Man in disoriented state at residence in Daniels, Daniels WV


A welfare check was requested near C&O Dam Rd in Daniels for a 51-year-old man in a disoriented state. He was not speaking to his mother, showed unusual behavior, and had been off his medication for over a year. The mother is concerned for his safety and asked for a police check-in as he might need medical attention. No weapons or drug use are suspected, but contact has been difficult.
Audio|Source: Raleigh County Police, Bradley Fire and WV State Police
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Transcript:
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So I got her request for a check-the-will for a call near C&O Dam Rd in Daniels, break.
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I had a female calling in from Heartland, went under Heartland over at the nursing home.
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She said she's been over there for about three months now, taking rehab, and that her 51-year-old son has been living in the residence.
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there near C&O Dam Rd.
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Great.
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She said she's been able to make contact with him, so she got a pass, and her grandson took her there yesterday, and he seemed like he was in a kind of tonic state, and he wouldn't speak to her.
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He was hiding from her.
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She said that he peeked around the corner at her, and his face looks a little swollen, and his eyes looked larger than normal, right?
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She said, he is...
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He's been off his medication for a year and a half now.
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She said he's tore her house up, and that she just wanted somebody to go try to check on him, and if he needed to go to the hospital to having ambulance come take him, I tried to explain to her that you can't make her go, can't make him go, and the ambulance can't make him go if he don't want to.
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She still wants somebody to go try to check on him.
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She said she doesn't think he has any weapons in the residence, and she doesn't think he's on any...
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kind of drugs or alcohol, but she said the back door's open, and it looks like 118 went out there today, earlier about nine, yesterday about non-something in the morning, to check on him and couldn't make contact with him.
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Location mentioned:
C&O Dam Rd, Daniels, WV 25832
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