High-risk welfare check for elderly man at Westridge apartment, Columbus OH
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, emergency services conducted a high-risk welfare check for a 62-year-old man needing oxygen in his apartment. There are concerns of abuse and neglect involving his daughter and her boyfriend. Contact with the man has been lost for two weeks.
Audio|Heard on: Columbus Police Dispatch - Zone 5
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Transcript:
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163 34C[1], high risk, near Westridge, apartment 212.
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Trying to get in contact with (name withheld), male, 62 years old, who needs oxygen prescriptions but has not refilled them.
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Has a case with adult protective services for abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
00:17
Suspects were the daughter (name withheld) and her boyfriend.
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They also live here.
00:21
They haven't been able to contact him in two weeks.
00:26
I'll take care of it.
00:28
Copy 163, you're clear.
00:35
163, I copy code 4, thank you.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
34C: Cutting/Stabbing (aggravated battery by cutting)
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Location mentioned:
Westridge St, Columbus, OH 43228
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