A quick-thinking Texas father heroically rescued his kidnapped teen daughter by tracking her cell phone shortly after she was snatched by knife-wielding maniac on Christmas day, authorities said.
The resourceful dad immediately alerted police and accessed the parental controls on his 15-year-old’s cell phone when the teen failed to return home after taking her dog out for a walk around 4:50 p.m. in Porter, about 25 miles north of Houston, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Using the youngster’s location, the father miraculously found her and the dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck with a “partially nude” man in a secluded, partially wooded area nearly two miles away.
He then helped his daughter escape her captor and immediately called authorities, who swiftly arrested 23-year-old Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, according to the sheriff’s office.
Police said the alleged abductor had threatened the teen with a knife and grabbed her from the street.
“Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child,” Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said in a statement.
“I am incredibly proud of our deputies and detectives who worked tirelessly to ensure this dangerous predator was swiftly apprehended and is now off our streets. Rest assured that your Sheriff’s Office remains vigilant every hour of every day to keep your families safe.”
Espinoza was charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child.
He is being held without bond at Montgomery County Jail.
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