On January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was riding her pink bicycle in an empty parking lot in Arlington, Texas, two blocks from her grandparents’ home. At 3:18 p.m., a witness watched a man pull her off that bicycle and into a black pickup truck. Four days later, her body was found in a creek five miles away. Her killer has never been identified.
This is the full story: the eight minutes that decided everything, the massive search that followed, the investigation that has drawn more than 7,000 tips without an arrest, and the legacy Amber left behind — the AMBER Alert system, named in her honor, which has helped recover more than 1,100 missing children. Arlington police say new DNA technology may one day finally give her a name to go with the crime. Anyone with information about Amber Hagerman’s case can contact the Arlington Police Department.
Chapters:
0:00 – The name on every alert
0:45 – Who Amber was
1:50 – January 13, 1996
3:10 – Eight minutes
4:20 – The search for Amber
5:40 – Four days later
6:40 – 7,000 tips, no arrest
7:50 – The AMBER Alert legacy
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