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Teenager uses cell phone to escape from kidnapper
Elizabeth Shoaf
15-year-old Elizabeth Shoaf did everything right. Elizabeth was kidnapped and held captive in a booby-trapped bunker after being tricked on her way home from school.
After several days in captivity, Shoaf convinced her captor to trust her enough to use his cell phone to play games. One day, when she was left alone, Elizabeth Shoaf was able to use the cell phone to send her mother a text message describing the booby-trapped bunker she was being held in and what her immediate surroundings looked like.
Once police saw the text message they were able to intercept further communications from Elizabeth’s captor and discovered that the phone belonged to a man who lived near Shoaf’s home.
Because of her courage and quick thinking, the kidnapper was captured by police and Elizabeth returned home safely.
