Texas father rescues kidnapped 15-year-old daughter after tracking her phone's location

"The 15-year-old girl at the center of a case, which quickly gained national attention in the US over the weekend, was reportedly kidnapped in the Houston suburb of Porter. Her parents said she took her dog for a walk and had not returned by the time she was supposed to, according to a statement from the Montgomery county sheriff's office. Her father subsequently located her phone through the device's parental controls, the agency's statement said."

"The phone was about 2 miles (3.2km) away from him in a secluded, partly wooded area in neighboring Harris county. Deputies said the father headed to that spot and found his daughter as well as her dog inside a pickup truck with a partly nude man inside. She then managed to escape with a hand from her father, who called law enforcement officials, said the statement from the Montgomery sheriff's office."

"Investigators later learned that the man who abducted the girl had threatened her with a knife and then grabbed her off the street. Witnesses at the scene of the abduction provided a detailed description of a vehicle involved in the kidnapping and of its driver, leading deputies to identify 23-year-old Giovanni Rosales Espinoza as a suspect, according to the sheriff's office. The agency said it later tracked down Rosales described as being from Porter and arrested him without further incident. Deputies said they booked him with counts of aggravated kidnapping as well as indecency with a child."

A 15-year-old girl was reportedly kidnapped while walking her dog in the Houston suburb of Porter on Christmas. Her father located her phone using the device's parental controls and found it about two miles away in a secluded, partly wooded area in neighboring Harris County. He discovered his daughter and her dog inside a pickup truck with a partly nude man and helped her escape before calling law enforcement. Investigators say the suspect threatened her with a knife and grabbed her from the street. Witness descriptions led deputies to identify and arrest 23-year-old Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, who was booked on aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child and remained in custody.

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