MurderUnsolved
The Murder of Amber Hagerman
Arlington, Texas, United StatesJanuary 13, 1996
Nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle near a grocery store in Arlington, Texas, on January 13, 1996. Her body was found four days later in a drainage ditch. Her killer was never identified. The case directly inspired the creation of the AMBER Alert emergency broadcast system for child abductions, now used across North America.