Woman reports possible hostage situation in neighbor's garage, Des Moines IA
Medical EmergencyA woman reported hearing screams and suspects people may be held hostage in a neighbor's garage near Northwest Second Street. She used a public phone to call for help. Officers found inconsistencies in her story and believe it may be a mental health issue.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
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How does she know or why does she think they're being held captains? Apparently,
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she was in the area and heard someone screaming. She's also dropped food off so they never get.
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There's a lot of holes in the story not really padding up. That's why I'm prone to believe it's 96 issues.
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She's a very long ways away, she was here earlier,
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and not making any phone calls on her way up to the coming go, and she doesn't exactly know who could be held hostage at this crisis.
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That is correct, and she's also thinking maybe they might be in a neighbor's garage, and I guess she doesn't have a phone currently.
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That's why she had to go up to near Northwest Second and use the Come and Go film.
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She said she's going to hang out there if we wanted to give her a call.
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I attempted to give her a call, actually, before I got you on this channel and her phone coming through.
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Location mentioned:
NW 2nd St, Des Moines, IA
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