Post by Taylor on May 9, 2009 12:22:44 GMT -5
Her Story:
On January 13, 1996, a man in a black pickup truck abducted Amber, age 9,who was riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX. A witness, Jimmie Kevil, was able to provide police with a cursory description of both the abductor and his vehicle. According to Kevil, the man in the pickup stopped in the parking lot of the abandoned grocery store where Hagerman was playing, sprinted to Hagerman, and dragged her into his truck. As Kevil was relating his observations to the police, Hagerman's grandfather, Jimmy Whitson, drove up, looking for the child. Hagerman was the second child in her family to have been kidnapped. Her father's two-day-old-granddaughter was abducted in 1991 and recovered safely 10 hours later.
Arlington police began searching for Hagerman immediately. Volunteers searched for Amber Hagerman for several days, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated. Four days after her abduction, a man walking his dog found Hagerman's corpse in a creek bed. An autopsy revealed that her throat had been cut. She had been alive two whole days before being killed. Although a $75,000 reward was offered for information leading to Hagerman's killer, he was never found.The task force investigating Hagerman's murder was dissolved in June 1997.
No arrests were made. Her murder remains unsolved.
How She Saved Others:
Because of her death, her mother, Donna Norris, wanted to pass a bill that sent out a state wide message when a child goes missing. She named the idea of the bill after her daughter: Amber Alert.
In April 2003, President George W. Bush signed the AMBER Alert legislation, making it a national program. While the AMBER Alert system is now mandated across the USA, some states are still trying to implement the procedures necessary in bringing the alerts to the public. Hampered by outdated Emergency Broadcast guidelines and different activation criteria in each state, the system is still being developed to provide optimal effectiveness.
(Thank you Wikipedia)
This is Amber:
On January 13, 1996, a man in a black pickup truck abducted Amber, age 9,who was riding her bicycle in Arlington, TX. A witness, Jimmie Kevil, was able to provide police with a cursory description of both the abductor and his vehicle. According to Kevil, the man in the pickup stopped in the parking lot of the abandoned grocery store where Hagerman was playing, sprinted to Hagerman, and dragged her into his truck. As Kevil was relating his observations to the police, Hagerman's grandfather, Jimmy Whitson, drove up, looking for the child. Hagerman was the second child in her family to have been kidnapped. Her father's two-day-old-granddaughter was abducted in 1991 and recovered safely 10 hours later.
Arlington police began searching for Hagerman immediately. Volunteers searched for Amber Hagerman for several days, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation investigated. Four days after her abduction, a man walking his dog found Hagerman's corpse in a creek bed. An autopsy revealed that her throat had been cut. She had been alive two whole days before being killed. Although a $75,000 reward was offered for information leading to Hagerman's killer, he was never found.The task force investigating Hagerman's murder was dissolved in June 1997.
No arrests were made. Her murder remains unsolved.
How She Saved Others:
Because of her death, her mother, Donna Norris, wanted to pass a bill that sent out a state wide message when a child goes missing. She named the idea of the bill after her daughter: Amber Alert.
In April 2003, President George W. Bush signed the AMBER Alert legislation, making it a national program. While the AMBER Alert system is now mandated across the USA, some states are still trying to implement the procedures necessary in bringing the alerts to the public. Hampered by outdated Emergency Broadcast guidelines and different activation criteria in each state, the system is still being developed to provide optimal effectiveness.
(Thank you Wikipedia)
This is Amber: