Woman dies after making fake 911 call


	Woman dies after making fake 911 call

Socratoad

10-23-2009 6:17 AM

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A US woman who made a bogus call to 911 was forced to phone an emergency operator again just six minutes later when she became trapped under a garage door, suffering fatal injuries.

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10-23-2009 9:36 AM

smellydiaper

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Melissa Farris falsely claimed to an emergency operator there had been a car accident on a nearby highway in Caldwell, Idaho, on October 2. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
Police claim Farris used the call as a diversion so an ambulance would be called from the Canyon County ambulance station, allowing her to sneak into the building. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
But Farris, a former paramedic at the station, was pinned to the ground by the garage door as she tried to crawl inside. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
In recordings of the 911 calls released by police, Farris can be heard making her initial bogus claim under the pseudonym "Stacy".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
"My name is Stacy and I am driving toward Ontario and a car went off into the median at mile marker 22 and I am trying to get stopped," she says. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
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Authorities say they received a second call from Farris six minutes later, in which she is heard gasping for air. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/878331/woman-dies-after-making-fake-911-call"><P>
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