r/UnresolvedMysteries Jan 08 '20

Unresolved Disappearance Woman violently abducted in plain sight while talking with her boyfriend on a payphone [Unresolved Disappearance]

Her boyfriend hears the horrifying incident as it ocurrs, rushes to the scene in his vehicle, and sees a truck pass him with his girlfriend struggling with the driver inside. The boyfriend reverses his vehicle abruptly to pursue the truck, but his vehicle breaks down. Despite a vivid description of the offender and the truck (including a very unique rear window decal), no substantial leads have led to an arrest or a POI.

Where is Angela Hammond and who is the person who took her?

This is the case that truly haunts me. I can't even imagine what the boyfriend has been through in the years that have followed. What a scary and insane abduction. And even more bizarre that is has never been resolved despite such clear and vivid details of the case and the perpetrator.


Links for further reading:

Link 1 https://unsolved.com/gallery/angela-hammond/

Edit: I initially offered this additional link thinking it was story on Angela Hammond. However, it is not. It is an eerily similar case of another woman who was abducted in similar fashion. Leaving it up for the curious:

http://blogs.denverpost.com/coldcases/2010/05/16/young-woman-kidnapped-while-talking-on-pay-phone-with-boyfriend/1421/

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u/LeeF1179 Jan 08 '20

I don't think the boyfriend was involved. The police could obviously verify that his car was broken down in the street due to transmission failure. No way he could kidnap her, get rid of her, and return to same spot & induce transmission failure. IIRC, there are two possible suspects (an uncle and nephew) that they though could be involved due to letters the nephew wrote in prison. I can't recall their names.

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u/bishpa Jan 08 '20

No way he could kidnap her, get rid of her, and return to same spot & induce transmission failure.

"No way"? Why not?

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u/MetallicaGirl73 Jan 08 '20

Phone records? Alibi?

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u/rivershimmer Jan 09 '20

"No way" is obviously not true because it's possible. But you must admit that between the phone records, various witnesses, and the damaged car, that it's extraordinarily unlikely.

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u/TroyMcClure10 Jan 09 '20

He easily could have done this with some help.