Child mistakenly picked up by wrong vehicle in Galena, Galena IL
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Missing PersonA child was mistakenly picked up by the wrong silver SUV with Colorado plates and later dropped off at the Irish Cottage, causing initial confusion with a missing person report.
Audio|Heard on: Jo Daviess County Public Safety
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00:56
Transcript:
00:00
In contact with the subject here, his wife's vehicle, he called her by phone.
00:05
She reported the same thing, saying the vehicle in front of her was not her vehicle but a silver SUV with Colorado plates.
00:10
The SUV pulled into the Irish Cottage and dropped the child off.
00:17
Party 311 County, 10-4.
00:25
G8 County.
00:30
Johnny, go ahead.
00:35
GA County, can you be en route to the Irish Cottage? Reference to the earlier report.
00:42
I just received information that the vehicle listed in the earlier report is not the vehicle that picked up the child, and that the child was picked up by another vehicle that dropped the child off at Irish Cottage.
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Location mentioned:
US-20, Galena, IL 61036
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