Texas: Father tracks kidnapped daughter using phone's parental controls, authorities say
Source: NBC News
Father tracks kidnapped daughter using phone's parental controls, authorities say
The suspect was partially nude when the kidnapped girl's father found her, authorities said.
Dec. 27, 2025, 11:47 AM EST
By Matt Lavietes
The father of a teenage girl who deputies say was kidnapped on Christmas Day found her using his phone’s parental controls, according to authorities in Texas.
A 15-year-old girl was reported kidnapped from the Houston suburb of Porter on Thursday after her parents said she took her dog out for a walk but did not return, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
Authorities said the girl’s father tracked her phone using parental controls, which led him to a secluded, partially wooded area in Harris County, roughly two miles from Porter.
Her father located her and her dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck with a partially nude 23-year-old man, the sheriff’s office said. The father helped his daughter escape from the truck and contacted law enforcement, the sheriff’s office added.
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