Woman's husband withholds medication and refuses help

Heard on: Clay County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS Dispatch

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Hey, 100 units, be en route to (number withheld) Old Highway 64 West.

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Full OCD, sternly EMS.

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Female is advising that her husband won't help her get out of bed and also took her medication and will not give it back.

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219, can you send traffic?

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Clay County Station Five,

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seventy-one year old female citizen assist (number withheld) Highway 64 West, (number withheld) Old Highway 64 West.

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Do have law enforcement en route to this as well due to a law enforcement situation.

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Six 1104 , you'll be responding.

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Seventy-one year old female, non-emergency traffic, citizen assist.

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Six (number withheld) Highway 64 sixty-four west.

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Six (number withheld) old highway sixty-four west.

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Female needs help getting out of bed.

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Do have law enforcement en route due to the fact that the husband has taken her medication and won't give it back.

9/7/2026 05:02 AM

Medical Emergency

Old Hwy 64 W, Hayesville, NC 28904

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews and law enforcement were sent to a home near Old Highway 64 West in Hayesville for a possible domestic-related medical issue involving a 71-year-old woman who reportedly could not get out of bed and whose husband had taken her medication and would not return it.