It happened in the United States. Her family managed to find her because she used the distress signal that went viral on social networks during the worst days of the pandemic.
Social networks have managed to viralize all kinds of content, from entertainment themes to signs that save lives. That happened with Nevaeh Lance, a 16-year-old girl who had been missing for several days, and thanks to a hand signal she alerted a neighbor that she had been kidnapped.
The last time Lance was seen was last Tuesday, November 2, at his home, located in Asheville, North Carolina. Her family, full of anguish, alerted the authorities, but in two days there was no trace of her.
Last Thursday, a man who was riding a motorcycle saw that a young woman made the rescue signal in case of gender violence. The signal is made by extending the hand with the thumb bent and then making a slow fist while hiding the thumb between the other fingers.
The sign baptized as “help signal” was created in Canada by the Canadian Foundation from Women during times of confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where reports of domestic abuse increased internationally.
In three weeks of isolation, there were 1,695 cases of domestic violence, according to the Public Defender’s Office.
Immediately, the motorcyclist made the complaint and while he was doing it, he followed the vehicle in which the young woman was transferred and was driven by an older man. He moved the teenager through Tennessee and Ohio.
The Police arrived on time and the 61-year-old kidnapper, according to the authorities, was arrested on charges of “illegal deprivation of liberty and possession of material that shows a sexual performance of a minor over 12 years old but under 18 ″. (I)
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