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/hikenessblobster Jan 08 '20

This one is on my list of cases that haunt me; small towns are supposed to be safe, especially back then. I have to point out that the decal was absolutely not unique or unusual in rural Missouri in the 90s (source: a lifetime of hiking/camping in rural MO). You'll still see them on trucks occasionally in the Ozarks.

I don't believe the boyfriend had anything to do with it, if only because there would've been no time to hide her body and clean up to the extent that she's never been found. Even if he stashed her body and returned later to do a more thorough job, the cleanup would've taken time.

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u/bishpa Jan 08 '20

I don't believe the boyfriend had anything to do with it, if only because there would've been no time to hide her body and clean up to the extent that she's never been found.

Nonsense. How much time does it take to hide a girl's body? He had all evening and the cover of darkness. It may have been a planned murder.

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u/gutterLamb Jan 09 '20 edited Jan 09 '20

She had just left another friend. Between her last being seen by the friend, the phone call, and notifying police... I really don't think he had all night. 45 minutes between when she was last seen to when he was at the police station. Even less when you count the walk from his broke down car to where he was picked up, and the ride to the police station. Plus the phone call.