Welfare check after child possibly left alone, Parkersburg WV
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Missing PersonAs discussed during the dispatch call, deputies conducted a welfare check near 34th Street after a parent reported that a five-year-old child might be home alone. Communication records show attempts to verify the child’s name and confirm the address. The location appeared vacant, and officials sought clarification from the parent for the correct address. No one was found inside the residence.
Audio|Heard on: Wood County Sheriff Dispatch, Parkersburg PD/Fire, Belpre PD/Fire
Listen to dispatch call
03:2
Transcript:
00:00
Central to 144.
00:05
Check welfare near 34th Street.
00:15
17 is the father advised his five-year-old son told him he was home alone.
00:35
144.
00:39
We have a name for the juvenile.
00:46
Negative, I can call the father back and get a name.
00:54
Yeah, or if you go ahead and please, you can just put it in the CAD.
00:57
Let me know he puts it in there.
00:58
Thanks.
01:02
Ten four.
01:08
Ten four, and the name is in the card.
01:20
Copy that.
01:21
Central 146.
01:34
Threats over the phone.
01:37
Address noted as near 18th Street apartment D; (name withheld) is receiving threats via text.
01:45
The texts,
01:47
The threats are towards (name withheld)’s mother who does not live in the area.
01:53
I'll give (name withheld) a call.
02:00
One forty-four central.
02:05
One forty-four.
02:10
Are we checking on this address? It is vacant.
02:13
There's nothing inside.
02:19
Negative.
02:20
The address was from another card from this year.
02:25
The father did not know the exact address.
02:33
Ten four, I'm familiar with the subjects involved in this call.
02:36
They did used to live here, but the house is placarded vacant and there's nothing inside.
02:41
I can see through the window.
02:47
Do you please make contact with 17 again? See if he has any other addresses.
02:57
44, stand by one moment while we try to get a better address.
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Location mentioned:
34th St, Parkersburg, WV 26104
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