By: James | March 27, 2015

By   Wayne Drash , CNN

FAMILY PHOTO

Valerie Abbott Harrington adored her 3-year-old daughter, Lexi. It was Valerie’s mother, Reta Abbott, who called authorities on July 12 to seek help for Valerie when she threatened to harm herself.

The voice on the phone speaks in a soft, polite tone tinged with a few cracks from worry. Reta Abbott tells the 911 dispatcher that her daughter is posting suicidal thoughts on Facebook.

“I mean, she needs to be in a hospital,” the mother says.

Abbott called the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office in Litchfield Beach, South Carolina, at 4:57 p.m. on July 12. At times, the mother seems almost apologetic for seeking law enforcement’s help. The 911 operator responds with compassion: “All right, we’ll have...

Category: Police 

Tags: Police, wrongful death