Texas Father Uses Phone Tracking to Find Kidnapped Daughter, Suspect Arrested

A father in Porter, Texas, used parental control tracking features on his 15-year-old daughter’s cell phone to locate her after she was kidnapped while walking her dog on Christmas Day, leading to the arrest of a 23-year-old suspect now facing multiple felony charges, as reported by Breitbart.

According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the kidnapping occurred shortly before 4:50 p.m. on Dec. 25 on the 4000 block of Conner Mills Court in Porter.

Deputies responded after receiving a report that a teenage girl had gone missing and failed to return home after taking her dog for a walk.

Authorities said witnesses at the scene reported that a man threatened the girl with a knife and forced her into a pickup truck. Investigators were provided with a description of the vehicle involved in the abduction.

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Using tracking data available through the parental control features on his daughter’s phone, the father traced her location to a secluded area nearly two miles from where the kidnapping occurred.

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When he arrived at the location, the father found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck along with a partially nude adult male.

The father removed his daughter from the vehicle and immediately provided the information to law enforcement, allowing deputies to begin searching for the suspect and the truck.

Based on witness descriptions and the information provided by the father, Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputies located the vehicle and arrested 23-year-old Giovanni Rosales-Espinoza without incident.

Authorities said Rosales-Espinoza has been charged with Aggravated Kidnapping and Indecency with a Child. He is being held without bond in the Montgomery County Jail, according to officials.

A preliminary investigation determined that the suspect threatened the girl with a knife before abducting her from the street. Detectives with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit are continuing to investigate the case.

Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle addressed the incident in a statement, emphasizing the seriousness of the crime and the response by law enforcement.

“Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child,” Doolittle said.

“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.”

Doolittle said the investigation remains active and that no additional information will be released at this time.

Following the arrest, Breitbart Texas contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to request information regarding the suspect’s citizenship or immigration status. An immediate response was not available.

The case has drawn attention to the role of phone tracking technology in emergency situations, as well as the rapid response by both family members and law enforcement that led to the girl’s safe recovery.

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