A Colorado woman is suing a 911 dispatcher for not sending police quickly enough to save her daughter's life when the father of the daughter's two
children kidnapped and murdered her.
Le Thu Nguyen was abducted by Omar Green, the father of her two children, on a July morning four years ago. He forced his way into her car, drove
around for some time, and then killed her in Denver's City Park. Her body was found later in her car by family and friends.
"I think when 911 is called they should have responded," Susan Duvall, Nguyen's mother, said. "It's an emergency."
Duvall said it didn't have to end this way. She said that Denver dispatcher Jeanette Price answered two calls about what looked like an extremely
volatile situation between a man and a woman: one from Duvall and one from a pizza-delivery man.
Two 911 Calls
The delivery man calls first. John Chauvin does not know Nguyen or Green. He describes seeing a black male jumping into the passenger side window of a
car that a young Asian woman is driving....
Nguyen's mother calls soon after Chauvin. She has been called by the nail salon where her daughter works. The women in the salon, who are related to
the victim and knew her former fiancé had been stalking and threatening her, have seen Green jump into the car.
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I've called 911 operators and have gotten into a legal debate. I've heard a number of other calls on TV and I can't believe the idiotic responses
given by the dispatchers. Theirs is a very important job and they need excellent communication and analytical skills. My experience is that they
don't have those skills.
[edit on 2005/12/7 by GradyPhilpott]
