A heart crushing story, but I’m being charitable in saying that the article is half-baked — at best.
Two calls to 911 and he couldn’t get rescued?
Yes, what a terrible situation. Seems like the police could have tried a little harder to locate him?
We had an officer burst in (as in, he was in a hurry, energetic) to our office this morning, said they had a 9-1-1 call that had hung up, and they were trying to locate the person, whom he named.
At least they were trying to track it down, not sure why our office building was targeted.
Plush got disconnected about six or seven minutes after he placed his first call. Officers who were dispatched when that call ended tried calling him back, but the call went to voicemail.
When they did not get a response, the officers marked their assignment complete, the WCPO timeline said.
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What the hell??!!
Wow...how awful. That poor kid. What in the world might have happened? This is just too weird.
Something don't seem right.
I read about this last night in a report that raised so many questions that I went to several other articles to see if I could find out more information. This article is the most complete of all that I’ve seen, yet it still leaves so much unanswered. This poor boy was aware for a very long time that he was going to die if no one came to his aid.
Excerpt:
Here's a timeline of what unfolded:
3:16 p.m. Plush calls 911
3:23 p.m. Call ends, and dispatcher assigns first unit to respond
3:26 p.m. First unit arrives on scene
3:37 p.m. Officers call back Plush’s phone and got voicemail; their assignment is marked complete
3:48 p.m. Deputy checks again
8:56 p.m. Passerby calls 911
8:58 p.m. Duplicate calls come in*
8:59 p.m. Dispatch advises a missing child was found in a vehicle -- Police and ambulance requested
9:11 p.m. Hamilton County officials put up crime scene tape
9:42 p.m. Officials direct traffic away from scene
11:55 p.m. Cincinnati Police Department closes incident
12:19 a.m. Criminal Investigations Section clears scene
So the cops looked twice, couldn't find him, so just marked the assignment complete. What incompetence.
They knew his exact location from the very first call becuae it gave the GPS coordinates.
WSYX is televising a presser. This is horrific. 911 operators screwed up. City PD screwed up. Sheriff’’s department screwed up. Family didn’t know where Kyle was for 5 hours.
How did he get crushed to death??? How did his seat crush him?? How could he not get out?
He screamed he was at seven hills and the dispatcher claimed not to understand him. So put somebody else on the line. I hope that dumb b*tch is fired and has to pay damages in court. I’d write something else about the hiring of 911 dispatchers and other municipal employees being based on criteria other than merit. But that is too close to the truth.
Officers who were dispatched when that call ended tried calling him back, but the call went to voicemail.
When they did not get a response, the officers marked their assignment complete, the WCPO timeline said.
I was recently setting up a new VOIP system for a private school here in Texas. During that setup, I called 911 a few times, explaining who I was, and what I was doing. They dispatched an officer, who had to visually verify my ID in person that I was ok, and not being held hostage, etc.
These officers need to be held liable for their “depraved indifference”, as well as what I could easily call “dereliction of duty”.
What a sad story, and prayers for the friends, and family of this young man.
It appears to involve a kid that was disabled or handicapped in some manner. He was climbing over the rear seats to get a tennis racket and ended up head first in the back of the van. This van also features powered stowaway seats that may have been activated somehow.