early hours of the saturday morning but the dad didn't know much. >> reporter: the father reported that his son was in a bad way. >> he's talking about killing himself too. i don't know what's going on except he got in trouble. >> reporter: the divorced dad admitted he was out of the loop in family matters. now he was doing his best to stave off a tragedy. >> reporter: the dispatcher asked scott to call his son back to find out more. minutes later he was back on the line. >> he was a girlfriend in brockport. his mom thinks he's probably on the way back home from brockport.