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Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Amber Hagerman: Epilogue

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In the final installment of the Amber Hagerman series: the Amber Hagerman Taskforce disbands. Detective Jim Ford and Sgt. Mark Simpson follow leads out of state, one that has a connection to Berlin, Germany. Amber’s mother Donna Whitson, Brother Ricky. And Father Richard Hagerman struggle to come to terms with the 9-year-old’s senseless and violent death. The legacy left after the tragic death of another little girl, 7-year-old Athen Strand, adds strength to the Amber Alert system in Texas.

If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Amber Rene Hagerman, please call the Arlington Police at (817)459-5772. You can also submit a tip by texting 847411 and typing ArlingtonPD (no spaces) first, followed by a space and your information. To remain anonymous and be eligible for a reward, please call Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at (817)469-8477

If your child is struggling with the loss of a loved one and you’re in North Texas, The WARM Place provides a safe, compassionate space for grieving children and their families. Go to thewarmplace.org for more information.

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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Dallas Morning News, The Boston Globe, The Raeford News-Journal, and court documents were used as sources for this episode.

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0:00.0

If you have any information about the abduction and murder of Amber Renee Haggerman, please

0:07.2

call the Arlington Police at 817-459-5772.

0:14.5

To remain anonymous and to be eligible for a reward, you can provide a tip at Tarant County

0:20.3

Crime Stoppers at 817-469-8477.

0:27.3

The Gone Cold Podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion

0:32.1

is advised.

0:35.3

Though often referred to as the first time the Amber Plan was ever implemented, even

0:40.5

by some major news outlets, the emergency alert had been used several times before the

0:46.7

November 1998 abduction of Rayleigh and Bradbury.

0:52.6

It was, however, the first time the law enforcement agency who was in charge of investigating

0:59.3

the Amber Plan's namesake, the Arlington Police, had used it.

1:04.9

More importantly, it was the first time it had been successful.

1:09.9

In fact, it was a monumental success.

1:15.1

At about 6.30 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 1998, Patricia and Stephen Bradbury both arrived

1:23.3

home to their apartment off Randall Mill Road in Arlington, not too far from the ballpark,

1:29.7

home of the Texas Rangers.

1:32.2

They got off from work expecting to see their two-month-old daughter and her babysitter

1:37.8

at any minute.

1:39.9

The parents trusted 42-year-old Sandra Joyce Fallis.

1:44.6

Not only had she come highly recommended by other tenants in the Waterford apartment complex,

1:51.0

but she also seemed to adore Little Rayleigh.

1:55.2

Stephen and Patricia became increasingly worried, however, as the clock continued to make

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