🎙 NEW EPISODE You've heard of the AMBER Alert. But do you know the story of Amber Hagerman, a Texas girl whose unsolved abduction and murder led to the formation of the AMBER Alert system? Texas Crime Stories digs in.
It was a not-so-cold January day in Arlington, Texas, when 9-year-old Amber Hagerman and her little brother Ricky went for a bike ride around their family’s neighborhood.“She loved school she loved riding her bicycle she loved being a little mommy to her little brother Ricky,” Donna Williams, Amber’s mom said at aAmber and Ricky were just supposed to go around the block like they always did but Amber wanted to go just a little further.It only took eight minutes for Amber to disappear.
Unfortunately, that’s where Amber’s case stands — no one has been charged in her death — but not where her legacy ends., the AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. The law enforcement agency believes that the child is in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death.
There was DNA collected on Amber’s body, but since she was left in a creek, a lot of evidence was washed away.However, DNA technology has advanced so much, they’re preparing to test what was collected. Sergeant Ben Lopez was a member of the original Amber Hagerman task force and a former homicide detective assigned to her case for several years. For him, this case is deeply personal because of the connection he has formed with Amber’s family.
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