DENVER -- Edgewater police went home-to-home looking for a toddler who called to say, "Mommy is hurt."

Police received five calls to 911 around 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, from a toddler saying "mommy is down" and that she was hurt.

The call came from a cell phone without service. Cell phones without service have the ability to call 911, but dispatchers don't get a number or a location from the call.

Edgewater police notified AT&T, which tried to triangulate the call's origin through cell phone towers, and originally gave police an approximate location of 2088 through 2199 Benton St.

"Several officers went to that area and knocked on resident's doors, but were unable to locate the child needing help," Davis said.

Since that time, AT&T has said the call could have been from anywhere within a mile of that location, which could mean the call originated from Jefferson County or Denver.

By Wednesday morning, Edgewater Police officials said they concluded the door-to-door search and felt confident that the area was well canvassed.

"We ask that this serve as a reminder that cell phones, even without service, are not toys and should not be given to small children," said Steve Davis with Edgewater police.