Welfare check after suicidal threats during drive, Janesville WI
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, a welfare check was requested after a caller reported that her husband made suicidal threats while driving a black 2013 Dodge Avenger near Kellogg Avenue in Janesville. He was driving toward Jefferson and the caller did not know his exact route.
Audio|Heard on: Rock County Public Safety
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01:59
Transcript:
00:00
Dispatch to 203-208, suicide or I'm sorry, welfare check.
00:04
Welfare check.
00:09
Control 3.
00:11
Go ahead.
00:14
Two hundred and three, 208 in the area near Kellogg Avenue.
00:19
Caller was talking to her husband on the phone.
00:24
His car was overheating and he threatened to kill himself.
00:29
He is on the way to Jefferson Works at Security at a car dealership.
00:39
Two hundred and three, 10-4.
00:50
Dispatcher 203-208, our call taker is still on the phone with the wife.
00:55
The husband is driving a 2013 Dodge Avenger, black in color.
01:01
She does not know the route he would take to Jefferson.
01:03
We are ATLing it to county.
01:07
You know, so I'll give you more information as we get it.
01:10
But there's a welfare check near Kellogg in Janesville said that she was on the phone with her husband.
01:16
They were having a fight.
01:18
His car was overheating on the way to work and he threatened to kill himself verbally.
01:22
It doesn't say how he planned on it, but he's driving a 2013 black Avenger.
01:29
She doesn't know what route he takes and we don't have a plate.
01:31
And I don't have his name at this point to try to look for a plate.
01:35
So I'll try to keep you updated.
01:41
Four or six lanes clear.
01:42
I'll be calling her to court road.
01:46
Ten four.
01:53
Dispatch to 208.
01:54
The husband's name and phone number is listed in the notes.
01:57
Our call taker is still on the phone with the wife.
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Location mentioned:
Kellogg Ave, Janesville, WI 53546
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