A 17-year-old girl saved herself from a suspected molester by using a smartphone app to alert authorities and identify crocodile warning signs.
Officials in Coweta County, Georgia, said the victim met Dalton Ramsey online, who allegedly offered to take the girl to see a friend in Pennsylvania last week. But instead, Ramsey reportedly parked his car at BT Brown Reservoir Park and used duct tape to bind her hands.
“Somewhere in Pennsylvania, they ran into Coweta County and raped her to the sound of a knife,” county sheriff’s investigator Toby Nicks told FOX 5 Atlanta.
Ramsay apparently gave the girl access to her cell phone, which she used to contact authorities about her whereabouts.
The victim first told her boyfriend, who was Googling crocodile signs used to warn sailors in the reservoir. The girl herself said that she saw a sign outside the park that said it was closed.
Later, when Ramsay was able to drive again, the girl used the Noonlight app. She wrote “rape” and described the car. The app tracked her device and alerted authorities.
Ramsay was arrested in Herbersham County on September 6 and charged with kidnapping. He was turned over to Coweta County and faced more charges, including rape, aggravated assault with a weapon, kidnapping and possession of a knife while committing a crime.
Authorities said the girl was reunited with her family.
Surveillance footage shows Ramsey’s car parked outside the park.
According to the Noonlight app website, its mission is to “protect and comfort people to live freely.”
What started as an app focused on getting people safely from point A to point B is now a suite of emergency responses supporting the smartest home, health and lifestyle products on the market today. IoT. It has become an API,” the site says.
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