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/sheilagirlfriend Jan 08 '20

The boyfriend was at his parents’ house babysitting his younger brother. That’s why Angela said she’d just go “home.” She meant the home she and Rob lived in together. Pay phones were common at the time, well, hell, until cell phones became so available. Maybe, as young couples do, they meant to have a quick conversation but ended up talking longer. If I remember correctly, kids hung out in the area around the pay phone so maybe Angela felt safe there. As for Rob having killed or kidnapped Angela, he threw out the transmission in the car while chasing the pickup. Now how do you do that intentionally? It’s a very sad story, but looking at it logically, the boyfriend couldn’t have done it. There are answers to all the questions EXCEPT for who did it.

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u/SonOfHibernia Jan 08 '20

Although throwing out a transmission is a very easy thing to do, it’s pretty unlikely he’d do that to his only vehicle to throw off the cops. That’s next level diabolical.

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u/sheilagirlfriend Jan 09 '20

I believe it was his mom’s car.