The noise outside was unsettling, but the dispatcher’s answer was worse. When a woman called police about rustling near her window, she learned her own number had already reported the same disturbance just minutes earlier. Officers found no intruder, no disturbance, and nothing to explain that earlier call, leaving her with a question that would linger long past dayb…
Late that night, faint sounds near a woman’s window prompted her to seek help. She expected officers to check outside and put her concerns to rest. Instead, the dispatcher told her that an identical report had recently come from her telephone number. Police arrived and searched the area, but there were no visible signs of anyone having been there. Their investigation offered neither an explanation for the rustling nor a reason for the duplicate report.
