Posted on 12/29/2025 10:29:51 AM PST by xxqqzz
A Texas teenager was rescued by her father after she was forced into a truck at knifepoint on Christmas Day, police said.
Patrol deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office were called to an area home at about 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, the agency said on social media. The officers were told that the teenager, 15, had taken her dog out for a walk but had not returned. Her father then used parental controls to track her phone's location and find it in a "secluded, partially wooded area" about two miles away.
The sheriff's office said the father, who has not been identified, traveled to the site and found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck, along with a "partially nude" man. The father helped the teen escape and brought her back home, where they called the sheriff's office.
Investigators determined that the male suspect had threatened the teenager with a knife. Witness descriptions allowed police to identify the suspect's vehicle and identify the driver as Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23.
Espinoza was taken into custody without incident, the sheriff's office said. He has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child. He is being held in the Montgomery County Jail with no bond, the sheriff's office said. An investigation is ongoing.
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Espinoza Is lucky to be alive.
Yep… very lucky
I’m starting to think this 15 y/o girl was a willing ‘kidnapping’ victim. Her dog went for the ride too.
Might be time to have a private talk with this teenager.
Some kids are impulsive, short term thinkers and don’t even consider all the worry their actions will cause their family.
I am sure they are keeping that concept in mind as they investigate.
Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23.
Sound like another Illegal Alien Invader out to rape and pillage America as his new “better life”. If I was dad, I would have strung the boy up.
I was thinking that he should have called the Sheriff’s department before he followed his daughters phone locations.
No children at home but we use Life360 app.
I am so glad the national news is broadcasting it so future kidnappers/traffickers will ensure no cell phones with victims.
/sarc
“Investigators determined that the male suspect had threatened the teenager with a knife.”
I’m thinking the investigators know more than you.
Or he could have called the sherrif’s office to report he killed someone in self defense.
Another foreign rapist. Make it stop.
I think that would explain why Espinoza is still alive.
He may well have called in a report earlier.
Then called again later with an update & details on the perp.
DHS: Obama-Era Salvadoran Migrant Kidnapped Texas Girl on Christmas Day
HE NEEDS TO BE HELD WITH NO BOND & NO PENIS
“ Espinoza Is lucky to be alive.”
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In Texas? Hell, it’s a miracle he’s alive.
I’m starting to think this 15 y/o girl was a willing ‘kidnapping’ victim.
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Really? Based upon what exactly?
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