Prank 911 text about violent crimes found to be hoax, Beckley WV
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Other CrimesAs discussed during the dispatch call, police received a series of text messages to 911 claiming that a rape and murder had occurred at a residence near Smoot Avenue in Beckley. The messages were traced and determined to be a hoax created by children. No actual emergency was found.
Audio|Heard on: Raleigh County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
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Transcript:
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We had a text to 911 call.
00:02
Came in, they couldn't give an address initially.
00:05
They were saying that there had been a rape and a murder at (name withheld)'s residence.
00:11
We were unable to locate any address.
00:13
They texted again,
00:15
able to ping it to Smoot Avenue.
00:17
It came in as near Smoot Avenue, but we're not showing a house there.
00:22
It's just shown at the end of the road there.
00:25
Tried to advise them that they were showing up there, and they tried to say they were in Huntington.
00:35
Control, did you advise they were stating there was a rape and a murder?
00:40
Affirmative.
00:41
Whenever I attempted to text them back again for a third time, they then decided to say it was just kids.
00:48
And I advised them we needed to verify there was no emergency.
00:51
Can't get anything further back now.
00:55
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Smoot Ave, Beckley, WV 25801
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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