Abby Hernandez told ABC News she was locked in a soundproof shipping container after a stranger picked her up on her walk home from school in 2013.
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It's the other way around here in Pakistan.
We are told to not give anyone lift.
When i was 22-23 I was doing my MS in texas. I took ride from several people many times alone, sometimes with my friend. It was in m campus from dorm to university. A bad incident never happened. Never thought twice then. I would take ride every 2-3 days. Back home in India when my driver did not come on time to pick me from a beauty salon i took a autoride (paid) at night. Its scary but i told myself i would jump off to the road if i sense something wrong. I told him the directions n said in my mind if he doesnt follow my directions i would jump. I know my city well. I keep calling him brother through the whole ride n was nice with him. Autos in india have an open door so one can always jump. Its said wat happened with her but its scary to another level in india.
Who gets into a strangers car??
she is so smart
Never walk home from school alone always organise a lift home
God is good 🙏🏾
Off topic: she really looks like Ariana Grande to me. Even the younger version of her. Such a beautiful strong soul. Amazing.
I remember this story being so big and thinking they met online and she took off with him but then say she got kidnapped because she was underage who knows
Her prayers paid off, God Almighty protected her. ♥ She is an extraordinary person.
A 14yr old doesn't have great decision making skills. They don't see the world the same way as adults because they haven't had the life experience. They are (most) often just trusting & naive. Please don't blame her for an innocent mistake.
I’m not saying we should go easy on these guys. Not at all !!! What he did was horrendous. But. But. Whether it was because of her actions or because he just couldn’t go to the point of murder. We won’t ever really know. Maybe both. There should be some kind of idk to them maybe reward 🤦♀️. For not killing her. If of course he’s never killed before. Not to be kind to them. Yeah you didn’t kill someone good for you 🤦♀️ stupid. But because I want there to be an incentive of some kind to not kill their kidnapping victim. That is what we as parents and victims want the most Bringing our loved ones home alive. often they commit the crime for sick sexual reasons and don’t think of what they will do after they get what they want. So if they know they will be jailed for life. Either way. Why would they let them go. 🤷♀️ The fact he will spend the rest of his life in prison shows others what will happen if they are caught whether they kill them or not. Idk maybe 20 to 25 years with parole Heck a lot of murderers get less time depending on location or wealth etc.
Does that make sense
Poor thing I feel like she fell in love 😔
God love her. What an amazing soul.
Pray pray pray
Gives us strangers a bad name.
This makes me tear up. Wow. This is why I don’t let my tiny 80 pound high school junior ride the bus.
Alternate universe: She took off her shoes and her feet felt better as she walked home
Better ending
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98%
And this is why I love dressing like I'd steal your car if you gave me the opportunity. Thanks for coming to my TED talk ✌😌
Stay strong 💪 you are a survivor
Who gets in a car with a stranger tho?
Thank god
Are you guys actually blaming the victim for this? wow.
Why do you need to "dramatize" this. The story isn't interesting enough? You think people are stupid and can't understand what happened?
I hope she get the help she need to move on with her life
she didnt have a nokia
Kidnappers are just made mindless greedy demons
As a mom you know what relief and shock that mother must of felt brought me to tears! And what relief and overwhelming happiness and courage that child felt. No words just wow
I am grateful to say that I am a born again Christian and have been since I was 19…….the reason I believe we have the craziest perps and sometimes ppl are being abducted in this society is because of the fall of sin! folks if you don’t know Christ as your savior then it burdens my soul to think that you are headed for a terrible place called Hell where the Bible says the fire is never quenched and the worm dies not! Folks you are not promised tomorrow! If you want to know how to be saved from this horrible reality then please by all means don’t hesitate to comment right back so I can lead you to the savior! 2 Corinthians 6:2 clearly states “now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation!” And Hebrews 3:15 clearly states, “Today if you hear his voice don’t harden your hearts! it is not me but the Holy Spirit that I pray reveals to you the truth of his precious gospel……John 3:16 says for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes on him will not perish but have everlasting life! V 17 says then V 18 says whoever believes on the son is not condemned but whoever does not believe on the son is condemned already because he has not believed on the son whom God has sent! Also Acts 16:30-31 what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house I am not threatening anyone but just warning them what will happen if they reject this precious gift of eternal life! Christ died a horrible criminals death! He was beaten brutally mocked spit upon and endured countless hours of torture pain for all of our sins! Ppl go to hell because they reject that pardon for their sins! And Jesus is saying to them in Matthew 25:41 depart from me you cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels! Hell was only prepared for Satan and his angels! It is not God who threatens anyone it is the craziness of rejecting the free pardon of salvation! It’s like if you’re in court you’ve committed a crime say you murdered someone! Now if you say to that Judge hey I know I’ve done a terrible thing of murdering that person but I hear you’re a good judge and so I know you’ll be fair to me…… the judge is going to reply well yes you’re right about one thing I am a good judge and because I’m a good judge I’m going to see to it that you’re punished and that justice is served! Well then all of a sudden someone you don’t even know comes forward and says you know what I know he’s committed the crime he’s committed and he deserves to go to jail but I really don’t want to see him go to prison so I’ll just go to prison for him so he can go free! So if you accepted that offer you’d be free to leave the courtroom but if you didn’t well you’d be crazy and go to prison yourself! Well that’s exactly how it was 2,000 years ago! He is God in human flesh and he came to this earth lived a perfect sinless life and even though he knew that we had sinned and because of our sins deserved to die miserably but he said no I don’t want to see them suffer so I will go and take their punishment for them! Even though he did absolutely nothing wrong still he chose to take the punishment for our sins so we can be set free from the power bondages and consequences of our disobedience to God! Romans 5:8 says For God commends his love toward us that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us! 1 John 2:2 says he was made to be the propitiation for our sins! And not just for our sins but the sins of the whole world! 2 Corinthians 5:21 He who knew no sin became Sin for us that we would be made his righteousness! The truth is if you had to get to Heaven by your own effort then you cannot do it! Because Romans 3:10 says there is not one that does good! No Not One! Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God! Romans 6:23 says For the wages of sin is death! But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord! But the good news is Romans 10:9 If we confess with our mouth and believes in our hearts that Christ died for our sins then was raised from the dead we will be saved! V 10 For it’s with the heart we believe and it’s with the mouth confession is made unto salvation! God gave us 10 commandments to follow and we’ve broken every one of them! And because God is a good God he cannot allow our disobedience to him to go unpunished! Well then like I just mentioned above his son Jesus stepped forward and said no I don’t want to see them punished so I will take their punishment for them! And also like I said he died a terrible substitute criminal’s death for us on a cross so now all we have to do is accept that payment for our sins and we can escape the terrible wrath of God that is to fall on them who do not accept this atonement that was sacrificed for our sins! Praise the lord Romans 10:13 says Whoever calls on the name of the lord shall be saved! And 1 Peter 1:4 you’re an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you! Christ clearly said in John 14:6 I am the way the truth and the life and no one comes to the father but through me! Acts 4:12 clearly states that there is no other name given unto Heaven or earth by which we must be saved as there is salvation in no other! Jesus clearly states that there is clearly only one way to Salvation and it’s him that’s it! There is no other way! God Bless everyone who reads!
God right now I lift up all of today’s craziest criminals and lord I know the very thing that is wrong with ppl and why we are so surrounded by evil wickedness and darkness is because your word teaches that we are undone and overtaken by the desires of sin and wicked deeds! And Satan himself has come to kill steal and destroy, and is as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour!!!!! Lord it burdens my heart to think that those who are lost and not indwelt by the spirit are going to end up in a terrible place called hell that is unending suffering in flaming fire and the wrath of God will forever abide on them! That will be far worse than the longest prison sentence or even death row! Lord right now I lift up everyone who is reading this and lord I pray in Jesus Name that if there is anyone who doesn’t know you or is troubled about their souls reading this then by all means please allow this comment to enlighten their path to draw them to yourself and gloriously be saved from that horrible eternal place called Hell lord that’s my prayer and that’s my hope! I pray that Satan will be completely banned from this comment right now in Jesus Name and Satan only by the authority of Jesus Christ and his word which I stand upon you are completely banned from this comment! I don’t care whether you like it or not I am praying for the lost to get saved and am seeking to completely set fire to your harvest Mr.! you are nothing but a Liar with a capital L the father of Lies!!!!! A cheater! A deceiver! A joker! A murderer! A thief! A stalker! A depressant! And most of all a father of lies low down yellow dog loooooooser! And there's absolutely nothing you're going to say or do that's going to change your future whatsoever! you are going to be cast into the lake of fire where you're going to burn forever and ever and whether you like it or not we are all gods children and praise be to God we won't be joining you……… So in Jesus name I demand and insist that you back away from us entirely leave us all alone get thee behind Jesus and don't come back you hear me? Don't come back ever and in Jesus name be gone forever your father of lies loser! Because you're going to hell! Repeat you're going to hell! And your time is short! Lord again please just reach out to the lost folks that read this comment! Lord if anyone is troubled about their souls then please I beg you may they waste no time commenting back to me so I can show them how to come to know the precious sweet savior Jesus who made it possible to escape the wrath to come! God time is running out and ppl need to respond to the Gospel quickly before it is too late! If Jesus would forsake the 99 sheep go outta his way to still try to save the one remaining lost lamb then can you please use me to reach out to the remaining lost lambs! I want nothing more than to see your wonderful precious and holy name most high and glorified whatever that takes! Lord as your children everyday I ask that you please fill our hearts with much patience grace wisdom strength and obedience to accomplish your perfect will and as we as your children through these dark days seek the bright light of your face May we daily much exalt magnify and glorify high and lift up the king of kings and the Lord of lords much to the fullest extent in all we say and do lord that's my prayer and that's my hope! Please lord again use us and strengthen us to win the lost to you! As always God in the good times you are worthy to be praised and we're going to give you all the glory with thanksgiving in our hearts for you giving us all things to enjoy and in the bad times we're still going to do just the same lord because you are Jehovah Jireh our provider Jehovah Nissi our banner Jehovah Ropheka our healer and the perfect physician Dr. Jesus Christ Jehovah Shalom our wonderful and blessed prince of peace! And the God who comforts us in all of our afflictions! You are the alpha the omega the beginning and the end! The first and the last are you! The absolute timeless God the eternal God the infinite God the Holy God the righteous God the beautiful God the Rose of Sharon the buckler the captain of our soul the dayspring from on high the daystar the bright and morning star the lily of the valley the light of the world! Lord thank you so much for your death on the cross for our sins! Romans 5:8 says God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. And also John 3:16-17 says For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life! For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. Yes lord you are worthy of all our praise worship and adoration! Thank you for your unfailing love toward us and for saving our souls from the pits of Hell! And Lord no matter how fiery our trials can become lord just giving you all the praise and thanksgiving will cause us to become overcomers and more than conquerors! And as always no matter how painful or even unbearable our temporary sufferings can become still Romans 8:18 paints just the perfect picture of just how small and temporary our troubles are compared to eternity as it states that our present sufferings are not worthy to be compared to the glory that shall be revealed in us! And I also know that 1st Thessalonians 4:16-18 day is coming For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. Also 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 tells us that Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. And also Revelation 21:4 day is near and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more crying death sorrow neither shall there be any more pain for all the former things have passed away and all things are new! What a day that will be! When my Jesus I shall see! When I look upon his face! The one who saved me by his grace! When he takes me by the hand and leads me to the promised land! What a day! Glorious day! That will be! Just a few more weary days and then I'll fly away! To that place where Joy shall never end! I'll fly away! I'll fly away oh glory! I'll fly away in the morning! When I die hallelujah by and by! I'll fly away! By and by when the morning comes! When the saints of God are gathered home we will tell the story of how we've overcome! And we'll understand it better by and by! Sing the wondrous love of Jesus! Sing his mercy and his grace! In the mansions bright and blessed! He'll prepare for us a place! When we all get to heaven what a day of rejoicing that will be! When we all see Jesus! We'll sing and shout the victory! O victory in Jesus! My savior forever! He sought me! And bought me! With his redeeming blood! He loved me ere I knew him! And all my love is due him! He plunged me to victory! Beneath the cleansing flood! And as Titus 2:13 puts it we are waiting for that blessed hope of the glorious appearing of our lord and savior Jesus Christ! I'm kinda homesick for a country to which I've never been before! No sad good byes will there be spoken! And time won't matter anymore! Beluah Land I'm longing for you and someday on thee I'll stand where my home shall be eternal! Beluah Land Sweet Beluah Land!!!! Yes lord what a wonderful beautiful glorious and victorious morning that still lies ahead for all of us who belong to you and are called according to your purpose! Forever all our pain will be forever forgotten ousted and vanished in the presence of our lord and savior Jesus Christ! Yes lord please use these reminders to set all of our minds on things above and not things down here! and finally when all is said and done please just multiply and pour out all on our days ahead with much smiles satisfaction and laughter unimaginable sunshiny happy days and Joy unspeakable! Also please fill each of our cup till it overflows! Finally please just remind us we as brothers and sisters Will be in much prayer for each other love one another dearly and will never give up on one another as long as it takes and I pray all this in his precious and holy name amen…….:-)
So happy for her so beautiful
Sad to say but she didn't have any presence of mind. I am glad she didn't ask another person for ride home when the first kidnapper released her.
Most of the kidnapped were imprisoned in a container van at the backyard or basement. Inspect backyard storage and check house engineering layouts. All house layouts and new repairs should be submitted to municipal engineering office for future reference such as crime investigation.
So basically he let her go, because he knew he was gona get busted for the counterfeit anyway so why hide the kidnapping ? Good thing he didn't kill her to try and hide seems to escalate that way often.
Moral of the story never trust strangers.
"I gotta work with this guy " smart move
Please consider my moms unsolved case
karenbodine.com
Her fb page is "justice for Karen Bodine: my mother's unsolved homicide"
Her story has not gotten the attention it deserves. The news outlets originally got some details wrong and the community just didn't care about her…14 almost 15 years later a killer still walks among us. I've prob been behind him at the grocery store
I do that too sometimes. Not wanting my prayer to end, I don’t want to say amen because I don’t want God to leave me.
Very brave young lady. So glad she survived and was reunited with her family. Pray she has true peace and healing.
When we were children, we were playing all over the neighborhood and always riding our bikes down the streets. We didn't think about any possible dangers. Most kids don't. The shipping container thing show premeditated sickness with that man. Not a man who should ever walk free again
what was so annoying was that for 9 months all they kept talking about was abby hernandez and trying 2 find her.as soon as she was home and we all found out she was the victim of a sex crime suddenly no one would mention her name.like it was a big secret or something.hello idiots youve been screaming her name for the last 9 months its hardly a secret who she is now.
She doesn't seem ok, god bless her… 🙏
Wow Abby I'm so glad u made it out of that situation ok and the fact you don't hold a grudge is amazing because I know I would and if any harm came to my children and I new for sure who did it well let's say that only a judge and God or Jesus Christ could or would possibly forgive me for wat I would do to that person if I had any opertunity to get close enough.
What I learned from the comments: People don't understand God at all. Not even a little bit.