Zimmerman jailhouse calls: George said upon release, ‘I’d have my hoodie’

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Below is a partial transcript of call between Shellie and George Zimmerman, April 17, 2012 (source: office of State Attorney Angela Cory’s office)

SHELLIE: Okay, okay, good, so, that’s what we’re working on, so we got that done, so I did the tax extension, I paid the bills, I figured out everything yesterday, with that whole thing with institution and then um, we did this, so.
ZIMMERMAN: Good job, babe. I’m proud of you.
SHELLIE: Thank you, I’m proud of you. Is there anything else you need me to start doing?
ZIMMERMAN: No, not at all.
SHELLIE: Okay.
ZIMMERMAN: Um, if, if by chance I get bail
SHELLIE: Uh huh
ZIMMERMAN: I, I’ve been thinking. I don’t know who I want to come pick me up.
SHELLIE: I’ve been working, I’ve been talking to uh, our safety council about that.
ZIMMERMAN: Okay.
SHELLIE: He’s actually um, gonna be available on that day
ZIMMERMAN: Well, I don’t
SHELLIE: he made himself available on that day
ZIMMERMAN: I don’t want that, I don’t want that.
SHELLIE: Why?
ZIMMERMAN: Because I don’t wanna endanger him.
SHELLIE: (Laughs) You’re so cute.
ZIMMERMAN: No, I’m serious.
SHELLIE: No, he’s working it out with a lot of other people.
ZIMMERMAN: Okay.
SHELLIE: Trust me.
ZIMMERMAN: Okay, but you know what I’m thinking?
SHELLIE: What, cutie?
ZIMMERMAN: Best case scenario, and obviously I’ll talk to O’Mara about it
SHELLIE: Uh huh
ZIMMERMAN: I’m thinking that we should rent a, uh, an SUV
SHELLIE: Mm hmm
ZIMMERMAN: And whoever comes to pick me up, pick me up in the SUV
SHELLIE: Uh huh
ZIMMERMAN: …and that way if they run the tags or whatever, you know, there’s nothing to go back on anyone
SHELLIE: Uh huh
ZIMMERMAN: And if you can, find a hotel that’s got an attached garage. Remember when we stayed at the um, what was it, the Western in Tampa?
SHELLIE: Mm hmm. Oh, there was a garage.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah.
SHELLIE: Because our safety council was saying the airport.
ZIMMERMAN: Well the airport’s good, but they can still follow you there.
SHELLIE: Mm hmm.
ZIMMERMAN: But, if we go to a hotel that has a garage, and we tell the hotel, like listen, we’re gonna be coming here and staying for a few days
SHELLIE: Mm hmm
ZIMMERMAN: we need access to the garage. Then, whoever brings me can just go, whoever picks me up can just go straight into the garage and go into the hotel through there.
SHELLIE: Or transfer you into a different car. Have, like my car waiting, in the garage.
ZIMMERMAN: Either or, yeah.
SHELLIE: Because safety was saying that um, he has a bunch of guys that could move in on it.
ZIMMERMAN: In a positive way?
SHELLIE: Oh, yeah, like
ZIMMERMAN: Okay.
SHELLIE: …like stop traffic, like stop people from going in the garage at the airport and everything.
ZIMMERMAN: Oh, okay. Yeah, I’m just worried about, you know, if they know what kind of car you drive.
SHELLIE: Well, that’s true. You’re right. They would be looking for the car you went in on though.
ZIMMERMAN: We could have two cars. We could have two rented cars.
SHELLIE: That’s true. The one that we’re gonna drive in
ZIMMERMAN: Mm hmm
SHELLIE: So leave mine home
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah
SHELLIE: Get the one that we’re gonna drive in, and then get the SUV, I don’t know if they black out SUV’s though
(Voices blended, inaudible)
ZIMMERMAN: doesn’t matter
SHELLIE: Oh, okay. ‘Cause you could always like lay down or something.
ZIMMERMAN: Yeah, exactly. Well, I have my hoodie.
SHELLIE: Mm hmm, mm hmm. So.
ZIMMERMAN: So.
SHELLIE: Okay. So I’ll start looking into rental car companies.
ZIMMERMAN: Okay. Okey dokey.
SHELLIE: Today.
ZIMMERMAN: Sounds good.

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