Man Found Dead, Stuck In Cat Door
32-Year-Old Trying To Get In Girlfriend's Home
Caller: (Crying)911 Operator: What's going on there, ma'am?Caller: He tried to come in ...He tried to unlock the door through the cat door because he can...he strangled himself. I can't get him out.911 Operator: Ma'am you're going to have to slow down. I'm having a hard time understanding you. Is he hurt?Caller: He's not breathing.911 Operator Okay. If you want to perform CPR, I can help you.Caller: I can't even get him out of my cat door. He's stuck.911 Operator: He's stuck in a cat door?Caller: Yes.911 Operator: Okay.Caller: I can't even get him pulled out. (crying)911 Operator: There's no way you can get him out of there?Caller: I tried to push him myself. I'm afraid to push the door open.She also told the operator that Tucker was not moving, that he was cold to the touch and that his lips were blue.When officers showed up at the woman's home four minutes after the call, Tucker was already dead.Officers said when they found Tucker in the cat door, it was not the first encounter they had with him during that weekend. They said on Friday they found him slumped over the wheel of his car and he was taken to Flagler Hospital, but was later released.A day later, Tucker was dead. The door in which Tucker got stuck had been removed and put out with the trash Monday."Maybe he just passed out because there was no sign of struggle or anything. She would have heard him. She was in the house," Elliot said.The cause of Tucker's death has not been released. Officers were awaiting autopsy results before releasing that information.
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