The Lasley Sisters

The Lasley Sisters — Salt Lake City, Utah, 2015 On September 23, 2015, sisters Breann “Bre” Lasley, 27, and Kayli Lasley, 22, were inside their Salt Lake City home when 48-year-old Robert Richard Berger climbed through Bre's bedroom window. Berger, who had a lengthy criminal history and had been released from prison just eight days earlier, attacked the sisters as they fought to get him out of their home. The sisters made multiple 911 calls during the attack, Bre was stabbed repeatedly, and Kayli eventually escaped the house and ran outside screaming for help. What happened next involved a nearby officer, an earlier attempted break-in, and a confrontation that ended with Berger being shot and killed. Years later, Bre filed a lawsuit questioning why the sisters' 911 calls had not resulted in police being dispatched to their home. This episode looks closely at the attack, the sisters' fight to survive, the investigation into the shooting, and the later questions surrounding the emergency response. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/UnderTheTapePodcast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/underthetapepod/ TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@under.the.tape.pod Sources KSL — 911 calls depict 2 sisters' desperate pleas during attack KSL — Woman stabbed by intruder recalls harrowing ordeal ABC News — 911 Calls Reflect Utah Sisters' Fear During Attack Salt Lake Tribune — D.A.: 'Heroic' Utah police officer justified in shooting man who stabbed woman Deseret News — Salt Lake officer cleared in fatal shooting, praised as hero for saving 2 women Salt Lake City Police Civilian Review Board — official review of the September 2015 officer-involved shooting KSL — 'They failed us that night': Survivor of attack sues after her 911 calls failed to summon help KSL — 911 software company denies blame after police weren’t dispatched to Utah woman fending off attacker Deseret News — coverage of the 2019 lawsuit and competing accounts of the 911 response