Welfare check requested for missing elderly man, Omaha NE
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Police were dispatched to conduct welfare checks on a 72-year-old man reported missing by a friend. The man's wife is hospitalized under a mental health hold. Officers are checking the hospital and the man's home near Spaulding Street.
Audio|Heard on: Omaha Police Dispatch - Northwest
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Transcript:
00:00
14 if you can head over for a welfare check at near North 72nd Street. Caller Mary would like to check on her friend Randy. He is a 72-year-old male. Caller says he has not contacted her back, which is unusual. He said he's going to visit his wife at the hospital and then go home. The car is trying to call the hospital but was unable to get information. His wife is in the mental health area.
00:25
Looks like we have another welfare check for his home address as well.
00:30
Bigger 14.
00:32
Thank you. Three, Baker, 15.
00:42
Bigger 15, got a welfare check related to Baker 14's call.
00:46
The welfare check is now at near Spaulding Street.
00:51
Caller would like to check on her friend Randy.
00:53
He is a 72-year-old male and has not contacted her back, which is unusual.
00:57
Looks like his wife is at a hospital under a mental health hold.
01:01
Bigger 15 is going to check the hospital. Correction.
01:03
Baker 14 is going to check the hospital for him there.
01:06
This is his home address. Try to find him there as well.
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Location mentioned:
Spaulding St, Omaha, NE 68111
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