OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (KFOR/CNN) – A panicked call to police turned into a Christmas to remember for a family not expecting much this holiday season.
Single mom Sophia Reed dialed 911 when her 13-year-old son Deauris disappeared. She didn’t know that her kids had a plan.
“I was very afraid he was going to get in trouble,” Deneisha Johnson said about her brother. “But I just didn't want to say anything because it would blow the whole thing."
Deauris was out collecting cans to raise money for a Christmas gift for his mom. He came home when he saw the officers.
Reed said the family wasn’t going to have much of a Christmas this year. They had just moved into a new apartment and their extra money went to pay the security deposit.
"We was expecting a nice dinner for Christmas and just be together and just show love to each other," she said.
The story touched Officer Roland Russell's heart and soon he was inviting others to come meet the family.
"There was so many knocks on my door, everybody just was knocking, just was knocking, and every time I opened my door it was the police," she said.
But it didn't stop there.
The officers raised $800 and bought Christmas and house-warming gifts for the whole family.
"They caught us at the right time,” Reed said. “We are so blessed and grateful."
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