Kidnapped Teenager Killed...911 Operators Thought Call Was Prank

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Investigation Launched Into Kidnapped Teenager's 911 Call

Police Say Call Was Considered Prank At First

Chicago, Illinois -- Police in Elgin, Illinois, are investigating whether 911 dispatchers and police officers thought a kidnapped teenager's call for help was a prank.

The caller, David Steeves, 19, was found shot to death in the trunk of his mother's car a few days later.

Before he died, Steeves made frantic cell phone calls to 911 from the trunk of the car. Police were dispatched to the scene, but officers were told the call may have been a prank.

Officials said Steeves' calls were cut off, but dispatchers tried to call him back repeatedly.

Steeves: We're going fast. I'm in a trunk right now. I don't know where I'm at.
911 Dispatcher: Alright, stay on the phone then.
Steeves: Oh my God, you guys, please help me.

Robert J. Guyton Jr., 23, and Armin Henderson, 25, were charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated vehicular hijacking and other crimes in Steeves' death.