{"id":4597,"date":"2026-01-07T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:42:38","slug":"an-8-year-old-girl-contacts-911-saying-it-was-my-dad-and-his-friend-please-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4597","title":{"rendered":"An 8-year-old girl contacts 911, saying, It was my dad and his friend! please help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officer Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez had seen countless emergencies in his twelve years on the force, but the dispatcher\u2019s trembling voice that night told him this call was different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-23.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-23.png 667w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-23-300x211.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEight-year-old female, alone in residence,\u201d the message crackled. \u201cCaller states, \u2018It was my dad and his friend\u2026 please help.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Red and blue lights splashed across Maple Street as L\u00f3pez arrived. The neighborhood looked ordinary \u2014 peaceful porches, quiet streets \u2014 but he knew appearances could be deceiving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He knocked gently. A small, pale girl appeared, eyes red from crying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAre you the police?\u201d she whispered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYes,\u201d L\u00f3pez said softly, kneeling. \u201cYou must be Liliana. I\u2019m Officer L\u00f3pez. You did the right thing calling us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy tummy really hurts,\u201d she murmured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inside, the dim living room glowed from a flickering TV. L\u00f3pez spotted her mother lying in the bedroom, weak and pale, a half-empty bottle of pills nearby. Liliana quietly explained her dad and his friend had left, instructing her to keep silent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez had seen countless emergencies in his twelve years on the force, but the dispatcher\u2019s trembling voice that night told him this call was different. \u201cEight-year-old female, alone in residence,\u201d the message crackled. \u201cCaller states, \u2018It was my dad and his friend\u2026 please help.\u2019\u201d Red and blue lights splashed across Maple Street as&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=4597\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;An 8-year-old girl contacts 911, saying, It was my dad and his friend! please help&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4599,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions\/4599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}