On Saturday (updated Monday), USA Today posted an article about a father who may have saved his daughter’s life. On Christmas afternoon, a 15-year old girl took her dog out for a walk. When she did not return at the usual time, her father became concerned.

The article reports:

She had parental controls on her phone, allowing her parents to track her phone’s location.

The father tracked the daughter’s location nearly 2 miles away, in a secluded, partially wooded area, the sheriff’s office said. The father found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon-colored pickup truck, with a “partially nude” man, later identified by officials as Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23.

The father helped his daughter escape from the truck and contacted law enforcement, the sheriff’s office said.

Investigators said Espinoza threatened the teenager with a knife and abducted her from the street. Witnesses nearby provided a description of the suspect’s truck, and deputies found the vehicle and identified Espinoza as the driver.

Thank God she had her cell phone with her. Espinoza is being held without bail.