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November 28 2024, 4:03 pm
A 911 operator was trying to calm the man down. Credit: Matt Sedensky | AP
A 911 call between an armed man and Ohio police operators revealed the moments of terror suffered by his daughter, who repeatedly begged him not to kill her.
By The Opinion
The 7-year-old girl, Oaklynn Alexander, was returned to her family physically unharmed after the incident earlier this month.
The investigation began Nov. 11, when Charles Ryan Alexander took his daughter out of custody from her grandmother’s home in Jefferson County, Ohio, after he tried and failed to pick up the little girl from school, the police said. Medina County Sheriff’s Office in a news conference broadcast on WKYC Channel 3.
An Amber Alert was issued with the description of Alexander’s vehicle, and the Brunswick Police Division later located Alexander and his daughter, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
When police attempted to stop him, Alexander fled, leading to a car chase, according to the release. The police managed to puncture the vehicle’s tires and stopped in a parking lot in the nearby municipality of Medina.
He engaged in several phone conversations with the operators, threatening to kill himself and the girl, police said.
In audio recordings of the 911 call released by Medina County authorities, Alexander is heard threatening police by saying he is armed, while calmly telling his daughter that she is “going to heaven.”
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