Monday, November 30, 2009

Could police have saved the 14-year-old victim?

With the discovery of the 11 dismembered bodies last week, Milwaukee police released the tapes Monday of the 911 emergency calls from three women who tried to get help for one of the victims before his death.
According to the transcript of the 911 calls, police might have saved the 14-year-old Laotian, Konerak Sinthasomphone, had they completely followed through on concerns voiced by Glenda Cleveland and her daughter and niece on May 27 at 2 a.m.
“He’s butt-naked and he has been beaten up. He is very bruised up. He can’t stand,” the niece said to the dispatcher. “He has no clothes on. He is really hurt ... He needs some help.”
When the dispatcher transferred the call to the fire department, the niece repeated her apprehension about the young victim. Then, after the sheriff's office got the call, the police checked out the apartment.
For the reason of insanity, Jeffrey L. Dahmer, 31, confessed to killing 17 people that included the 11 found dead in his rented apartment.
When Dahmer was arrested, he told police about the two officers who had stopped by his apartment two months earlier to investigate the emergency call. However, after the officers left the apartment, Dahmer then killed Sinthasomphone.
As a result, the boy’s remains were part of those found at Dahmer’s residence.
Although unidentified, two officers have been suspended with pay. Although Cleveland was concerned and followed up again with police, their lawyer said the officers did not see anything that would suggest the 14-year-old was in distress.

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