25 Years Later: Arlington Police Renews Public Interest In Amber Hagerman Case As Search For Suspect Continues

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 13, 2021

ARLINGTON (CBSDFW.COM) – It was 25 years ago Wednesday when Amber Hagerman was kidnapped in Arlington. With the crime still unsolved the Arlington Police Department looked to renew the public’s interest surrounding her abduction and subsequent murder on January 13, 1996.

The crime led to the development of the Amber Alert System, which is now used worldwide to send public signals about missing children in danger.

Amber, who was 9 years old at the time, was taken from the parking lot of an abandoned grocery store as she rode her bicycle. Witnesses later reported that a white or Hispanic man, driving a black pickup, kidnapped her.

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