Woman kidnapped by ex rescued after friend tracks her with Find My iPhone, US cops say


The kidnapped woman called a friend, who contacted law enforcement. The friend used the Find My iPhone app and gave the woman’s location to officials, police said. — Photo by CardMapr.nl on Unsplash

A woman’s friend used an iPhone app to help authorities pinpoint her location after California police say she was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend.

The woman told police her distraught ex-boyfriend came to her work in El Monte armed with a firearm just before 6pm on Saturday, Nov 2, the El Monte Police Department said in a news release.

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