Selma, Texas police are crediting a kidnapped woman’s Apple Watch with helping them locate her. Fox 29 San Antonio says the kidnapped woman used her Apple Watch to call for help, and police used a cellular ping to track her location.
When they arrived, officers spoke to a girl who told them her mother had been kidnapped. She said her mother and Adalberto Longoria were outside of an apartment arguing when the girl heard her mother scream. The girl told police she heard the screaming from the parking lot, but did not know where she was taken.
Around 10 to 15 minutes later, the woman called the girl through her mobile watch, telling her Longoria had kidnapped her and wanted to hurt her. As she was speaking to her mom, the mobile watch was suddenly disconnected.
Officers then used an “emergency cellular ping” to track the victim, says the report. Once the victim’s location was determined, the police found her in a parking lot. Longoria had fled on foot before the arrival of police.
The victim told police she and Longoria were fighting, and Longoria had refused to give up the vehicle. He told her to get her things out of the bed of the truck. When she went to do this, Longoria allegedly got in the driver’s seat and drove away with her still in the bed of the truck. The victim told police he was allegedly drunk at the time.
Longoria was picked up on January 20 and now faces charges of Aggravated Kidnapping.
This is just the latest report crediting the Apple Watch with saving a life, although most of the stories have referenced the device’s health features in alerting users to life-threatening health issues. However, at least one report credited the Watch’s Emergency SOS feature with saving a life.
(Via 9to5Mac)
