Consultant: No Evidence of Dispatcher Sleeping

A consultant hired by Warren County (Ohio) has concluded that there is insufficient evidence to support an allegation that public safety dispatcher Ron Kronenberger was asleep before he handled a 911 call in Aug. 2008, which later led to a murder investigation. A report filed by Mark Lucas of the firm Clemans, Nelson & Associates said a fellow dispatcher wasn’t 100 percent sure he saw Kronenberger sleeping, and that Kronenberger had answered several other telephone calls just prior to the 911 call. During the murder investigation, officials noted that Kronenberger sounded dazed, confused and slow to react while handling the 911 call. Officials now say Kronenberger will not be disciplined. The 911 call was from a man who claimed his wife drowned in a bathtub, but officials later alleged he murdered his wife and covered it up. Read more here.