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Can you send somebody here?: Man pleads for help on 911 call before disappearance
Juan Santiagos skeletal remains were found about 6 months after he made a 911 call; family seeks answers from SAPD
SAN ANTONIO A Massachusetts family is frustrated by the lack of action taken regarding their missing loved one, who disappeared days after arriving in San Antonio from Boston for a new job. Marlyn Rosa says her nephew, 37-year-old Juan Santiago, was with his girlfriend and checked into Motel 6 near I-35 and Rittman Road the weekend of June 20, 2020.
Walkers found his partial skeletal remains along Salado Creek on Ft. Sam Houston Base on Dec. 27, 2020, just over a mile away from the hotel where he made a desperate 911 call. The 911 call obtained by the family and shared with KSAT is about 4 minutes long. A man can be heard telling dispatchers he had a situation and asked that they track his phone to determine his location. He claimed someone tried to rob him.
Please, can you send somebody here? the man told dispatchers. The call continues with the man arguing with someone. Then there are muffled sounds, and the caller is heard telling the dispatcher, I had to run for my life. Call me back. Ill just keep you in my pocket, before the call goes silent.
SAPD says officers were dispatched to the motel on June 19, 2020, around 4:15 p.m., but no formal complaint was generated.
Rosa said when the family heard from Santiagos girlfriend about his disappearance, they tried to file a missing persons report but were given the runaround. There was some back and forth there at the police station. We were like, Somebody used to help us. Were desperate here. Were getting doors shut over there. We need a report, Rosa said.
She said the family was forced to file a police report in Chelsea, Massachusetts, although Santiago was in San Antonio. They say the person who likely had all the answers, Santiagos girlfriend, was never questioned.
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https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/20/can-you-send-somebody-here-man-pleads-for-help-on-911-call-before-disappearance/
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