Texas: Father tracks kidnapped daughter using phone's parental controls, authorities say

[Eugene]

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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[dem4decades]

1. I'm shocked the Texas dad didn't shoot the kidnapper.

[BigMin28]

2. The father

practiced self control. Let's hope the Texas justice system doesn't fail her.

[AzTired64]

3. FAFO

I worked in AZ prisons for 20 years, this guy will have the life expectancy of a fruit fly when he hits a yard. I have always believed that people deserve a chance to rehabilitate and return to society. The nature of this particular crime really strains my belief at times.