The girl wrote "Help Me!" on a piece of paper and held it up to try to get the attention of passersby. "Good Samaritans" who saw the sign immediately called 911, the Long Beach Police Department said.

A Texas man who kidnapped a 13-year-old girl in San Antonio and sexually assaulted her multiple times while driving her to Southern California last year pleaded guilty to a federal kidnapping ...

A sign reading "Help Me!" led bystanders to call authorities, who rescued a 13-year-old Texas girl who had been taken to California, federal prosecutors said.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas and sexually assaulted was rescued in Southern California when passersby saw her hold up a “help me” sign in a parked car ...

A good samaritan called the police when a girl mouthed and held up a sign saying 'help me' while her kidnapper was inside a laundromat in Long Beach, California. Police say he forced her at ...

A passer-by saw the girl’s sign at a parking lot in Long Beach, Calif., after a 61-year-old man had taken her from Texas days earlier, officials said.

In this undated photo released by the U.S Department of Justice is a "Help Me!" sign used by a 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas. The girl was rescued in Southern California on July 9, 2023 ...

Steven Robert Sablan of Texas will spend decades behind bars for kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl who was only saved when good Samaritans saw her holding a "Help Me" sign in the ...