The Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department has released the 911 call from the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 4 in which a 1-month-old baby apparently died in hot car at an apartment complex located off Route 40 in Zanesville.

The six-minute-long call is with a female stating that she needs help because her baby was not breathing. During the call, the woman is able to remain composed enough to describe the situation, but shortly after she becomes more and more frantic as the call progresses.

A dispatcher from the Muskingum County 911 center repeatedly asked the caller if she was capable of taking CPR instructions from a medical dispatcher over the phone.

Throughout the call, it is apparent that another person in the background is communicating with the caller while tending to the baby.

That person can be heard frantically saying that the baby is not moving.

It was not until the sixth attempt that the woman acknowledged the 911 dispatcher’s questions regarding CPR, at which point he was able to connect another dispatcher from Community Ambulance to the call.

“I need some help, how do you give a baby CPR? I think my baby is dead. Please help me,” the caller said.

The Community Ambulance dispatcher provided instructions for performing CPR until first responders arrived on the scene.

The person previously heard in the background began performing CPR on the baby, while the woman continued to mediate communications.

Roughly five minutes into the call, sheriff’s deputies were the first to arrive at the Eagle View apartment complex. At that point, the caller stopped communicating with 911, but dispatchers remained on the line.

The person in the background is heard explaining that the baby was left in a car. Up until that point, it appeared that dispatchers had been under the impression that the scene was occurring indoors.

Upon the deputies’ arrival, the caller is heard repeatedly asking for help.

“Oh my god, please tell me he’s not dead, I already lost a baby last year,” the caller said.

Shortly after, the call is ended and dispatchers disconnect.

According to Sheriff Matt Lutz, Community Ambulance medics arrived not long after deputies to take over rescue attempts but were unable to save the baby.

As of Thursday, the Sheriff’s Department has not released any names of the people involved in the call or their relations to the baby.

The cause of death is still unconfirmed pending autopsy results from the coroner’s office.

According to Lutz, no arrests can be made until evidence is presented to the Muskingum County Prosecutor.

At this time Y-City News is choosing to not release the full audio due to its sensitive and graphic nature.