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Trace Evidence

201 - The Disappearance of Angela Gray Hamby

Trace Evidence

Steven Pacheco

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.74.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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October 29th, 1982 -- Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Twenty year old Angela Gray Hamby had a big day planned with her mother. Together, the two women were set to head out on an all day shopping trip where they'd hit all the clothing stores, share lunch and just be together. Sadly, however, Angela never made it to the store that day.

At approximately 9:30am, Angela headed out to run some errands. She needed to fill her gas tank, drop off a payment on her car and deliver a message to her sister at work. All of this should have taken no longer than an hour so when Angela hadn't returned by 11am, her mother grew concerned. When noon hit, that concern transformed into panic and terror.

By evening, the Wilkes County Sheriff's Department, along with the Wilkesboro Police and the State Bureau of Investigation were out searching for the missing woman. More than fifteen hours after she had last been seen, detectives discovered her car, abandoned behind a local restaurant. Soon they found witnesses who had seen Angela throughout the day. One of them described an unknown male, seen behind the wheel of her car.

For nearly four decades the mystery of Angela's disappearance has haunted investigators, her family and the town of Wilkesboro. What became of the smart, driven, hardworking twenty year old who ran errands and never returned?

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On a cool October morning in Wilkesborough, North Carolina in 1982,

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20-year-old Angela Hamby was getting ready for a fun adventure.

0:49.0

Alongside her mother, Angela planned to take a shopping trip out of town

0:53.0

where they'd spend the day checking out clothes, eating a nice restaurant and having a good time.

0:58.0

Before she could go though, Angela had a few errands to run.

1:03.0

At approximately 9.30am, the 20-year-old left the family home with plans to be back inside of an hour.

1:09.0

She'd never made it back though, and as time continued to pass, her mother grew more and more worried.

1:15.0

By mid-afternoon, she'd contacted the police who began searching for the missing woman,

1:19.0

but there didn't appear to be any trace of her.

1:22.0

15 long hours after her disappearance, investigators stumbled upon her car.

1:28.0

It had been abandoned behind a local hotspot, Glens Tasty Freeze.

1:33.0

Inside, they found Angela's purse, wallet, and license.

1:37.0

However, the keys and money were gone.

1:39.0

It quickly became apparent that somewhere along her journey that morning,

1:43.0

Angela had encountered someone with dark intentions.

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