SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A family’s two-month search for contact with their imprisoned father ended after a WTOC Investigation prompted prison officials to facilitate a phone call.

Robert Lee Taylor, sentenced to life in prison in 2015, had maintained regular contact with his children until he was transferred to Coastal State Prison in September. His children say he called them several times a week since his sentencing before the transfer.

Elizabeth Rogers and her brother Robert Taylor drove from Atlanta to Savannah seeking answers about their father’s wellbeing after two months of silence.

“At least to find out was my father okay? I mean, because two months has went by and we’ve hadn’t heard nothing,” Rogers said.

Health concerns heightened family’s fears

The siblings learned of their

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