Sheriffs Use Apple's Find My iPhone To Track Down Missing Child
Houston sheriffs successfully nabbed a would-be kidnapper and car thief using the Find My iPhone feature found on Apple's iOS devices.
As a 5-year-old boy waited for his father in the family's SUV outside a Houston, Tex., liquor store on Monday night, a would-be car thief jumped in the driver's seat and took off, ABC 13 reported on Tuesday. After contacting the authorities, the father began tracking the stolen vehicle.
"The father had an iPad that he'd taken in with him and he utilized that iPad with the iPhone that was in the car and was able to track it," Lt. Wayne Schultz of the Harris County Constable's Office said.
The constables on scene then relayed the information to the Harris County Sheriff's office, who distributed the information to their deputies in near-real time. Deputies eventually caught up with the SUV and returned the child to his family unharmed.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/10/sheriffs-use-apples-find-my-iphone-to-track-down-missing-child
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Where could one purchase these GPS trackers and how small are they? Thanks in advance!
that stands out for me is the father left a five year old alone in a car outside a liquor store. 
while we were seeding a bunch of acres by hand. We found it using an app that sends a siren if you need to locate, the GPS was not close enough to find it.
If my kids were small I would certainly use something like that.
I lost my Android at Cedar Point in the bathroom this summer. Hit the alarm from my husbands phone and low and behold it was turned in screaming. 
Those things are awesome in those situations.
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