Missing boy found in water tower construction zone, Grinnell IA


An 11-year-old boy reported missing was found inside the construction zone at the new water tower plant near Main St. He was barefoot and asked people for wire cutters, expressing will to climb the water tower.
Audio|Source: Poweshiek County Public Safety
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
I've done multiple 911 calls about, well, what it boils down to is a parent was reporting their 11-year-old son and I've got a couple other calls about him running around town barefoot. Sounds like they're by Grinnell Lodge right now, some other juveniles that have eyes on the 11-year-old.
00:29
Apparently told he's juvenile that he was going to climb the water tower.
00:37
10-9[1] County, you're pretty broken.
00:43
The 11-year-old has told my current caller that he intends to climb the water tower.
00:51
Ten-four, I think I know who this is. I can't think it was name. It starts with an ass.
01:01
If you have an RP on the line with Izon, can you keep it on the line, please?
01:08
Uh,
01:10
negative. My caller had eyes on him just a few moments ago saying that he's near Grinnell Lodge, but then she interested on hanging out because she was using someone else's phone.
01:24
Ten farm in the area, so they need the Elks Lodge.
01:33
Plage account, I'm 23.
01:39
Count Q15 Jerop, he described his kid as a heavy-suck kid.
01:45
Um,
01:47
the mother actually called in. Her name is (name withheld).
01:50
She said he's wearing a pink shirt, black shorts,
01:53
with the dirty blonde hair and a mohawk.
01:56
They did not say whether he was heavy sick.
02:00
And so I think I got so on here.
02:03
And the front belt's lodge.
02:10
2.15,
02:12
if you've been made John Drive, I can call that mother back.
02:16
Yeah, I want caller.
02:18
Got waved down apparently.
02:20
He's inside the construction zone here at the new water tower plant.
02:24
He's sitting on a log. He's asking people for wire cutters.
02:27
So I'm going to go inside the construction zone trying to find him.
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Location mentioned:
Near Main St, Grinnell, IA 50112
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