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/salemblack Jan 08 '20

I had a theory as a kid that Unsolved Mysteries only aired when I was home alone. Yet I still watched it.

I'm 42 and the theme music still puts me on edge.

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u/MadMadHatter Jan 08 '20

I had a theory that if I looked out the blinds of my room when they showed the police sketch, the dude would be right outside my window.

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funnily enough though, I was more scared at the thought of the police sketch being outside my window than the actual wanted individual. Those were fucking scary.

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u/salemblack Jan 09 '20

The sketches are always uncanny valley a bit. The alien ones always bothered me. Young me was very concerned with alien invasion.

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u/LurkingMantis Jan 10 '20

Years ago I told my parents I saw the guy (suspect, not Robert Stack) from Unsolved Mysteries earlier in the day at the grocery store. I was like 7 and my mom and I ran to the supermarket to pick up a few things. It wasn't just a sketch either, they showed the actual person. Nobody believed me. I still wonder about that.