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How Jaila Gladden’s iPhone Saved her Life
Abducted, raped, and about to die, she used her technical know-how to outwit her captor.
In 2017, young Jaila Gladden was bundled into a car at knife-point outside of her local grocery store. Driven to a Church car park, she was raped and sodomized. Afterward, the criminal told Jaila that here was where she would die. Amazingly, Jaila kept her cool, got the man talking, and convinced him that she would help him escape. Having gleaned that the man had little tech-knowledge due to incarceration, Jaila offered to use her iPhone to find the quickest route to Michigan for him — and that’s when Jaila struck back.
The abduction of Jaila Gladden
At 21-years-old, Jaila Gladden was already an amazing young lady. Studying at college, popular, beautiful, and in a healthy, happy relationship with her childhood sweetheart — her life was on track.
In September 2017, a mild case of flu led Jaila to leave her boyfriend’s house and drive to the store for some tablets. Little did Jaila know that Timothy Curtise Wilson, a recently released convict, was on the hunt in her…
