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911 Transcript Of Pauley's Report Of Missing Child

The following is a transcript of the 911 call placed by Florence Pauley to Carroll County 911 operators in which she reported her child missing.

Pauley's 5-year-old daughter was found mauled to death by a neighbor's dog 45 minutes after the call was placed.

Operator: "Carroll County 911."

Florence Pauley: (unintelligible)

Operator: "Hello. What's your address, ma'am?"

Florence Pauley: "1-5-0 Cyprus Circle."

Operator: "Hold on, don't hang up."

Florence Pauley: (screaming / crying)

Operator: "Ma'am? How old is she?"

Florence Pauley: "She's five years old. She's a Down syndrome Child. She's Down syndrome. She's close to a two-year old, she doesn't talk."

Operator: "Listen, you're crying. I cannot understand you. You said she's five years old, she's walkin' with a dog?"

Florence Pauley: "No. She's Down Syndrome -- "

Operator: "OK, Hold on. Hold on."

Florence Pauley: "My kids -- (unintelligible)"

Operator: "What is your name, ma'am? (unintelligible, repeats question.)"

Florence Pauley: "Florence. (Florence?) Florence Pauley. (Pauley?) P-A-U-L-E-Y. (Florence. Florence.)

Operator: "OK, What's her name?"

Florence Pauley: "Tiffany."

Operator: "What's her last name?"

Florence Pauley: "Pauley."

Operator: "OK. --"

Florence Pauley: "I can't even breathe."

Operator: "Do you remember what she was wearing?"

Florence Pauley: "No, she [took] her clothes off."

Operator: "How long she been missin'?"

Florence Pauley: "About 45 minutes."

Operator: "45 minutes?"

Florence Pauley: "Yes."

Operator: "Listen, I got an officer in the area right there, so let me tell him. Hold on, OK? Don't hang up."

Florence Pauley: (sobbing) (unintelligible) (crying) (screaming) Oh God.

Operator: "White girl or black girl?"

Florence Pauley: "She's a white girl. She's white."

Operator: "Hold on. Hold on, OK?"

Florence Pauley: "(unintelligible) Please, God, help me. (unintelligible) Right here. A white house. A white, white house. 45 minutes."

Operator: "Where you sleeping?"

Florence Pauley: "I had kissed her goodnight last night in the bed. I was sleeping. My 12-year old --

Operator: "Florence?"

Florence Pauley: "My 12-year old -- "

Operator: "Florence? Did you find her, Florence?

Florence Pauley: "No, no --"

Operator: "OK, listen. Listen. Hold on just a minute. Don't hang up. I'm talkin on the radio, OK?"

Florence Pauley: "All right."

Operator: "Hold on."

Florence Pauley: "I can't find her. (pause) I gotta go here. I gotta go right here. Here's my house."

(sounds of a police radio)

Florence Pauley: "Please. (sounds of a police radio) (pauley coughs) Lord, please help me. (unintelligible) my baby!"

Operator: "Florence. Florence."

Florence Pauley: "Ma'am."

Operator: "OK, what was she wearing when you last saw her?"

Florence Pauley: "I -- Last night, she was wearing a white t-shirt last night."

Operator: "OK."

Florence Pauley: "Without sleeves."

Operator: "OK, without sleeves?"

Florence Pauley: "Yes..."

Operator: "What kind of shorts?"

Florence Pauley: "Diapers. She doesn't wear shorts. She wears a diaper (screaming:) and she can barely keep her diaper on!"

Operator: "Hold on." (talking off mic)

Florence Pauley: "She's probably naked!"

Operator: (talking)

Florence Pauley: (sobbing)

Operator: "Do you see a deputy, Florence? There's a deputy on your road. Do you see him?"

Florence Pauley: "No."

Operator: "OK."

Florence Pauley: "Is it a cop? Do they see my baby?"

Operator: "Hold on just a second."

Florence Pauley: "Hello?" (sobbing)

Operator: (talking on radio)

Florence Pauley: (sobbing)

Operator: "Do you see him yet, Ma'am?"

Florence Pauley: "I'm on the dirt road. I came in the woods -- "

Operator: "You came in the woods?"

Florence Pauley: "I was -- I was in the woods drivin, on the back road, where the road ends. Back here."

Operator: "OK."

Florence Pauley: "Big gigantic dog, that lived behind here. Please tell me this man has saw my baby. (pause) There's a police officer. Can I get out now?"

Operator: "You see the deputy?"

Florence Pauley: "Yes, I see the deputy."

Operator: "OK, is he gettin' out to talk with you?"

Florence Pauley: "Yes. Yes. Yes."

Operator: "There's some help on the way, OK?"

Florence Pauley: "OK. OK."

Operator: "Thank you."

Florence Pauley: "Thank you."

Operator: "Thank you. Bye."

====call ends===

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