Police conduct welfare check at Cross Street home, Benton Harbor MI
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As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a welfare check near Cross Street after a caller could not reach her father, a 69-year-old man. The caller found the doors locked unusually and requested assistance entering the home.
Audio|Heard on: Berrien County Met North Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
00:56
Transcript:
00:00
During an event, how being it for call near Cross Street?
00:04
Go ahead.
00:06
I have an assist near Cross Street.
00:09
Caller is trying to contact her father.
00:11
She is waiting in a blue Malibu. There are some suspicious circumstances outside and he is not coming to the door.
00:16
She requests police assistance.
00:23
Who are we assisting? Just her getting in the house or the welfare check?
00:27
It's both. She says that the front door is locked with a deadbolt, which is not typical for him.
00:33
There is a crack in the back door.
00:34
He is not answering.
00:36
Father (name withheld) called.
00:37
We are checking on a 69-year-old male.
00:39
She does not want to make entry alone.
00:46
Okay, clear.
00:47
11 is Wilson.
00:48
31 is Clark.
00:52
And then RFD, we are out here with us in a second.
00:55
We are still getting the car ready.
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Location mentioned:
Cross St, Benton Harbor, MI 49022
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