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Father tracks kidnapped daughter using phone's parental controls, authorities say
nbcnews.com ^ | December 27, 2025 | Matt Lavietes

Posted on 12/27/2025 11:19:05 AM PST by lowbridge

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.

Authorities did not name the father or his teenage daughter.

The man, Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, was taken into custody without incident and charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child, the sheriff’s office said, alleging he threatened the girl with a knife and abducted her off the street. He remains in the Montgomery County Jail at this time with no bond, according to authorities.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: daughterkidnapped; espinoza; giovanniespinoza; parentalcontrols; rapist; rosalesespinoza; texas

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1 posted on 12/27/2025 11:19:05 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Giovanni Rosales Espinoza. Sounds Amish.


2 posted on 12/27/2025 11:22:32 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: lowbridge

...and his funeral is due Monday...


3 posted on 12/27/2025 11:24:16 AM PST by Recon Dad (Force Recon Dad)
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To: lowbridge

Wow, good work by the dad!


4 posted on 12/27/2025 11:24:27 AM PST by quilterdebbie (We will endeavor to persevere!)
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To: lowbridge

As a dad I would have responded with a 12ga.


5 posted on 12/27/2025 11:24:49 AM PST by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: lowbridge

6 posted on 12/27/2025 11:25:15 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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To: lowbridge
"Family values do not stop at the Rio Grande …"


7 posted on 12/27/2025 11:26:01 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: lowbridge

This is why you open carry in TX. Don’t call the cops, shoot him and make justice real. Enough of the judicial system.


8 posted on 12/27/2025 11:26:25 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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To: lowbridge

I’m surprised the kidnapper is so young; usually it’s some repulsive 50ish cretin. Oh, well, I guess everyone has to start somewhere. Disgusting.


9 posted on 12/27/2025 11:26:33 AM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: lowbridge

https://www.kbtx.com/2025/12/27/montgomery-county-sheriffs-office-arrests-man-after-kidnapping-teenage-girl-christmas/

Pic of perp


10 posted on 12/27/2025 11:30:50 AM PST by Az Joe (25 YEARS ON FREE REPUBLIC! 11/01/2025, 700+ POSTS, 15,500+ REPLIES - "MADE IT MA, TOP OF THE WORLD!")
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To: lowbridge

Diversity is our strength.


11 posted on 12/27/2025 11:31:18 AM PST by Westbrook (democRATs are wizards at two things: Finding votes and losing evidence.)
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He remains in the Montgomery County Jail at this time with no bond

Surely they can find a judge to get this guy out on no cash bail until the charges can be dropped because he didn't think he was doing anything wrong.

12 posted on 12/27/2025 11:32:44 AM PST by AndyJackson
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which led him to a secluded, partially wooded area

Wow, perfect location. Talk about a missed opportunity for the father......

13 posted on 12/27/2025 11:34:22 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: lowbridge

What happened to fido?


14 posted on 12/27/2025 11:35:38 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: lowbridge

Texas is not California. Or Maryland.


15 posted on 12/27/2025 11:35:51 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets ( )
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To: AndyJackson
He reminds in the Montgomery County jail..

His remains are at the Montgomery county morgue.

There fixed it

16 posted on 12/27/2025 11:36:17 AM PST by Ikeon (Kill me, and I'll become more powerful than you could ever imagine. )
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To: DownInFlames

I am surprised that the father did not shoot him. Now a Soros DA can drop charges and release him to refine his tradecraft.


17 posted on 12/27/2025 11:36:24 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: lowbridge

Something fishy about this one. What kind of dog. Most kidnappers wouldn’t take the dog, and any respectfully sized dog would have made it unlikely the kidnapper would have chosen this victim. This sounds like an online hookup where walking the dog was the way to get out of the house and meet up.


18 posted on 12/27/2025 11:37:34 AM PST by redangus
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To: Raycpa
Fido was found alive with the girl.

19 posted on 12/27/2025 11:40:15 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: redangus

yep. Makes no sense to kidnap the dog too.


20 posted on 12/27/2025 11:43:44 AM PST by StolarStorm
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