According to WDAF-TV, Cheryl Treadway and her three children were being held captive inside her home by her boyfriend, 26-year-old Ethan Earl Nickerson, police said. She told police they had been fighting all day about his drug use and that Nickerson took her cellphone. When she tried to leave, Treadway told officers that Nickerson grabbed her arm, held a knife and walked around the house with it.
Treadway ordered a pizza online and included the comment, "Please help! Get 911 to me." She also wrote "911 hostage help." The store manager, Alonia Hawk, recognized Treadway's name because she was a frequent customer and immediately called police.
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