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A 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped in Northern California used Snapchat to share her location with her friends, who then called 911, police said.

The girl met Albert Thomas Vasquez, 55, in Capitola on Tuesday, the San Jose Police Department said in statement.
Vasquez gave the girl drugs and she became incapacitated, police said. He called two other men -- Antonio Quirino Salvador and Hediberto Gonzalez Avarenga -- to help move the girl in their vehicle.

Vasquez then sexually assaulted the girl in the vehicle, police said. The men drove the girl to a motel in San Jose, where they carried her to a room on the second floor and Vasquez sexually assaulted her again, police said.

While in the hotel, the girl used the Snapchat app on her phone to tell her friends that she had been kidnapped, but didn't know where she was, police said. Her friends determined her location through the app and called 911.

Once police arrived, they found Vasquez leaving the motel room with the girl inside. He was arrested on charges of kidnapping to commit rape, digital penetration with a child under 14 with force, false imprisonment, lewd act with a child and rape by intoxication or controlled substance.

The two other men -- Salvador and Avarenga -- were arrested Wednesday on charges of kidnapping and conspiracy, police said.

Snapchat is a social media app that allows s to communicate with others through instant pictures and videos. Friends on the app can choose to share their locations with one another if the app is open, according to Snapchat developers.

Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/01/18/us/snapchat-kidnapping-california/index.html

Social media is not so bad afterall.
Snapchat just saved a life.

Yet foolish me only uses it to watch Maami Igbabo and LadyGold's videos.

NwaAmaikpe:

Yet foolish me only uses it to watch Maami Igbabo and LadyGold's videos.

Wow, don't say o, u haven't been kidnapped, u might as well have utilised it. She probably also uses it to watch Nickelodeon too until the incident

Never installed it, don't need it. Social media is useful for news and stories alone. Nothing on media is real. .. Nothing. Even the news.

Take nairaland as example. Everyone is a millionaire here. I can feed your generation crew. I laugh.

I was checking into a hotel one day and the lady attending to me dropped her phone on the desk. I saw the name I nearly died of laughter. Days before she called me a kid and wanted to feed my generation. See her in front of me waiting for tips dropping sir everywhere. Very expired hanty like that.
In fact social media na bullshit

Happy people good day to you all, please for the sake of God and the love you have for children please assist us in saving little Favours' life, please.
She is just 3yrs and has been diagnosed with diphtheria, high fever, and pertussis. And we the family can't afford the bills and we are even homeless at the moment please help us. No amount is too small please help click to Donate and Share please, the helper might be on your TL:


https://www.gofundme.com/f/princess-favours-fight-save-her-please?sharetype=teams&member=3525492&rcid=r01-157913443568-1822ff34aa69492a&pc=tw_co_campmgmt_m&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet



If 200 people out of thousands/millions of here can help to donate at least $5/10 each it will really go a long way, please

God bless you multiple times are you donate. Amen.

Shibaraba:
Never installed it, don't need it. Social media is useful for news and stories alone. Nothing on media is real. .. Nothing. Even the news.

Take nairaland as example. Everyone is a millionaire here. I can feed your generation crew. I laugh.

I was checking into a hotel one day and the lady attending to me dropped her phone on the desk. I saw the name I nearly died of laughter. Days before she called me a kid and wanted to feed my generation. See her in front of me waiting for tips dropping sir everywhere. Very expired hanty like that.
In fact social media na bullshit

Pure, unadulterated Wickedness