Mother Files Lawsuit Over 911 Call

The mother of an 18 month-old girl has filed a lawsuit against three unnamed Cincinnati (Ohio) police dispatchers, their supervisor and the police department for their handling of a 911 call in 2005 that reported the child had been abducted by her father, who allegedly was mentally ill. The Lanetta Myrick says in the lawsuit that she chased her husband after the abduction, and dialed 911 from a cordless and cellular phone, but the dispatcher told her she would have to return home in order for the police to respond. The child was found dead in a city park the next day with serious head injuries. Myrick says in the lawsuit that the child would have survived if police responded immediately. The husband was found not guilty by reason of insanity and is confined to a mental hospital. Listen to the 911 call here.