Text messages save girl

by Roger Sinasohn (Subscribe to Roger Sinasohn's posts) Feb 26th 2008 1:01PM

Categories: Teens & tweens, Health & Safety, Gadgets & Tech

Before you come down too hard on your teenager for her excessive text messaging, be aware that those mad typing skillz might just save her life. That's what happened with one Northern California girl. The sixteen-year-old met thirty-seven-year-old David Anthony Faboo online through MySpace and apparently arranged to meet him. For whatever reason, she went for a ride with him, but soon realized her mistake.

By text-messaging her friend, she was able to lead police to Faboo's pickup truck, headed North towards Oregon. He was stopped just across the Oregon border and arrested for kidnapping. The girl, who was described as having a "diminished mental capacity," was returned shaken but unharmed to her family.

So the next time you catch your teens text messaging their friends at the dining table, tell them to practice more so they don't get caught. You never know when they'll need to sneak a few messages to save their lives.

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Sabrina 2-26-2008 @ 2:17PM

This happened nearly in my back yard, we live less than 10 minutes from Wheatland, CA. Even though my kids are very small, it always scares me to hear of these things happening anywhere, and twice as much happening near us. I'm nauseated. I really thought that kids were smarter about this sort of thing now than they were when I was a teen. I am, however, the one who said "Teens are notoriously uninformed when it comes to choices regarding their peer relationships." So I guess I shouldn't be so shocked. I'm glad that the girl was recovered safely, and that this guy is in a lot of hot water for what he tried to do.

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