“I know Amber would be very proud of (the alerts). But I also want people to remember Amber– she had to sacrifice her life for the Amber Alert.”
- Donna Williams, Amber's mother.
From KIRO7 News
Amber's Story
Ricky and Amber, KIRO 7 News
"...the siblings left their grandmother’s house in Arlington, Texas, around 3:10 p.m. She’d instructed them to stay close, and Amber and Ricky never ventured more than two-tenths of a mile from her home.But when Amber pedaled into the parking lot of a Winn-Dixie grocery store, Ricky decided to turn home"
- Amber Hagermans Murder and the Chilling Story Behind It by William DeLong, ATI
“On January 13, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman took the pink bike she’d just received for Christmas and went for a ride near her grandmother’s house in Arlington, Texas. But when she got to the lot of an abandoned Winn-Dixie grocery store, a man in a black truck suddenly grabbed her.”
- Amber Hagermans Murder and the Chilling Story Behind It by William DeLong, ATI
The only witness who saw Amber getting kidnaped was Jimmie Kevil, who immediately called the police, starting the search for her. The pursuit of Amber was extensive, in the following days investigators would barely sleep. The search tragically ended when a dog walker found her body. She was left in a creek by a drainage pipe in Forest Hollow Lane. The neighborhood was around six miles away from where Amber was taken.
From APD
From ODD-STOPS Archives, Ambers Bike
From ODD-STOPS Archive
“Amber was totally nude except for a sock on her left foot.. We rolled her over and I caught her head in my hands. Several lacerations to her throat. [A] knife or screwdriver had been used to rip her throat out.”
-former Arlington police detective Randy Lockhar
From Missing Amber: The Amber Hagerman Story, Facebook
Her killer has never been caught after almost 30 years. She was buried in Inglewood Park Cemetery.