Dad foils daughter's Christmas kidnapping using phone's parental controls
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Dad foils daughter's Christmas kidnapping using phone's parental controls
"A Texas dad rescued his 15-year-old daughter who'd been snatched on Christmas while walking her dog nabbing the kidnapper after tracking his child's phone via its parental controls, authorities said. Deputies responded to a reported kidnapping around 4:50 p.m. Thursday in Porter, a suburb about 30 miles north of Houston. They arrested Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23, and charged him with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child after the girl's dad found the pair, extracted his daughter and called police."
"Alarm bells rang for the girl's parents when the teen took her dog for a walk that seemed to last longer than usual, the sheriff's office said. Her father zeroed in on the teen's location using the parental controls installed on her phone. The ping led him to a secluded, partially wooded area nearly 2 miles away in neighboring Harris County, the sheriff's office said."
Deputies responded around 4:50 p.m. Thursday to a reported kidnapping in Porter, 30 miles north of Houston. Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23, was arrested and charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child. The girl's father tracked his 15-year-old daughter's phone via parental controls after her dog walk lasted unusually long and located them nearly 2 miles away in a secluded, partially wooded area of Harris County. The daughter and her dog were inside a maroon pickup with a partially nude male; the father extracted his daughter and called police. Investigators allege the suspect threatened the teen with a knife and witnesses corroborated the account. The family did not know the suspect and the girl is recovering.
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