

The latest: After opening arguments, prosecutors played a 911 call placed by Jennifer Randel on Nov. 3, and three witnesses testified about the call. In the afternoon session, seven witnesses discussed the scene at Butch's Bar, the last place Randel was seen alive. The day concluded with testimony from an expert witness for the prosecution and from the sheriff's deputy who found Rolle's truck.

What's next: The trial continues at 9 a.m. today in Natrona County District's main courtroom.