As an English teacher, I often contemplate words. This week, I found myself thinking about the term

grasp and how we use it. My students can grasp a concept, and I can hold my phone firmly in my grasp.

But more often than not, we use the term to imply its opposite, that which we thought we had,

but we no longer do, to lose our grasp on something, or something we're striving to attain,

but hard as we will it to happen. We just can't quite get there because it's just out of grasp.

It's funny how that works. Something we're so sure of, held tightly, we're confident in

to a grip so fragile that we don't know if we'll ever reach it again. In our case this week, the same could be said for a relationship.

A young couple were in the beginning stages of planning for a family

and beginning their lives together.

They were a small town couple, known and well-liked by all.

A beautiful future seemed so sure. They and all those who knew them

were confident. Until that is, one of them was abducted on the night of April 4, 1991. This is

the story of Angela Hammond. Welcome to coffee in cases where we like our coffee hot and our cases cold.

My name is Allison Williams.

And my name is Maggie Damran.

We will be telling stories each week in the hopes that someone out there with any information concerning the case will take those tips to law enforcement so justice and closure can be brought to these families.

With each case, we encourage you to continue in the conversation on our Facebook page, Coffee in Case's podcast, and to follow us on Instagram at Coffee Cases Podcast, because, as these

families know, conversation helps to keep their missing family member in the public consciousness,

helping to keep their memories alive. So sit back, sip your coffee, and listen to what's brewing this

week. So to start our show today, Maggie and I would like to thank Beth.

We don't know your last name, Beth, but Beth, who donated on Buy Me a Coffee to support our show.

Oh, go bet.

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