Friends of missing girl, 14, use Snapchat to track her down and rescue her from abuse by three men

Friends of kidnapped girl, 14, use Snapchat to track her location to a motel where cops rescued her from three men who sexually attacked her

  • The victim contacted her friends via the messaging app telling them she had been kidnapped and was being kept in an unknown location by three men
  • Her friends tracked down the girl through Snapchat’s location services to the E-Z 8 Motel in San Jose and called the police 
  • Albert Thomas Vasquez, 55, met the victim Tuesday in Capitola, drugged and kidnapped her before raping her, police said 
  • Vasquez has been charged with a string of felonies including rape and kidnapping
  • Antonio Quirino Salvado, 34, and Hediberto Gonzalez Avarenga Salvador, 31, have been charged with kidnapping 

Friends of a missing 14-year-old girl used Snapchat to help cops track her down to a motel room in California and rescue her three men who drugged her before kidnapping and sexually assaulting her.  

The victim contacted her friends via the messaging app telling them she had been kidnapped and was being kept in an unknown location.

Her friends were able to track down the girl through Snapchat’s location services which, if the user has chosen to share their location on the map, updates the device’s location every time the app is opened. 

The girl was tracked to a room in the E-Z 8 Motel in San Jose where she was being held by the three men and called the police.  

Police in California arrived on the scene to find Albert Thomas Vasquez, 55, leaving the motel room and the victim held inside.  

Vasquez met the victim Tuesday morning in Capitola and drugged her to make her ‘incapacitated’, San Jose Police Department stated in a press release on Thursday. 

The suspect then allegedly called two accomplices Antonio Quirino Salvado, 34, and Hediberto Gonzalez Avarenga Salvador, 31, who helped place the teenager in their vehicle against her will. 

The victim’s friends were able to track her down through Snapchat’s location services which, if the user has chosen to share their location on the map, updates the device’s location every time the app is opened

The girl was tracked to a room in the E-Z 8 Motel in San Jose (pictured) where she was being held by the three men. Police found Vasquez leaving the motel room and the victim held inside

The girl was tracked to a room in the E-Z 8 Motel in San Jose (pictured) where she was being held by the three men. Police found Vasquez leaving the motel room and the victim held inside

Vasquez sexually assaulted the girl in the vehicle before driving her to the motel where he assaulted her again, officials said.   

Vasquez was arrested and taken to Santa Clara County Jail.

He has been charged with a string of felonies including kidnapping to commit rape, digital penetration with a child under 14 years with force, false imprisonment, lewd act with a child 14 or 15 years with force, and rape by intoxication or controlled substance. 

Salvado and Salvador were arrested the following day and charged with kidnapping.  

Vasquez was arrested and taken to Santa Clara County Jail (pictured). He has been charged with a string of felonies including kidnapping and rape by intoxication or controlled substance. Salvado and Salvador were arrested the following day and charged with kidnapping

Vasquez was arrested and taken to Santa Clara County Jail (pictured). He has been charged with a string of felonies including kidnapping and rape by intoxication or controlled substance. Salvado and Salvador were arrested the following day and charged with kidnapping 

Police have asked anyone with information about the case to contact Detective Anthony Barajas of the San Jose Police Department’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit at 408-277-4102 or to call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line on (408) 947-STOP (7867) 

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