A Texas man single-handedly rescued his daughter from a sexual predator on Christmas Day.
After a day of celebrating the holiday, the man's 15-year-old daughter left for a few minutes to walk the family dog, but when she didn't return within a reasonable amount of time, the dad became worried.
He used the parental controls on his phone to ping her location and found the location to be just a couple of miles away in the Porter area of east Montgomery County.
Upon arriving in a secluded, semi-wooded area, the dad found his daughter in the cab of a pickup, along with the dog and a man who was partially dressed, sheriff's deputies said Saturday.
Her father helped the teenage girl and the dog get away from the man, who had been holding the girl at knifepoint, then the dad called sheriff's deputies, who took a description of the assailant.
Detectives later said the description matches that of Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, a 23-year-old man who lives not far away.
He was tracked down and arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child; he's being held without bond.
In a statement, Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle said, "Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child. 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."
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