The DOJ said the 13-year-old was able to make a "Help me" sign on a crumpled piece of paper after she was driven from Texas to California -- and it ended up saving her life.

A Texas man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued after she held up a “Help Me” sign while in the back of his car.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Texas man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued in Southern California when a passerby saw her hold up a “Help Me!” sign in a parked car. A ...

In this undated photo released by the U.S Department of Justice is a "Help Me!" sign used by a 13-year-old girl kidnapped in Texas.

A 13-year-old girl was rescued from her kidnapping after she held up a “help me” sign in a car window and a bystander called 9-1-1.

A Texas man will spend decades behind bars for kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl who was only saved when good Samaritans saw her holding a “Help Me” sign in the back of a car ...

A Texas man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping a 13-year-old girl who was rescued in Southern California when a passerby saw her hold up a “Help Me!” sign in a parked car.