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911 call shows student seeking help before death
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Police have released audio of a 911 call that shows a college student from Ghana seeking help before his death but struggling to tell a dispatcher where he was located.
Authorities say Luther College student "Nabby" Baffour-Awuah died of hypothermia and exposure on Jan. 1 after being locked out of his dormitory following a night of drinking.
The Decorah Police Department had acknowledged in February he made a 911 call before his death but responders failed to locate him. He was found dead on a campus baseball field the next morning.
The department released the call's audio this week to The Associated Press, which shows Baffour-Awuah told the dispatcher he was at Luther College. She pressed him to be more specific, but could not understand his attempts to do so.
Nana Kwasi Baffour-Awuah, 24, of Tema, Ghana (Photo courtesy of Luther College)
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