Solved Murders - True Crime Stories - “The Terrifying Abduction of 9-Year-Old Janette and Her Fight for Survival” PART2 #33
Episode Date: November 1, 2025#horrorstories #reddithorrorstories #ScaryStories #creepypasta #horrortales #abductionnightmare #truecrimehorrors #childsurvivor #fightforsurvival #darkencounters “The Terrifying Abduction of 9-Ye...ar-Old Janette and Her Fight for Survival – PART 2” continues the gripping and emotional story of Janette’s abduction. As the nightmare deepens, she faces terrifying moments that test her courage and survival instincts. This part reveals her desperate attempts to outlast the fear, the psychological torment of captivity, and the haunting uncertainty of whether rescue will come in time. horrorstories, reddithorrorstories, scarystories, horrorstory, creepypasta, horrortales, childabductioncase, survivalordeal, kidnappedgirl, fightforlife, terrifyingordeal, chillingabduction, survivalstrength, truecrimeaccount, abductedchild, darkjourney, nightmareordeal, fearandresilience, traumaandsurvival, survivalhope
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The fight that ignited hope.
Even as her body ached and bloodied hands trembled, Rosalia refused to give up.
Despite the pounding pain radiating from every wound, the scratches and bruises marking her skin,
she wanted to get back up, to move, to act, to take the fight to the man who had shattered
her family in minutes.
She wanted nothing more than to climb into a car, chase down the kidnapper,
confront him, demand justice with her own hands.
All she could think about was Jeanette, her little girl, trapped somewhere, scared, alone, and in danger.
But the officers on the scene had other plans. They insisted, firmly, that she'd get to the hospital.
They argued that if she tried to fight back now, she could worsen her injuries, or worse. Rosalia refused.
She refused so stubbornly that officers had to physically guide her into the ambulance.
She shouted, screamed, and kicked against it, demanding to continue the pursuit herself.
The chaos that day was absolute. It spilled across the neighborhood, seeping into every corner of the once
peaceful street. Inside the Tamayo House, police officers surveyed the scene, expecting traces of
struggle. They found exactly what they feared, blood on the floors, smashed furniture, drawers
torn open and evidence of a violent, calculated invasion.
Yet, surprisingly, the perpetrator had escaped and scathed.
The methodical intruder
According to the officers, the man had been methodical and careful, almost clinical in his execution.
He wore gloves, leaving no fingerprints behind.
He targeted the mother and brother, assaulted them, stole items, but avoided leaving incriminating
evidence. It was chilling. He had clearly planned this meticulously, anticipating every
possible obstacle, and somehow, it seemed, there were no witnesses. The police canvassed the
neighborhood. They asked every neighbor what they had seen, but everyone had either been away
or simply hadn't noticed anything unusual. Cameras, too, were scarce. The houses in the
neighborhood, charming as they were, hadn't been outfitted with surveillance systems yet.
It seemed that the perfect crime had left barely a trace.
Then, a breakthrough.
A neighbor stepped forward.
He had recently installed a security camera and offered the footage to the authorities.
The officers reviewed the recordings carefully.
What they discovered was horrifying, 30 minutes before Jeanette even arrived home, the man's
car pulled up in front of the Tamayo house.
He stepped out, approached her room, shattered the glass, broke in, and then proceeded to the garage to load his vehicle and continue his ransacking.
The house was turned upside down, every drawer, every cabinet, every personal item disrupted.
Then he waited.
Jeanette walked up the driveway, completely unaware of the terror waiting for her.
She entered the house, and the camera captured every horrifying second that followed.
the man confronting her, the abduction, the struggle, the unthinkable assault inside her brother's room.
Thirty minutes passed in eerie silence before the chaos escalated again. Another vehicle arrived,
carrying Rosalia and Paul. From that point, the footage showed pure, unfiltered chaos,
a fight, a chase, a blur of movement, and ultimately, the kidnapper's car speeding away.
The video quality was terrible.
Investigators could only make out the type of car and its color.
The license plate, which could have been the key to an amber alert, was completely obscured.
The limits of law enforcement.
And there it was, the frustrating truth.
Amber alerts required concrete details.
Just a car type and color weren't enough.
Without a license plate, without a name, without a more specific description,
the authorities were severely limited in their response.
They did everything they could, distributing flyers, spreading the word,
alerting the media, but it was a slow, frustrating process.
Meanwhile, the Tumayo family didn't wait.
They took matters into their own hands.
Posters were printed, photocopied, and distributed across San Jose.
They went to radio stations, to newspapers,
even appearing on TV to plead with anyone who might have seen their daughter.
They screened her name into microphones, into cameras,
hoping that somehow, somewhere, a lead would emerge.
Miraculously, Jeanette saw it all.
Through the small, flickering television screen in the room she had been imprisoned in,
she watched her mother and brother, battered but determined, calling out to her.
They urged her to stay strong, to keep fighting, to survive.
It was the lifeline she needed.
For the first time since the abduction, hope sparked inside her.
The Spark of Inspiration
Jeanette had always been curious about crime.
She and her brother had spent hours watching true crime documentaries, old episodes of CSI, and
other law enforcement shows.
They devoured stories of victims, investigators, and criminals alike.
They knew the tactics, the tricks, the methods of both captors and the captured.
It was a morbid fascination, but it had given her a sense of strategic thinking even at nine years old.
And now, inspired by what she was watching, an idea struck her.
She remembered a story from one of the shows, about a girl who had survived abduction by gaining her captors' trust.
It wasn't a Hollywood story, it was based on real tactics, real psychology.
The idea seemed simple, befriend him, disarm him with words, and gather intelligence.
The beginning of the plan.
Jeanette began talking to her captor as if nothing was wrong.
She asked about his hobbies, his favorite music, his TV shows.
At first, he was distant, cautious, suspicious.
But over time, she noticed a subtle change.
His tone softened, his movements less aggressive.
He began engaging with her, even conversing casually.
He became, in a twisted sense, human, in her eyes.
It was delicate work.
One wrong word, one false move, and the fragile trust she was building could shatter.
But she was determined.
At some point, she asked for water.
To her relief, he allowed her a problem.
brief moment alone. It was her chance. The small victories. Jeanette examined her restraints
carefully. The handcuffs had a release button. She pressed it cautiously, testing the mechanism.
One small press, and she was free, just for a moment. She left the cuffs on the bed,
hiding them within reach in case she needed to reset appearances. She searched
the room systematically. Anything she could take as evidence, nothing. She didn't want to leave
clues behind that could compromise her escape, but she needed anything that could help later.
She slipped her captor's personal items into her pockets, a watch, a couple of toys he had used
to lure her compliance, even small items that might seem insignificant. Every item, every detail,
was a step toward survival. When she heard him returning,
She calmly replaced the handcuffs on her wrists and resumed her act.
Hours passed this way.
She pretended to be compliant, friendly even.
He left her to watch TV, allowed her small entertainments,
all the while thinking she was just a quiet, obedient girl.
Strategic thinking
While pretending, Jeanette paid attention to everything.
She memorized the layout of the house, doors, windows, furniture placement.
She noted his routines, the timing of his movements, the smallest habits.
Her mind, honed by years of watching investigative shows, became her secret weapon.
One evening, a TV report caught her attention, it detailed scientific tests on asthma detection
using animals and volunteers.
Jeanette formulated a clever plan.
She could claim to have a chronic condition, something that might slow him down,
make him less attentive to her attempts to escape.
It was risky, but calculated.
She needed every edge she could get.
Survival mode.
Over the next several days, Jeanette balanced on a knife edge.
She was polite, engaging, and cautious.
She asked questions, responded to his casual conversations,
and remained calm even when he entered the room.
Every minute, every gesture,
was a calculated move toward freedom.
Even as she endured humiliation, fear, and pain, her mind worked tirelessly, strategizing,
observing, recording.
She understood that survival wasn't just about waiting, it was about thinking, adapting,
and staying two steps ahead.
The psychological game had begun, and for the first time, she sensed a real possibility,
maybe, just maybe, she could turn the situation in her favor.
To be continued.
