Police in Selma, Texas, believe the Apple Watch helped track down a kidnapped woman. As reported by Fox San Antonio, the abducted woman used her Apple Watch to call for help, and police were able to use a cellular ping to track her down.
The report describes the situation:
When they arrived, officers spoke to a girl who told them her mother had been abducted. She said her mother and Adalberto Longoria were arguing outside an apartment when the girl heard her mother screaming. The girl told police she heard the screams from the parking lot but did not know where she was taken.
About 10 to 15 minutes later, the woman called the girl through her mobile watch and told that Longoria had kidnapped her and wanted to hurt her. While talking to her mother, the mobile watch is suddenly disconnected.
Officers were able to use an ’emergency cellular ping’ to locate the victim, the report explains. The Apple Watch was able to accurately indicate the location of the victim. When police arrived, they found her in a car in a parking lot while Longoria fled on foot.
The report continues:
The victim told police she and Longoria were fighting, and Longoria refused to give up the vehicle. He told her to get her stuff out of the truck bed. When she went to do that, Longoria allegedly sat in the driver’s seat and drove away with her in the bed of the truck. The victim told police he was allegedly drunk at the time.
This is definitely one of the more interesting Apple Watch stories we’ve seen. The health features of the device are often credited with saving lives, but the portable laptop clearly has other benefits as well. The Apple Watch Emergency SOS feature, for example, has also been attributed to the detection of missing and stranded people in the past.
The full report can be found at Fox 29 San Antonio.
Via MacMagazine
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