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25 years after Amber Hagermans kidnapping, heres why detectives stay hopeful for a breakthrough in her case
By Charles Scudder and Dana Branham
7:15 PM on Jan 12, 2021 CST
For the first time, police said they have DNA evidence that some day with new technology that has solved other high-profile cold cases could be the key to finding her killer.
When 9-year-old Amber Hagerman vanished Jan. 13, 1996, Sgt. Ben Lopez quickly realized hers wasnt a typical missing-child case.
He was a patrol officer, driving around Arlington that afternoon looking for a black pickup connected to her disappearance. When he saw media vans lined up, he realized the seriousness of the case.
I remember seeing that and knowing right away that this was a real stranger abduction, Lopez said. Of course, all of us were hoping that we would find her alive at that time.
A few days later, Amber was found dead in an Arlington creekbed. No one has been arrested for her kidnapping or murder in the quarter-century since. Yet as detectives approach the anniversary of her kidnapping, they hold out hope that the case can be solved.
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/
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