Welfare check for male making suicidal threats, Lehigh County PA


Authorities conducted a welfare check near East Zimmer Drive for a male who threatened to overdose. A tip was received from out-of-state through social media. The search at his mother's home found he was no longer there.
Audio|Source: Lehigh County Police
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County 4716 for a welfare check.
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What? No.
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near East Zimmer Drive, requesting to check on a male named (name withheld), made of birth (number withheld).
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This came in from the SBI in West Virginia, from their national tip line.
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They received a tip on from Facebook that he was making suicidal threats.
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He threatened to overdose.
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They checked his mother's house in Albrightville.
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They thought he was there, but he had already left by the time they got there.
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