The NAMUS-45: Amber Cates

True Crime Bullsh**: The Israel Keyes Investigation

Studio BOTH/AND

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A missing teen with a challenging childhood is largely ignored by local law enforcement. A lack of good information mixed with a lot of finger pointing only exacerbates an already troubled investigation. And three disappearances along a rural highway beg some serious questions about Keyes.

This episode was written and researched by Shana Wilensky.
With production, editing, and additional research by Josh Hallmark

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Amber Elizabeth Cates was last seen on April 11, 2004 in Columbia, Tennessee.
0:14.9	At the time of her disappearance, she was just 16 years old.
0:19.4	She stood five foot five inches tall and weighed about 100 pounds.
0:24.8	Amber was Caucasian, had green eyes, and long light brown hair that she often died
0:30.2	blonde.
0:31.5	Amber had a slight over-bite inner-to-front teeth.
0:35.1	Details about Amber and her case are few and far between.
0:38.8	Articles about her disappearance are generally vague.
0:42.3	It's hard to tell if this vagueness is because not much is known about her case.
0:46.9	If the police are holding back, or if the media just didn't find a missing troubled teenage
0:52.4	girl all that interesting.
0:55.3	Here's what we do know about Amber and her family.
0:59.6	Amber's older half-sister Brenda James has served as the family's spokesperson in recent
1:04.8	years.
1:06.2	Brenda describes her baby sister as funny, energetic, and a normal 16-year-old.
1:12.6	Amber came from a large blended family, with Brenda and at least one other older sister
1:17.1	on her father's side.
1:18.8	A family photo on the Bring Amber Elizabeth Cates Home Facebook page shows Amber as a
1:24.2	baby with two brothers who look to be only a few years older than her.
1:29.4	Brenda says that before their father passed away, he made Brenda promise to look after her
1:34.0	little sister Amber.
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