Amber Hagerman Part 5: Bad Men

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Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The Amber Hagerman Taskforce searched far and wide for suspects. Whether a perpetrator was known, like a Fort Lauderdale, Florida child rapist and killer or was yet to be apprehended, such as the monster responsible for raping and killing a 12-year-old girl in a Houston suburb, there was certainly no shortage of suspects to scrutinize. Even an obsessive tipster came on the Taskforce’s radar. But police investigating the January 13th abduction and subsequent murder of 9-year-old Amber Hagerman couldn’t catch a break that led to an arrest, or enough proof that actually made them believe they’d identified their guy. At least in the three cases discussed in this episode.

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

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0:00.0	The Gone Cole podcast may contain violent or graphic subject matter, listener discretion
0:06.5	is advised.
0:09.9	Friendswood, Texas, founded in 1895 by Quakers, is about 20 miles southeast of Houston.
0:17.9	There, in the semi-rural Wooded Community, lived a family named The Smithers.
0:24.6	12-year-old Laura Kate Smither was a gifted student, a girl scout, and could even scuba dive.
0:31.9	But most of all, she was passionate about ballet and quite talented.
0:37.7	In fact, Laura's parents had supported her unaccommodating dance schedule by teaching
0:43.8	her at home the past school year.
0:47.2	For the most part, it was her stepmother who doled out the academic lessons.
0:52.5	Laura's mother died of breast cancer when she was only 18 months old, and Gail, who'd
0:58.5	been her nanny, married Laura's father about a year later.
1:03.6	Upon doing so, Gail immediately adopted the little girl, who she loved with all her heart.
1:12.4	Just after nine o'clock on the morning of Thursday, April 3, 1997, and overcast and rainy
1:19.5	morning, Laura woke up to find her stepmother preparing to cook pancakes.
1:25.9	She'd awakened happy, and finding out they were having flapjacks for breakfast only heightened
1:31.6	her good spirits.
1:34.1	But Laura had priorities.
1:36.6	She asked Gail if she could go for a jog before eating.
1:41.8	Jogging had become a regular routine for the aspiring ballerina, part of her strength
1:47.4	conditioning for dance.
1:50.3	Gail of course told Laura she could go, but told her to be back in 20 minutes.
1:56.5	The 12-year-old left for her routinely 15-minute run, but when a half an hour had passed,
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