Girl, 17, found bound and gagged on Carlsbad freeway; CHP says family was taking her to drug rehab

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Girl, 17, found bound and gagged on Carlsbad freeway; CHP says family was taking her to drug rehab
CHP officers found the teen tied up in the back seat of a car on south I-5 near Cannon Road in Carlsbad. The girl’s father and sister said they were taking her to a drug rehab facility in Mexico.

CARLSBAD — California Highway Patrol officers rescued a 17-year-old girl Monday evening who was bound and gagged in the back of a car, but in a bizarre twist, investigators later learned her abductors were her father and sister trying to take her to a drug rehabilitation center in Mexico, authorities said.
A witness called 911 around 7 p.m. Monday after spotting the teen tied up in the back of a 2014 Toyota Corolla on southbound Interstate 5 near the Orange County border, CHP spokesman Officer Kevin Smale said.

Highway Patrol officers searching for the car on the freeway found it and stopped it about 7:20 p.m. near the Cannon Road exit off I-5, Smale said.

Investigators said the girl’s 67-year-old father and his 21-year-old daughter, both from San Juan Capistrano, had abducted her, Smale said.


“It was the intent of the father and sister to transport the juvenile to Mexico to a drug treatment facility,” Smale said in a statement. “The 17-year-old female admitted to using methamphetamine for the past year.”

Officers took the 17-year-old into protective custody, Smale said.

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2019-08-19/girl-17-found-bound-and-gagged-on-carlsbad-freeway-chp-says-family-was-taking-her-to-drug-rehab

[abqtommy]

1. That's a serious intervention! Gives me some ideas...

[JoeOtterbein]

2. K n R

& tears.

[Tiggeroshii]

3. Jesust Christ

[Thunderbeast]

4. They were trying to save her life.

Once she turns 18, parents lose all legal authority. All options close for an intervention.

It appears harsh and cruel, but is an OD on the street more humane?

I have walked in her dad's shoes, but my child was a young adult. Fortunately, after years of addiction, jail, restraining orders, and hospitals, he found recovery and sobriety.

For years, however, I expected to bury him.

If I had had the option to force rehab, even involving a kidnapping, I would have done it.

[Bluesaph]

5. Me too!

Lost my nephew this year. I tried all I could but he was a 23 year old. Finding him dead to a heroin overdose is not preferable to what this dad tried to do. Wish I’d thought of it, actually.

[hlthe2b]

6. Devil's advocate: I've heard of forceful abductions into rehab for drugs, cult deprogramming...

I'm not sure this is not something that goes on with some regularity but given parents have only a very short time to intervene with older teens, I do think it is not unheard of. I don't know if it is right or wrong because obviously, it appears horrendous, but I can understand the last-ditch desperation.

It seems to me that police turn a blind eye as long as parents do so outside public exposure... Is that true or not?

I will be curious to see what facts come forward and how the courts elect to treat this.