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Published: Wed, 24 Sep 2008
Description: Woman murdered while on phone with 911. Was dispatcher failure to blame?
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" is back in session on the docket today -- frantic 911 call. A Lydia cared day calling in a panic. She was grabbed from her house by a man who was obsessed with her she called 911 for help. The stalker. Was following her in her car he was in his car and he was armed with fake gun. Here is some of that chilling call."
" What I want. I have a detailed look -- Yeah. --"
" So disturbing. -- day was shot dead in the parking lot of the police station. And now her family says that 911 operator was negligent in not getting a car to her in all the time she was on the phone. The police department is standing by the dispatcher so who's right. Let's ask our panel has sparked by Marcia Fox News legal analyst at least real good morning good morning. One very disturbing to listen to that poor woman screaming for help every ant everybody -- this thing had had wound up differently including the 911 operator at least but do. Do that does the family have a lawsuit against the operator or the city. They -- that this is an absolute nightmare listen to the tape it several times actually gave me a nightmare last night just thinking about it. Yes they absolutely have a case."
" I mean 911. Is supposed to be our last hope our safety that we can call when we have an emergency elective. Donnelly to this woman leave for health food she could protect her children. Get on the cell phone meant to call 911 what happens she's transferred to and the other 911 dispatcher who -- on what. You know the man that's it she gave the address she told the -- terrible things hold on. And stop yellow no."
" Make and that's not right yeah mark it is really disturbing obviously and I want to lap one operator would have handled this differently I think if she had chance to do over again I would hope. But is there a lawsuit here."
" Absolutely not the only thing we know for sure is that the only lawsuit that at least doesn't love is the one where she's named as a defendant."
" This is not a case that you can bring. There's nothing that I heard of that 911 tape."
" That I think rise the level of negligence that could have prevented."
" This shooting well at least fails to reveal to everyone is that this guy wrote a suicide note. And it was hell bent on shooting this woman whether you brought the entire plantation police department outside. He was going to do it is go out do and there's not only that but not what one operator could have done to prevent this."
" Martin had that he wrote to the police station she was kept out of the police station by a huge fans are you telling me that if all of -- police department had been there that could have taken this guy -- look look at suicide watch on and take the guy out don't let them both but -- It is let me ask you this mark she does tell the operator she talked to one operator that -- transfer her to another she tells the first operator. This is where I am going let me play that part of the tape hopefully -- that's when we got queued up to you must read for yourself."
" Prize for the Church -- its outlays. At least you have peace for a signal what is -- zero."
" Mark she gives the location right why wasn't why wasn't a police card dispatched."
" Absolutely tragic I don't have the answer because I'm not there I do know that the chief to a full investigation. And he found that there wasn't anything willful there wasn't even anything negligent. And again yeah I'd like to know more but I I just don't see how they're going to be able to proof number one that a 911 operator just sat and did nothing knowing information and number two that somehow. This tragic horrific."
" Killing could have been prevented."
" That's the thing -- let let me that that is -- of the going to be the -- weakest argument even if you assume this this -- messed up right how are they going to prove that that caused the woman's death because the whole thing only took three and a half minute -- and prove a cop car would have gotten anti. --"
" She protect -- children by religious our viewers and it says because she the guy came to the house that cost him out of the house and then that Carson a high speed -- this suit. Recent work thanks so much for your -- diagnosis difficult case. One final word for our viewers this is a tragic story but probably not a legal matter. Clearly the 911 operator did not handle the call as well as she should hat and they have since revamped their training down there Plantation, Florida. But the plaintiffs cannot recover unless they can prove that it was that failure by the 911 operator that led to this woman's death. Given how quickly these events unfolded. That will be tough to do so in case."
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