CLEVELAND, OH. (THECOUNT) — David Mitchell has been identified as the Cleveland man found alive while bound in the back of an inclosed pickup truck after successfully summoning police using his Apple watch.
Mitchell, whose age was not provided, claims he was kidnapped, tied up and left for dead in the back of a truck. He managed to contact Cleveland police with the use of his smart watch.
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“I need the police. I’m in the back of a truck,” Mitchell told the operator in 911 audio obtained by the news station. “They think I’m dead, but I’m not dead.”
Mitchell, his voice shaking with emotion, said he got jumped from behind off of East Boulevard and thrown in the back of a pickup with the bed covered.
“I heard them talking,” Mitchell said. “They were gonna dispose of my body. They think I’m dead.” source
Mitchell had been tied up and even had a plastic bag over his head that was making it difficult to breathe much less talk to 911 operators.
“They strangled me, and I passed out,” Mitchell told the dispatcher. “And I woke up, and I heard them talking [about] what they were gonna do to me. Help me, help me.”
The caller gave police a description of where he’d been attacked, and police were able to find the truck. They also found Mitchell tied up inside just as he’d said. But that’s only part of the story.
Authorities are still investigating.
A police report indicates Mitchell may know at least some of the people involved.
Developing.