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A Des Moines man calls 911 for help during a brutal kidnapping and beating.View videoRonald Carris, 60, made the call in April.He was trapped in the trunk of his car and two people were going to leave him in the woods to die."Yes hi, I am in the back of a trunk. My license plate is 712..." Carris told a 911 dispatcher.For the first time, we are hearing the 911 call Carris made from the trunk of his black Impala."Where were you when they put you in the trunk?" the dispatcher asks."I don't know," said Carris.John Deering and Debra Oliver, both acquaintances of Carris, had put him in the trunk. Both would later be charged with first-degree kidnapping."Is the car stopped?" asked the dispatcher."Yes," said Carris."I would pull that lever and take off running," said the dispatcher."I can't get away," said Carris."Why not?" asked the dispatcher."They are right here," said Carris.The 911 audio captures everything including the brutal beating that takes place when they pull Carris out of the trunk at Prospect Park in Des Moines."Come on just let me go, I'm not going to tell nothing," Carris tells the two people who have kidnapped him."The whole thing is just disturbing. No matter how many times you listen to it. I've listened to it probably 100 times, and it gets me everytime I listen to it," said Des Moines police Detective Danny White.Detectives were able to trace the cellphone to Prospect Park and arrived on scene just as Deering and Oliver were dragging Carris to the woods."I think had we not gotten there when we did, he definitely would have probably perished in the woods," said White.Today, Carris has a hard time recognizing even family members because of the brain damage he's suffered.Now the people who did this to him just to steal his wallet are going to pay the price for probably the rest of their lives.Deering was already sentenced to life in prison in connection with the case. Oliver is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday at the Polk County Courthouse.Carris's step daughter said she plans to give a victim impact statement on how this has traumatically affected her family.Look for updates on this story Thursday on KCCI-TV, kcci.com, our mobile website and apps.