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Missing girl rescued after using TikTok distress hand signal

According to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office, the girl was found inside a silver-coloured Toyota car by a passerby
The driver dialed 911 and continued to follow the Toyota and updated the police about its location constantly
James Herbert Brick, the driver of the car in which the girl was travelling, was arrested

A 16-year-old was rescued by passersby after she used a hand signal she learned from TikTok, alerting them that she was in danger. The teenager was reported to be missing from North Carolina, USA, on Tuesday, November 2. Two days later she was found inside a car in Kentucky.

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According to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office, the girl was found inside a silver-coloured Toyota car by a passerby who saw her making hand gestures that are well known on social media platform TikTok. The hand gestures represent “violence at home--I need help--domestic violence “.

The police in a statement said,” The complainant advised 911 that the female appeared to be in distress. In addition, the complaint noted that the vehicle was being driven by a male subject.”

The driver dialed 911 and continued to follow the Toyota and updated the police about its location constantly.

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Laurel County deputies and detectives managed to stop the vehicle as it exited a highway. Later, the police found that the teenager had been reported missing by her parents earlier in the week.

Following the police stop, 61-year-old James Herbert Brick, the driver of the car in which the girl was travelling, was arrested.

The unnamed teenager told the police that she had travelled through North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and to Ohio with James Brick. The man had relatives in Ohio who later realized that “the female in his custody was underage and was also reported missing.”

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The police said,” When the male subject’s relatives realized that the female in his custody was underage and reported missing, the accused left Ohio, traveling southbound and the female juvenile then began attempting to get motorists attention to call 911.”

The 16-year-old used a hand signal that is popular on social media platforms nowadays. The signal signifies domestic abuse. The gesture is believed to have been introduced by the Canadian Women’s Foundation last year, according to The Guardian. It is used by women to signal that they are in danger when they cannot ask for help outright.

During investigation the police also found some photos on Brick’s phone that allegedly displayed a juvenile female in a sexual manner. He has been charged with unlawful imprisonment and possession of material showcasing a sex performance by a minor who was over the age of 12 but was under the age of 18.

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Missing girl rescued after using TikTok distress hand signal

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