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| Fri, 09-24-2004 - 8:56am |
PATERSON, N.J. (Sept. 23) - "My mommy got hit," the tiny voice on the other end of the 911 call said. The girl said mommy was in the bathroom and wasn't breathing.
A dispatcher kept the girl on the line as long as she could, but the child finally hung up after five minutes, saying she was tired. Authorities could not trace the call - made from a cell phone - and have run into a series of dead-ends in their search for the girl.
"The worst-case scenario is there's a 4-year-old girl home alone and her mother is injured," said Paterson police Capt. Danny Nichols.
The department's entire 22-member detective squad was working on the case Thursday. Having exhausted numerous leads, including tips from well-meaning callers from as far away as Pennsylvania and Florida, investigators were working with cell phone providers to try to determine the number of the phone, and the person to whom it was registered.
"We've had 50 to 60 phone calls with all different types of information," said Detective Lt. Donald Giaquinto. "We've even had a psychic call."
Detectives do not believe the call was a prank because the girl's voice sounds exactly like that of a scared 4-year-old girl.
Authorities said the inability to trace the call was the result of two factors: Cell phones are usually more difficult to trace than regular phones, and the girl's call was fielded by a police line that does not have an enhanced 911 system.

Wow, pretty eery.
I was just curious........
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Isn't that awful? It could be a mom with medical problems, or a mom who was abused. The little girl said her mom was hit...
I hope something clicks with someone who has heard the story and they find them!
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