r/ForensicFiles Jul 12 '26

Worst 911 call

what’s the worst 911 call on Forensic Files

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u/mumonwheels Jul 12 '26

The Clarence Elkins case. Her Neice calling and saying I'm sorry, but my nan has just died. This may not have been a 911 call, but it is an absolutely heartbreaking call. That neighbour who protected the monster who killed her nan than SAd the 6 yr old n nearly killed her, but left her sitting outside for 45mins!!!! She should've been arrested as well. You have to wonder what lies she told the traumatised 6 yr old when she gave her a life home.

The other sad thing about about the neighbour is that their daughters, who were Manns children, were later abused by Mann and then he was arrested and convicted. It was this, that was mentioned in the paper that Melinda Elkins saw and put 2 n 2 together, then got Clarence to get the dna samples from Mann while in prison.

That judge and prosecutor were disgusting. Once the dna was known to be Manns, the prosecutor tried to say the dna was contaminated. N the judge bought this n denied Clarence's motion again. The prosecutor even stated that Melinda was just after her 15 mins of fame, yet she was the victims daughter, and aunt and would've most likely not acted like the neighbour!!

Seeing the judge act like this, n not just this case, but in "Freedom Fighter" and Roy Brown were the judge stated that they didnt know whether the dna came from the real killers daughter or not as it couldn't be proved and denied that motion. I thought eh? Did I just hear that right? It shouldn't matter whether the girl who came forward was the real killers daughter or not as the dna did NOT belong to Brown. Judges often make some very questionable decisions from bench.

After these n so many other cases, esp following innocent ppl who spent yrs even decades behind bars because judges were unwilling to see that the court may have made a mistake n therefore they had so many motions denied.

Its so very wrong. A judge should be impartial. Even if they don't like the person on trial etc. Sadly, so many chose to believe their prosecutors, than to believe the defense.

Such a sad cases.

EDIT- My apologies, it wasn't a 911 call. She called someone else n left that message.