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01.13.1996

Amber Hagerman is abducted in a case that inspired the Amber alert system

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01.13.1996

While riding her bicycle in a parking lot in Arlington, Texas, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted by a man in a black pickup truck as she kicked and screamed. Five days later, her naked body was found in a creek five miles away. Her murder remains unsolved, but her kidnapping inspired the Amber alert system that seeks the public’s help in finding abducted children.

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