Amber Hageman, Justice Coming

[Delilah]

Most people are acutely aware of the Amber Alert and what it does for bringing quick responses for missing children, but many may not remember the case or the child for which the system was named.
Amber Hagerman was abducted and murdered in Arlington, TX. She was quickly abducted by a man who jumped out of a truck, grabbed her and drove off. She was found 4 days later in a creek bed, just tossed away like trash. Her abductor and murderer has never been found nor charged and her case has never been solved.

In order to bring about more stringent laws concerning sex offenders, her parents, along with other notable people such as Marc Klaas, were able to create the national sex offender registry and eventually the "Amber Alert" system.

In the news there is a newly created comic book written by a young 14 year old that is bringing Amber's case back into the limelight and hopefully a resolution. The efforts of Sheryl McCollum, Director of Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, and her students will quite possibly shed new light and give answers to Amber's family.

Shana Franklin, The 33 News

April 20, 2009 "Amber Hagerman Deserves Justice". It is the name of a newly released comic book and the desire of it's 14 year old author, Jake Tinsley. He says, "I hope the sick freak who did this gets caught."

That's why the Keller 8th grader has dedicated his 6th comic book to helping find the killer of Amber Hagerman. The 9 year old girl disappeared in 1996 while riding her bicycle near her grandparents' home in Arlington. Her body was found days later. Amber's Mom, Donna Norris, says, "It's been 13 years since my daughter has been abducted and murdered. I do not want people to forget who Amber is, who she was and what kind of little girl she was."

Donna Norris holds out strong hope for the comic book, which was announced today outside her Hurst home. It coincided with another announcement. A group of college students, headquartered out of Bauder College in Atlanta, is taking a year-long look at the case. Part of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute. Institute director, Sheryl McCollum, says, "The institute started in 2005, taking on unsolved homicide or missing persons cases, trying to take a new look at em, a fresh look."

The Institute has investigated seven cases to date, including Natalie Holloway's and Chandra Levy's. Alongside experts, 150 students will all but recreate Amber's case, including putting together a timeline. In a year, it will give law enforcement any helpful findings. In the meantime it gives Donna Norris hope. She says, "The person that butchered her he's still out there walking around and I want justice for my daughter deeply I really do."

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[judy]

the amber alert is the best thing to happen for missing kids, it is working.my heart, and thoughts go out to her family,

[Lourdes Pagan]

We have the Amber alert here,however now we also have a new way to reach the community and the surrounding towns when a child goes missing. A few weeks ago was the first time that was put into action and it work like a charm. A 7 year Old was missing just before 7:00am once the Amber Alert was initiated every household in the two adjancent towns were called. The child was found within 1/2 hour or so. I do not know what else the different States or Counties have, but this automatic system worked so fast that the child was reunited with the family very quickly.

[Liam L'heureux]

In 1995 Amber Hagerman's mother was initially featured in a series of articles in the Dallas Morning News (AH Belo Corp). This serial article detailed the Texas Department of Human Services and a few of their clients.

Later this same year WFAA Channel 8 (AH Belo Corp) the Dallas ABC affiliate continued the intial reports with video coverage.

In October 1995 another adult female featured in the intial newspaper articles was discovered murdered within her Dallas Ft Worth area home.

The bicycle Amber Hagerman was riding when abducted was a gift bought, paid for and delivered by AH Belo employees.

After Amber Hagerman was abducted, and prior to the discovery of her remains, there was a subsequent article written in the Dallas Morning News (AH Belo Corp), asking "Where is Amber Hagerman?"

Amber Hagerman (AH) was discovered in a creek bed below (Belo) an apartment complex, by a man walking his dog.

Amber Hagerman (AH) was discovered below (Belo) the apartment complex where a male reporter lived.

I do not whom this reporter was, or whom employed him, but his own words were "initially I was scared that I might be considered a suspect," or words to that effect.

I truly believe that the AH Belo Corp expereinced these same fears.

Might the abduction, rape and violent murder of Amber Hagerman be reasonabley qualify as a revenge motivated violent crime (directed generally at the DMN, or specifically at this unknown reporter?

After years of no progress in Amber's case, and during the analysis of a previous violent crime, I contacted the DFW CBS affiliate and "urged" their Investigative Reporter to push the jurisdictional law enfocement agency hard about the unknown Amber Hagerman offender, as "projecting;" motives (communications and/or behavior), and defense mechanisms (blame).

The CBS affiliate came away with the previously unknown knowledge, that the offender had engaged in un-sophisticated drawings (projecting) depicting offense behavior at the crime scene onto the concrete culvert (pipe) where she was discovered.

After meticulously detailing this behavioral evidence, it was obliterated.

In my humble opinion, this is a violent crime that can be solved.


Amber Hagerman was discovered