Angela Rader & Tammy Akers Part 1

And Then They Were Gone

Little Monster Productions

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 971 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

On February 7, 1977, 14-year-old friends Tammy Akers and Angela Rader were dropped off at school, but they never went in. The girls, who had a history of truancy, were just assumed to be off somewhere together having fun. But when they never returned home, their families became worried. What was initially written off as two teens running away, turned much darker when a drunken confession three years later pointed fingers at someone very close to one of the families. Now, 44 years after their disappearance, questions still abound. In this two-part series, we delve into this story and discuss related cases and theories of what could have happened to the two Roanoke, Virginia girls, and why. For a full list of our sources, including photos and videos, please visit our website: AndThenTheyWereGone.com. SOURCES: Facebook: Find Angela Rader Facebook: Missing Tammy Lynn Akers WDBJ News at 6 transcript 12/11/97 Wikipedia: Earl Bramblett PAIR FREED AFTER YEARS ON DEATH ROW Reasonable Doubt, But Death Waits Charley Project: Tammy Lynn Akers Charley Project: Angela Mae Rader The Doe Network: Case File 1563DFVA The Doe Network: Case File 36DFVA The Charley Project Blog: Angela Rader Weeping Willow Project: Angela Mae Rader Whereabouts Still Unknown: Tammy Akers & Angela Rader Tammy Lynn Akers-missing since 1977 Family members ask for help in Roanoke City's cold case Tammy Akers and Angela Rader are still missing Websleuths: VA - Angela Rader, 14, & Tammy Akers, 14, Roanoke, 7 February 1977 40 years later, some of Gina Hall’s remains found in Pulaski County Defrosting Cold Cases: Gina Renee Hall partial remains found Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/attwgpod)

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0:00.0	Two 14-year-old best friends are dropped off at school on a cold February day, but they decide not to go in.
0:12.0	Skipping school was not new for either Angela Reader or Tammy Acres, and this day was likely supposed to be like many others in which they hung out and did anything other
0:21.5	than wasting their day in school. But even after the final bell rang, there was no sign of the
0:28.4	pair. They didn't return home that day, or the day after that. In fact, neither teenager has been
0:36.3	seen since that day in 1977.
0:40.3	While the teens were initially written off as runaways, now 44 years after their disappearance,
0:47.3	the investigation indicates that something much worse happened to the two girls,
0:52.3	and a sexual predator and murderer may be at the center
0:56.4	of it all. When a person goes missing, there's a special kind of pain in the not knowing. I want
1:03.1	to tell the stories of those who never came home. I want to tell you the story of Angela Raider
1:08.4	and Tammy Acres. I'm Kona Gallagher.
1:11.6	And I'm Ethan Flick.
1:12.7	And this is, and then they were gone. The
1:30.3	The This week's case is the oldest one we've covered.
1:56.6	Yeah, by far.
1:57.4	Yeah.
1:57.7	And the second in which two people disappeared together.
2:01.9	Yeah, that took me by surprise when you said that.
2:05.9	Yeah, yeah, it's crazy.
2:07.6	And it's another semi-local story as it took place right here in Virginia.
2:12.5	Oh, where?
2:13.7	Down in Roanoke, which I actually used to live there.
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