DAYTON — New phone calls from Hershall Creachbaum’s school detail pleas for help and requests for a welfare check prior to his death.
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In 911 calls from April obtained by News Center 7’s I-Team, the first caller asked dispatchers to send police to Creachbaum’s house to check on him and his 11-year-old sister.
The caller reported previous bruising on Creachbaum and that “the 11-year-old has said that they are often without food.”
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“I’ve called into CPS multiple times and they today asked me to do a welfare check with the police department,” the caller said.
As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, the I-Team learned a different Ruskin Elementary employee called in after school the very next day.
“Like, the mom seemed like she was okay today at dismissal, which was the only reason I let them leave,” the caller told dispatchers. “But the boyfriend, or whatever, he tried to pick them up, and he was clearly intoxicated.”
Both callers told dispatchers they were frustrated with Children Services.
“We contacted Children Services to try and help us. They said they would not help us unless we sent a wellness check for them,” the 911 caller from April 4 said.
“Like, it’s caught up between two counties because his guardian lives in Clark County,” the caller from April 3 told dispatchers.
The I-Team reached out to Children Services more than a half-dozen times in the last few weeks about the case and has never been told anything other than they cannot confirm or deny the existence of an investigation.
The I-Team reached out again on Wednesday, asking about these calls from April and the accusations. They have not responded at the time of this report.
Creachbaum’s remains were found in a wooden embankment, wrapped up in bags, on July 12.
As News Center 7 previously reported, Creachbaum’s mother, Ashley Johnson, and her boyfriend, Michael Kendrick, were arrested just hours after police found his remains. Currently, both are facing charges stemming from his death, but not specifically connected to it.
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