| RUTLAND, Vt., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Police records indicate a cell phone call to 911 from a Vermont woman allegedly murdered by her son went astray and delayed police for more than 30 minutes. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS WPTZ-TV, Plattsburg, N.Y., said Wednesday Francine Morgan's call wound up being answered by dispatchers on the New York side of Lake Champlain and was not relayed to the Vermont State Police in Rutland for another half an hour. WPTZ said it was not unheard of for 911 calls placed in Vermont to be picked up in New York's Washington County. When officers arrived at Morgan's home shortly before dawn on Saturday, they found her beaten and shot to death, allegedly by her 14-year-old son. Records indicated that Morgan's call consisted only of screams and the sounds of a struggle. It was not clear whether Morgan's cell phone had a functioning GPS feature that would have enabled dispatchers to get a fix on the location of the caller. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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