Children seen alone at unsecured home with suspected neighbors, Chattanooga TN


Officers arrived at a house near Walker St where two young children were seen alone inside. The door was unsecured and no adult answered despite knocking. One child is a three-year-old with autism, and the other is six years old. Neighbors are suspected to be involved.
Audio|Source: Hamilton County Public Safety
03:16
Transcript:
00:00
For your callers at Boston that the neighbors are the suspects in there at home, do you want me to start three with you?
00:06
Okay, I'm getting out of the patrol car, but I do notice two children in the number one-two corner window.
00:14
That's right.
00:17
13 up there.
00:19
Three, we can go with four on this different vehicle.
00:23
Five, 40.
00:24
near Walker St.
00:27
What's his mail party's name? (number withheld).
00:30
Are you able to copy up three parties? I don't need return just to need them on the card.
00:35
Charlie 3.
00:38
Standby.
00:39
We haven't made contact with the mom yet to provide that name.
00:42
The RP didn't have it. You go with 4 to near Walker St.
00:46
Suspects are on scene.
00:48
Squad 13 on soon, establishing south level command.
00:52
Okay, I'm soon.
00:53
Squad 13 on scene, deception south level claim.
00:57
13 on place.
01:03
6.
01:05
6. 6.
01:07
6.
01:11
Jill, beginning mileage,
01:14
19.
01:18
Clear beginning mileage, 19.
01:23
13.
01:25
13, go ahead.
01:31
Okay,
01:32
there are children inside the house.
01:34
I've knocked multiple times.
01:36
The deadbolt circle on the main door is missing so you can see directly into the house,
01:41
but nobody's coming to the door.
01:44
Clear.
01:49
Twelve and Giner.
01:52
Twelve and tenor.
01:56
Oh yeah, I'm clear.
02:03
Bigger 50.
02:06
Baker 50.
02:09
13 and 12. Mell's name is possibly (name withheld) per the premise history, but that hasn't been confirmed.
02:16
Okay.
02:18
This party's phone immediately transfers me to voicemail upon calling.
02:24
Going D5 this.
02:26
Clear.
02:36
13.
02:41
Go ahead. Do you want the RP to come onto the house and make contact with the stage somewhere?
02:53
I should just come up here. I don't have a search warrant to go in this house, but there are kids here and I can see the TV on. I saw the kids in the window.
03:01
I just need to make sure that they're okay.
03:04
Clear. She did also buy the three-year-old male juvenile, has autism, and the female is a six-year-old.
03:11
Okay, I just saw the three-year-old in the window and saw somebody else pulling out, get him down.
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Location mentioned:
Near Walker St, Chattanooga, TN 37421
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