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  1. Jun 5, 2023 · Amber Hagerman’s acquaintances and loved ones were left shocked when the 9-year-old went missing from the parking lot of an abandoned grocery store in Arlington, Texas. Although the police tried their best to locate the missing girl, evidence soon pointed towards an abduction, and Amber’s remains were discovered in a nearby creek about four days […]

    • The Kidnapping of Amber Hagerman
    • How The Case of Amber Hagerman Inspired The Amber Alert System
    • The Legacy of Amber Alerts to This Day

    Born on November 25, 1986, Amber Rene Hagerman had just nine short years on earth. On January 13, 1996, she and her five-year-old brother Ricky went for a bike ride that turned out to be Amber’s last. According to WFTV 9, the siblings left their grandmother’s house in Arlington, Texas, around 3:10 p.m. She’d instructed them to stay close, and Amber...

    As Amber’s family mourned their loss, however, a Texas mother named Diane Simone had an idea. She called a local radio station and wondered aloud about creating a national alert system for missing children. “I said, ‘I can’t get over this child. There has to be something we can do,'” she told PEOPLEin 2022. If Americans already received alerts for ...

    According to the AMBER Alert website, the national system has saved over 1,000 children since its launch in 1996. “AMBER Alerts also serve as deterrents to those who would prey upon our children,” the site added. “AMBER Alert cases have shown that some perpetrators release the abducted child after hearing the AMBER Alert.” Here’s how AMBER Alerts w...

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  2. Jan 3, 2024 · ARLINGTON - For 28 years, the person responsible for killing 9-year-old Amber Hagerman has gone unpunished by law enforcement officials. Despite this, the Arlington Police Department "remains ...

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    • CBS News Texas
  3. Jan 13, 2021 · When 9-year-old Amber Hagerman vanished Jan. 13, 1996, Sgt. Ben Lopez quickly realized hers wasn’t a typical missing-child case. He was a patrol officer, driving around Arlington that afternoon ...

  4. Jan 17, 2023 · It’s been 26 years since the horrific abduction of then 9-year-old Amber Hagerman in Arlington, Texas, back in 1996 and, although the episode inspired the creation of the lifesaving emergency alert system Amber Alert, the case still remains unsolved. As has been extensively documented, Amber was ...

  5. Jan 22, 2021 · It took just eight minutes for 9-year-old Amber Hagerman to be abducted after leaving her grandmother’s home to ride her bike Jan. 13, 1996. The Arlington girl’s body was found four days later ...

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  7. Jan 13, 2022 · On this day in 1996, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was snatched off her pink bicycle in Arlington, Texas, and forced into a black pick-up truck. Her body was found four days later near a stream