Woman kidnapped and sexually assaulted by her ex secretly texts 911 for help, US feds say

At the hotel room, Ramos eventually fell asleep, and the woman seized the opportunity to contact 911, according to prosecutors. — dpa

A woman kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend at gunpoint outside of her workplace in California was forced to drive hundreds of miles to Idaho, where she secretly texted 911 – leading to her rescue, federal prosecutors said.

Emiliano Jaime Ramos, 41, of Lompoc, California, sexually assaulted his ex-girlfriend over the course of the kidnapping and told her he planned on killing her in Idaho in December, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho.