jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Is there a way you can call 9111 and just give them a heads up-they can do the detective work-was just going to report this as a child is possibly at risk. It may just be an attention seeking nut, but perhaps she is serious. Please do not turn your back on a child in need-you don't want "blood on your hands". Do something even if it will take a few minutes of your time and be annoying to you-help an innocent kid!

Blood on my hands? That's a bit harsh isn't it? Keep in mind, that this all occurred hours ago (the poster's last post was over 4 1/2 hours ago). It's too late to be calling anyone now. Moreover, her husband was on the way home. It's much better to let him handle it.

I have been dealing with threads like this for years. I have struggled with what I should do and sweated as I waited for posters to show up again after they made threats of suicide. In every case, the poster has reappeared (once after a week or so during which I subjected myself to a lot of guilt). There will probably be a time when the poster actually goes through with it. I certainly don't relish that day, but these are simply not situations in which I'm going to involve myself.

I guess you have a point-the "Blood on hands" was from some zoo post a while back-(was just a play on words-clever no?) At any rate, I hope the lady is ok (and the kid)-perhaps threads like these should immediately be given suicide hotline #'s from MD/DC/VA a suggestion to call 911 and a wish for good luck-then lock the thread I guess-seems like they want attention but do need help. It's the kids I worry about.

Anonymous wrote:
Is there a way you can call 9111 and just give them a heads up-they can do the detective work-was just going to report this as a child is possibly at risk. It may just be an attention seeking nut, but perhaps she is serious. Please do not turn your back on a child in need-you don't want "blood on your hands". Do something even if it will take a few minutes of your time and be annoying to you-help an innocent kid!

Blood on my hands? That's a bit harsh isn't it? Keep in mind, that this all occurred hours ago (the poster's last post was over 4 1/2 hours ago). It's too late to be calling anyone now. Moreover, her husband was on the way home. It's much better to let him handle it.

I have been dealing with threads like this for years. I have struggled with what I should do and sweated as I waited for posters to show up again after they made threats of suicide. In every case, the poster has reappeared (once after a week or so during which I subjected myself to a lot of guilt). There will probably be a time when the poster actually goes through with it. I certainly don't relish that day, but these are simply not situations in which I'm going to involve myself.

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would call 911 too. Even if the poster is faking it all for attention, I think a visit from the authorities is in order.

+1
How do you feel about calling the authorities and providing whatever information you can? After all, she claims to be caring for a 2 year old. Even if it's fake, this suggests a serious judgment problem if in fact she has a child in her care.

If I call 911, it goes to DC's 911 system. All I can say is that someone I can't identify, in a place that I can't identify, has said something that I can't confirm. They would have to get additional information from the poster's ISP (in this case, Comcast). I would also be doing this about once a month. That's just not something that I want to be doing.

Is there a way you can call 9111 and just give them a heads up-they can do the detective work-was just going to report this as a child is possibly at risk. It may just be an attention seeking nut, but perhaps she is serious. Please do not turn your back on a child in need-you don't want "blood on your hands". Do something even if it will take a few minutes of your time and be annoying to you-help an innocent kid!

But aren't you just as qualified as Jeff to make this call? He's given you the only specialized info he has--that the poster uses Comcast. Why haven't you called 911 yet?

You can also call MOCO non emergency # and they can look into it!

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would call 911 too. Even if the poster is faking it all for attention, I think a visit from the authorities is in order.

+1
How do you feel about calling the authorities and providing whatever information you can? After all, she claims to be caring for a 2 year old. Even if it's fake, this suggests a serious judgment problem if in fact she has a child in her care.

If I call 911, it goes to DC's 911 system. All I can say is that someone I can't identify, in a place that I can't identify, has said something that I can't confirm. They would have to get additional information from the poster's ISP (in this case, Comcast). I would also be doing this about once a month. That's just not something that I want to be doing.

Is there a way you can call 9111 and just give them a heads up-they can do the detective work-was just going to report this as a child is possibly at risk. It may just be an attention seeking nut, but perhaps she is serious. Please do not turn your back on a child in need-you don't want "blood on your hands". Do something even if it will take a few minutes of your time and be annoying to you-help an innocent kid!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would call 911 too. Even if the poster is faking it all for attention, I think a visit from the authorities is in order.

+1
How do you feel about calling the authorities and providing whatever information you can? After all, she claims to be caring for a 2 year old. Even if it's fake, this suggests a serious judgment problem if in fact she has a child in her care.

If I call 911, it goes to DC's 911 system. All I can say is that someone I can't identify, in a place that I can't identify, has said something that I can't confirm. They would have to get additional information from the poster's ISP (in this case, Comcast). I would also be doing this about once a month. That's just not something that I want to be doing.

Anonymous wrote:I would call 911 too. Even if the poster is faking it all for attention, I think a visit from the authorities is in order.

+1
How do you feel about calling the authorities and providing whatever information you can? After all, she claims to be caring for a 2 year old. Even if it's fake, this suggests a serious judgment problem if in fact she has a child in her care.

She's made a new thread I think. http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/479407.page

I would call 911 too. Even if the poster is faking it all for attention, I think a visit from the authorities is in order.

Can the site admin trace the IP and report it to 911?

Yeah, this is an emergency. Is there any way you can help, Jeff?

The OP has now claimed that they have taken pills in a suicide attempt.

If serious, the poster go to aa.org and seek help.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/479376.page

I feel so sad for this woman. Wish I could help.

The poster has a bit of a track record of posting on this or similar topics. So, if she is faking the post, it is one in a series. Because of that, I'll lean toward it being real.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/479376.page

I feel so sad for this woman. Wish I could help.