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NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Broward County Sheriff’s Office deputies released a signaling Wednesday of a 911 telephone that captured a family’s desperation during a calamity astatine the hands of a antheral they had erstwhile trusted astatine their home.
A frightened antheral successful North Lauderdale had called 911 for assistance aboriginal Saturday greeting aft a panicked miss woke up to the suffering of her mother, Isabelle Joseph, and her maternal grandmother, Maguy Pouye.
“A feline came with a knife,” the antheral told the 911 dispatcher, according to the recording.
Surveillance video from a Ring camera showed the burglar who had stabbed Joseph and Pouye was successful the location astatine 1842 Runners Way for little than 5 minutes, according to relatives and deputies.
“They are losing a batch of blood!”
BSO detectives aboriginal identified the vicious burglar arsenic Vital Joseph, a erstwhile nonmigratory of the North Lauderdale location whose romanticist narration with Pouye ended astir a twelvemonth ago.
“My ma got stabbed successful the head,” a antheral told a 911 dispatcher.
The signaling of the 911 telephone besides captured an intimate infinitesimal of prayer.
“Hold my hand,” the antheral told a victim. “Lord! Please, Lord Jesus!”
The archetypal responder’s sound astatine the doorway interrupted the prayer. North Lauderdale Fire Rescue unit took the women to the Broward Health Medical Center.
Isabelle Joseph underwent country and survived the injuries. Pouye died.
“My bosom dropped,” Pouye’s grieving sister Kimberly Gaynor said astir proceeding the shocking news.
BSO deputies announced connected Sunday that Florida Highway Patrol troopers had helped Palm Bay Police Department officers to apprehension Vital Joseph, 56, their execution suspect, connected Saturday night.
Records amusement Vital Joseph was inactive awaiting extradition to Broward County connected Wednesday successful Brevard County.
“He is simply a coward,” said Jean-Pierre Gaston, Pouye’s cousin.
Court records amusement Vital Joseph has an apprehension grounds successful Miami-Dade County. Police officers arrested him successful 2013 successful North Miami for intersexual artillery and the lawsuit was dismissed successful 2019. He was acceptable to look charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, and burglary of a dwelling with a battery.
Detectives asked anyone with accusation astir this oregon different cases to telephone Broward County Crime Stoppers astatine 954-493-8477 to stay anonymous.
Surveillance video
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