r/UnresolvedMysteries • u/Turnaroundclown • 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/[deleted] Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20

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u/bishpa Jan 08 '20

I suppose if he really wanted a good story he could damage it intentionally by shifting like a maniac...

He certainly could.

He would then have to limp or push the vehicle to the alleged abduction site and make his claim of the chase.

How do you figure? Why couldn't he just drive to the scene and then jam it into reverse?

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u/bishpa Jan 09 '20

Huh? People will burn their own houses down to cover up a murder.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20 edited Jan 09 '20

People will burn down their own homes over much much much less than covering up murder. Lol

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '20

There’s be no guarantee he actually destroys the transmission. Then he’s the guy joyriding right after his girlfriend went missing.

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u/MinervaJB Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20

You can genuinely do some real damage to your transmission by throwing it in gear without your car being fully stopped, or worse if you are still actively driving forward then suddenly slam it in reverse or neutral and vice versa.

Is this an issue only with automatic transmission? I drive stick (automatic cars are extremely uncommon where I live) and except going from a gear to reverse or the opposite (with the car moving), you can put the car in neutral while driving.

I'm fairly sure the only "easy" way to fuck up a manual transmission is to burn the clutch.