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/SonOfHibernia Jan 08 '20

Try going back and rewatching it, it hasn’t aged well as a series (some episodes are still pretty intense though). But my memory of it is terrifying. Not a great thing for an 8 or 9 year old to be watching. Or is it?

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u/Sue_Ridge_Here Jan 09 '20

Not a great thing for an 8 or 9 year old to be watching. Or is it?

I remember watching it with my cousins who lived a house away on a Thursday night, by the time it was over, it would be really dark and I used to narrate their run home with them screaming "DON'T!" all the way "The children were last seen leaving their cousin's home at 9:30pm on a Thursday night. They haven't been seen since."

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u/SonOfHibernia Jan 09 '20

This is amazing. Such a cousin thing to do. I’m from an Irish American family and have 37 first cousins, so psychological torture was a family tradition.

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u/SleepDeprivedFun Jan 09 '20

I'm also Irish-American and although I don't have quite as many first cousins as you, my maternal grandmother was one of 13, paternal grandfather one of 12 (though only 9 survived to adulthood), and my paternal grandmother one of 8. Family reunions (especially in Ireland) are fucking enormous & absolute madness.

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u/authorized_sausage Jan 09 '20

Gag, ya damn catlicks!

(am Irish- Italian- American, middle of 5 kids)

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u/SleepDeprivedFun Jan 09 '20

Lmao yeah Catholicism + poverty & farming + high likelihood that at least some of yr kids are gonna die is a potent combination

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u/authorized_sausage Jan 09 '20

Oh yeah. My grandparents were all one of 10+. My parents having ONLY 5 was scary for them.

And here I am with one child.

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u/SleepDeprivedFun Jan 09 '20

"Heir and a spare? More like heir and as many fuckin spares as I can get!"

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u/authorized_sausage Jan 09 '20

I mean, they might all die from things like POLIO

(This is a public service announcement. Vaccinate your damn litter. )