The Police Successfully Tracked The Whereabouts Of Kidnapping Victims Using The Apple Watch

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Most of today's devices are equipped with GPS technology. Starting from smartphones, to various wearable products. This does not mean that the producer company wants to know the whereabouts of users or other personal data. It's just that this communication technology is needed by many applications.

Good navigation applications, messages, to health and fitness applications. The use of GPS technology can also provide benefits for one's life. An example is a case where a woman who was kidnapped was rescued by the police who tracked the GPS signal from the victim's Apple Watch.

Launching News4 San Antonio, Selma Police, located in the northeast of San Antonio, received reports of an act of kidnapping the mother of a woman. Initially, the local police received reports from the victim's child who heard the commotion between the victim and Adalberto Longoria.

After the child heard the victim's scream from the parking area, he rushed to catch up. Unfortunately, the victim has disappeared. About 15 minutes later, the victim contacted the child via a smartwatch, explaining that Longoria had kidnapped her and intended to hurt her.

When the victim was chatting with the child, the smarwatch that was used suddenly disconnected from the network.

The police rushed to conduct a search. Furthermore, officers also activated emergency cellular ping to track down the victim. Luckily, the Apple Watch worn by the victim was able to accurately locate the victim.

So, when the police arrived at the location, they found the victim in a car parked in the parking area, along with Longoria who was trying to escape.

“The victim explained to the police that he and Longoria were arguing, then Longoria refused to let go of her vehicle. He (Longoria) told the victim to get his belongings out of the vehicle. And when the victim did this, Longoria allegedly got into the steering wheel and left with the victim who was still in the back of the truck, "said a police officer via News4 San Antonio.

You could say, this case is one of the interesting stories from the various stories about the Apple Watch that have existed. Indeed, the health features of the device are considered capable of saving the user's life. However, always-on wearables have other benefits as well.

For example, the Emergency SOS feature found on Apple Watch has received praise from parties for often helping to track the whereabouts of missing people.