A Texas father rescued his 15-year-old daughter by tracking her location on her phone after she was kidnapped from the street at knifepoint, police said.

The teenager was allegedly abducted by Giovanni Rosales Espinoza, 23, of Porter, while she was out walking her dog on Christmas Day, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

When she failed to return at her usual time, her parents began to panic, and cops were dispatched around 4.50pm.

Her father was able to access her location through her phone’s parental controls and tracked her to a secluded wooded area in neighboring Harris County, nearly two miles away.

Deputies said the dad found his daughter and her dog inside a maroon pickup truck with Espinoza, who was partially nude. 

He helped her escape from the vehicle and contacted law enforcement.

Investigators said the suspect had threatened the girl with a knife and abducted her from the street. 

Witnesses provided deputies with a description of the vehicle, which was later located by law enforcement.

Detectives with the sheriff’s office Major Crimes Unit responded and continued the investigation. Espinoza was taken into custody without incident.

He was charged with aggravated kidnapping and indecency with a child and remains held in the Montgomery County Jail without bond.

‘Christmas is a day meant for joy, but this man chose to shatter that joy by targeting a child,’ Wesley Doolittle said. 

‘I am incredibly proud of our deputies and detectives who worked tirelessly to ensure this dangerous predator was swiftly apprehended and is now off our streets.’

The sheriff added that the office remains vigilant ‘every hour of every day’ to keep families safe.

Authorities said the investigation remains active and that no further information can be released at this time. 

The Daily Mail has contacted the Sheriff’s Office, which has no further comment.

The alleged kidnapping in Harris County, Texas unfolded a three-hour drive away from a separate search underway for 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos, who vanished on Christmas Eve. 

Olmos was last seen at 6.58am on Wednesday, after leaving her home in northwest Bexar County, a region on the outskirts of San Antonio that has long been flagged by authorities as a human-trafficking corridor.

Surveillance video obtained by KENS showed an individual believed to be Mendoza Olmos standing near her vehicle with the lights on.

She appeared to search inside the car for an unidentified item, investigators said. Moments later, the footage ends.

Her car was still parked at the home, leading authorities to believe she left the area on foot. She has not been seen since.

The teen’s loved ones confirmed she typically goes for a morning walk, but always takes her phone with her – a routine that made her sudden disappearance all the more alarming.

Authorities say the only items Mendoza Olmos is believed to have had with her were her car keys and possibly her driver’s license. Her phone was reportedly turned off and left in her bedroom.

A CLEAR Alert, the statewide system for locating missing and possibly endangered adults, has been issued for the teen as more than 100 people joined the desperate search for her.