You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted
from a Target parking lot in Overland Park , a suburb of
Kansas City . Her body was discovered many miles away in
Missouri . They were able to locate her by the sequence of
cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone location.
She had not attempted to dial out, but when her family was
trying to call her the towers could sense her phone.
Sadly, the authorities were not able to reach her in time.
However, they were able to locate her body which was in an
area where they never would have searched without the cell
phone tower information.
Below is information you may find helpful. The cell phone
'locator' can be either set on '911' in
which case you must dial out to be located, or it can be
set to be on all the time. With it on all the time you can
be located by emergency services through the police if you
fail to respond, are sick, injured or worse.
ALL cell phones have this feature. It's called
Location. It's under the 'Settings' or
'System' tool. Once you turn this on, THEN your
phone is traceable (select 'Location On' instead of
'911 Only'). To stay safe, everyone needs to check
their phone and turn this on!!! Please do this now and
pass the word to everyone you know. We will all be safer
that way.
Forward this to everyone in your address book. It's
important that people understand how these things work, and
that they follow a few simple steps, in anticipation of
something that could well end up tragically. Who knows who
you might help, by educating them!