California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.
US Kidnap, Sex Abuse Victim Found Alive After 10 Years
May 21, 2014

Via AFP:

California police have arrested a 41-year-old man accused of kidnapping a teenager and sexually abusing her for a decade, after the alleged victim got in touch via Facebook.

The woman, now 25, was forced to marry her alleged captor, and neighbors described them leading an apparently normal life.

"He's a good guy," one neighbor told KTLA television when asked about Isidro Garcia, the live-in boyfriend of the girl's mother at the time.

"I see him every day, going to work, (saying) 'Hi, how you been?'"

NPR radio cited neighbors as identifying the young woman as having the first name ...

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