Welfare check for homeless woman threatening suicide in Columbus, Columbus OH
Medical EmergencyPolice received a welfare check request for a homeless 40-year-old woman in Columbus who threatened to kill herself. Officers pinged her phone to locate her near 472 and checked the area but did not find her. A description was later provided by the woman's daughter.
Audio|Source: Columbus Police Dispatch - Citywide
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Transcript:
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472 It could be roughly in this general area beyond 16B slash 34C
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Our caller's calling from Michigan is asking if you would check on her mother. She's a 40-year-old by the name of (name withheld).
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(Name withheld) texted our caller this morning.
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She was asking for money and complaining about not having any food or anywhere to go.
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The mother is homeless and is an alcoholic.
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Hang it a second.
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The daughter did offer to get a bus ride back to Michigan to get sober.
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Mother's response was, I'll just kill myself and buy.
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So they did a phone ping on the mother's phone, and this is approximately where she is at.
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Unfortunately, I do not have a clothing description.
00:51
Officers did come in contact with the mother earlier.
00:54
There's an incident number related to that.
00:55
Officers took her to Van Buren.
00:57
Van Buren was contacted.
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They advised that she has left.
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She is not there.
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Okay.
01:10
Curtain. The actual problem address is near 202.
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Copy.
01:19
The complaint taker will come back to see if they can remember a clothing description, so at least we give you something besides a 40-year-old female.
01:33
The um 645 waiting, please.
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It doesn't help as far as the description.
01:42
A third shift went out and there's no clothing description at all in there.
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2-1 breath it,
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front doors to drop.
02:00
Yeah, the ping is in the air in the back of 472.
02:04
It looks like there's a little alley that runs east and west back there should be anywhere in that area.
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I did ask, like I said, complaints here, recall the ambulance that can get you some short clothing.
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One-on-one Victor, I'll grab that 8 a.m.
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Copy.
02:24
2953 South Hague on a residence drops to entry exit.
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Cap.
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Good sub on paper.
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I copy.
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90-10.
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There is code 4.
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You can clear 130. We'll get that in there.
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Okay. On 30, you'll be clear.
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Copy, thank you.
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Okay.
03:11
One, two, one.
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Yeah, about 2172, Zebbington Hague.
03:21
All right 30 and 33.
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I called the daughter back and what I have for you is a female white 4 foot 11.
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About 115 pounds, she's dirty blonde.
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She normally wears sweatpants and sweatshirt.
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I know what color that would be, but that's what she likes to wear, sweatpants and sweatshirt.
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She's going to have a tear drop tattoo over one of her eyes.
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What commercial is tattooed on her neck and she has love and hate tattooed on her knuckles.
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