Welfare check requested at residence after child caller refuses contact, Keokuk IA
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Authorities requested a welfare check near West Portland Avenue after multiple 911 hang-ups from a child who did not allow contact with an adult and stopped answering calls.
Audio|Heard on: South East Iowa, West Central Illinois Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Can you do a welfare check?
00:03
I believe it's going to be possibly near West Portland Avenue.
00:08
Have several 911 calls and the map showing over that address.
00:16
They were hang-ups and finally made contact with a small child.
00:22
He said his name was (name withheld).
00:25
But he refused to let me speak with an adult there and then kept hanging up, and now they're not answering his phone.
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Location mentioned:
West St, Keokuk, IA 52632
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