New Delhi, Dec. 28 -- A Texas father pulled off a real-life Christmas miracle when he rescued his 15-year-old daughter after she was kidnapped by an armed kidnapper on Christmas Day.

When the teen didn't return from walking her dog around 4:50 p.m. in Porter, about 25 miles north of Houston, the father alerted police and used parental controls to locate her, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities reported that the girl's father used parental controls to track her phone, leading him to a secluded, partially wooded area in Harris County, about two miles from Porter.

According to the sheriff's office, he found her and her dog inside a maroon pickup truck with a partially nude 23-year-old man. The father then help...