Muncie mom overdoses, teenage daughter tells 911 the address
MUNCIE, Ind. (WISH) — Muncie police say a teenage girl got on the phone with a 911 operator to help her mother who had overdosed Monday morning.
911 dispatcher John Miller said he picked up the call and, at first, he heard a man’s voice.
“I need a (expletive) ambulance,” the man said.
The man told Miller somebody had overdosed.
When Miller asked for an address, the man’s response was inaudible.
“I need an address,” Miller repeated.
That’s when Miller asked to talk to someone else, and a 15-year-old girl got on the phone and gave him the location.
“She’s not awake,” the girl said. “She’s just breathing.”
Police said they showed up and found Meghan Conn unresponsive. Officers used a Narcan nasal spray to help revive her.
“She probably saved her mother’s life,” Miller said. “Had it not been for her knowing her address, I probably would have been on the phone for another minute or two.”
Police say it’s not the first time they’ve seen a kid affected by a parent’s drug use.
According to police chief Joe Winkle, the 15-year-old was attempting to give CPR to Conn.
“It appears that the 15-year-old and the 9-year-old boy were pretty much unfazed by this thing,” Winkle said.
In a court document, police say Meghan’s husband, Brandon Conn was yelling and “sweating profusely and his eyes were extremely dilated.”
The document states Brandon told police his wife had used heroin and detectives believe Brandon was also high.
Brandon and Meghan were taken to the hospital–and then jail for two counts each of Neglect of a Dependent.
“At 15, they should be worried about sports or who they’re going to their middle school dance with,” Miller said. “They should not be worrying about if their mom is going to live or not.”
According to a charging document, the 15-year-old told police she’s spent her life in and out of foster care and her parents have always been drug addicts.
Officers said the kids had been staying with their aunt, who decided to let them visit their parents.
A court document states the aunt told police she never would have brought the kids to their parents if she’d known they were using drugs.
Winkle said the children are now back staying with their aunt.