Caller: (a woman's voice) I'm calling about the story in the paper. The one about the body in the river?
Dispatch: Yes, Ma'am. Do you have information concerning the matter?
Caller: (hesitantly) Well, I don't know. About two weeks ago, my son came home with a wild story. I dismissed it, but now I'm not so sure.
Dispatch: Can you tell me what happened, Ma'am?
Caller: My boy, Joey, he had gone out to the park. You know, Stark Park? It was late and he wasn't supposed to be out.
Dispatch: (shuffling papers) And?
Caller: Well, Joey came running back all excited. He said a man tried to grab him and...
Dispatch: (the scratch of pen against paper) Go on...
Caller: Oh, yes. Well, Joey said that some woman had saved him. Knocked the man out or something.
Dispatch: Did he get a description?
Caller: (nervous laugh) He said it was an angel...
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