Child screaming in moving vehicle in Jonesboro, Jonesboro AR
A child was heard screaming on a phone call while inside a moving vehicle in Jonesboro. The child did not respond to questions and only screamed. The phone's location was tracked moving through several locations near Grant Avenue, Browns Lane, South Maine, and East Washington. The last ping showed the phone stationary in a parking lot near East Washington before the call disconnected. Authorities attempted to reach the child and obtain a vehicle description but had no success. Efforts continued to locate the child and ensure their safety.
Audio|Source: Jonesboro Police
04:34
Transcript:
00:00
I'll start to Grant Avenue and Browns Lane, Grand Avenue and Browns Lane. I've got a subject, I'm sure if it's male or female,
00:08
screaming,
00:10
mom, we can't get them to speak to us, just keep screaming.
00:13
And appears to be next two kids spot on Browns Lane and Grant Avenue.
00:20
Amazing.
00:28
19.
00:31
16 to 160.
00:40
Go ahead.
00:42
You taking care of that?
00:44
Yeah,
00:47
you don't have got to go back.
00:49
In four, I appreciate you.
00:59
126 is back go ahead go ahead and show me 19 to the brown's lane and grant call please come
01:18
503 just fashion 97 in the area
01:28
This child appears to be in a car. The car is moving. They're almost in front of Joan for a high school now.
01:41
The current location is going to be near South Maine. The child's still on the phone screaming.
01:50
4-8 dispatcher, show me in the area.
01:54
In the area of St. Bernard Arms Hospital at this point, Shalb is still screaming on the phone with us.
02:03
Terrible.
02:12
$1.26. Is there any way we can get a vehicle description,
02:16
or at least a good guess?
02:20
Negative, this kid is just screaming on the phone. He will not listen, he will not answer us or say anything, just continually screaming.
02:28
The ping location is now at near East Washington.
02:34
I don't think they're here.
02:47
He's disconnected now. We're going to try to call him back. That number returns to an (name withheld). That number returns to an (name withheld).
03:22
You see an address on it?
03:26
No, I'm looking.
03:34
Not answering on callback.
03:43
Before you dispatch, on that last ping, did it appear as if he was moving or that didn't stop at St. Bernard.
03:50
The last stop location was at near East Washington appears to be in the parking lot. It hasn't moved from that location, but that was at the point of disconnections.
04:02
Good one.
04:10
I found a return, but it's not updated and it's shown to be out of Mountain View, Arkansas.
04:23
I'm going to call it ER and see maybe they came in through the ER.
04:33
Return is out of say.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Main St, Jonesboro, AR 72401
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