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The Deck

Amber Hoopes (9 of Clubs, Idaho)

The Deck

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True Crime

4.69.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Late one night in September 2001, Amber Hoopes walked out to her grandparents’ auto body shop in Idaho Falls, Idaho to use the computer. After sending an email and logging off the computer around 1am, Amber vanished. Police have evidence that shows she was abducted and killed, and while they have two viable suspects, Amber’s body has never been found.

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0:00.0

Our card this week is Amber Hoops, the nine of clubs from Idaho.

0:09.3

When Amber was 20 years old, she was living with her grandparents in East Idaho, babysitting

0:13.8

for some neighborhood kids and helping out at her family's auto body shop to save up

0:17.8

some cash before deciding if she wanted to head off to college.

0:21.0

But in September 2001, Amber vanished, and the only clues left behind made her family

0:28.1

and police absolutely certain she was abducted.

0:32.3

I'm Ashley Flowers, and this is The Deck.

0:58.1

On September 14, 2001, Kathleen Bergner and her husband Norris were watching TV at their

1:14.3

house in Idaho Falls, Idaho before bed.

1:17.6

It was just three days after 9-11, so almost everything on cable TV that night was news

1:22.5

coverage of the attacks.

1:25.0

On 10-30, Kathleen and Norris decided to turn in.

1:29.0

On the way to their bedroom, they said goodnight to their granddaughter Amber, who was awake

1:32.8

in her room.

1:34.5

A few hours later, at around 1am, Kathleen got up to use the bathroom and noticed that

1:38.9

the lights in TV and Amber's room were on, but Amber wasn't in there.

1:44.2

And keep in mind, Amber's 20 years old, so she came and went from the house as she pleased

1:48.9

without having to check in with her grandparents each time.

1:52.5

But she was very shy and didn't go out much, so it was weird for her not to be at home

1:57.3

at that time of night.

1:59.1

The first thought that popped into Kathleen's mind was that maybe Amber was over in the

2:02.8

shop office, because you see the family owned and ran an auto body shop that was right next

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