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PreviewJohn R. Rafter Jr.'s Son Calls 911
Just after 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 9, 2016 a 911 operator in Powhatan County, Virginia receives a harrowing call from a young man who found his father, John R. Rafter Jr., dead in his bed. The 13-year-old explained that he woke up just minutes earlier and realized his father never got him up for school.