911 Call Captures Pair's Final Moments

The call was chilling.

"Rick, put the gun down,'' a woman says, her words captured on a 911 call made on the last day of her life.

Investigators say the voice was that of Elizabeth Evans after her estranged husband, Patrick Evans, 41, burst into her South Pasadena condominium on Dec. 20 and found her and Gerald Taylor, whom she was dating.

A 911 dispatcher then heard a voice, which investigators say is that of Patrick Evans, telling her to "get on the bed,'' the documents say. The man is also heard saying, "Get on the bed, Gerry.''

On the tape, Taylor, 43, says he will get on the bed if the intruder puts the gun down, according to a transcript of the call.

A single gunshot is heard and Elizabeth Evans, 44, says, "Have you lost your .... mind?'' Then there's another gunshot.

The details emerged in a search warrant released Monday after Evans' attorneys failed to persuade a circuit judge to keep the document sealed from the public

Patrick Evans, who had been a vice president of Global Business Units at Jabil, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder.

The affidavit accompanying the search warrant provides the clearest picture yet of the double-slaying and what investigators say is the motive behind it.

After she asks the man to put down the gun, Elizabeth Evans is heard on the 911 tape saying, "This is ridiculous, I am putting on a robe," the affidavit says

She and Taylor were shot in the upper torso in or near the master bedroom at about 7 p.m.; both were found nude, the documents say.

The 911 call was recorded after someone from the address called 911 but then hung up. Following the agency's policy, the Pinellas Sheriff's Communications Center called back to ensure there isn't a continuing emergency.

An unknown subject answers, and that's when the various voices are heard.

Investigators later found two spent .40 caliber shell casings and a black holster, the affidavit says. When Pinellas Sheriff's deputies rushed to Patrick Evans' home in St. Pete Beach, they found his Ford F-150 pickup, its hood still warm from the engine running.

Lights in the home at 333 Hermosita Drive were seen from the outside going on and off. Attempts were made to contact Evans and the sheriff's office SWAT team was called in, but he was not arrested until 7 a.m. the following day after he drove away, the affidavit says.

Elizabeth Evans wanted to divorce her husband, but he didn't want her to and sometimes wouldn't acknowledge her desire for the split, the documents say.

St. Pete Beach police had previously arrested Evans, 41, on a drunken driving charge, on Oct. 23, the documents say. At the time Evans was in possession of a gun with the same caliber as that used in the double slaying, the affidavit says. The firearm was given back to Evans five days later.

When investigators searched the home on Hermosita Drive, they found three boxes of .40 caliber ammunition containing 43 rounds, along with a 14-round magazine containing 13 bullets, the search warrant says. They also found a pair of disposable gloves, the affidavit says.