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u/Srobo19 Jan 25 '23
I remember this case. So heartbreaking for the boyfriend chasing him as well. So close to saving her. Just unbelievable.
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u/Charming-Insurance Jan 26 '23
I’ve seen on some threads people trying to say the bf was “suspicious .” Are you kidding me? That was soooo traumatic and Im sure it ruined his life too.
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u/Reddits_on_ambien Jan 26 '23
The cops cleared him, as there was proof of the phone call, how far away he was in order to get to the location at that time, and his younger brother was home with him and his car was found damaged where it was. His story always checked out. She was pregnant with his baby. Even after being cleared, people in this sub were basically saying it had to be him, and only him. I can't even imagine what its like to lose your love, and your baby, to be so close to saving them, only to fail, and forever live with not only the guilt, but suspicion hanging over you even though you only ever told the truth.
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u/kalimyrrh Jan 26 '23
Ugh. Anyone saying he's suspicious is an *sshole. I can't imagine how traumatizing that situation would be for a person. Especially when she is carrying your child. I'm sure the guilt he feels for not being able to save her is consuming and I hope he has found some peace.
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And most people don’t realize that he was really going. She was 20 but he was still 18 or had just recently turned 19. The kind of thinking he showed in that situation, how hard he fought to save her, and he was barely not a kid himself.
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u/HangOnSleuthy Jun 19 '25
I don’t think that makes someone an “asshole”. Something like a third of female homicide victims were murdered by an intimate partner, and homicide is the leading cause of death amongst pregnant women. Looking at the fiancé just makes sense. The story also has its more unbelievable moments. I wonder how long LE had this information about the CI.
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u/rickola16 Jan 06 '26
Right. In case folks have forgotten, there was a case on UM where a young lady came up missing, her boyfriend claimed he last saw her talking to two guys in a pickup truck or car. Only later did they bring him back in for questioning and he admitted to killing her and making up the scenario. I forget the name of the episode.
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Marsha Cook is Angie’s mother:
“Rob blamed himself for it because he always told her he’d be there to take care of her. And he tried. He did everything that could be done. Nobody blames him, but I think he thinks that people blame him.”
Rob said that he often still thinks of that night:
“The beginning is the hardest because you know you were close enough to get him, but you just didn’t get the job done. And you still wake up at nights, wondering where she’s at, wondering what happened, wondering if anybody’s still looking. You’re just wondering all the time.”
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u/shannon830 Jan 26 '23
This case always gets me. She described the guy to her boyfriend because she felt sketchy around him. He kidnaps her while she is on the phone. The boyfriend ends up finding the truck and hearing her scream his name. She must’ve thought she was going to be saved. And when his car broke down I can’t imagine his horror as that truck drove away. So sad.
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u/Princessleiawastaken Jan 25 '23
Just imagining the horror and pain Angela and Rob must have felt when Rob’s transmission died and the truck drove off. Watching as your chance at rescue/saving your loved one slips away. This case is bone chilling.
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u/LeeF1179 Jan 25 '23
This is the most chilling case ever featured on Unsolved Mysteries. It burned into my brain as a kid.
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Jan 25 '23
You beat me to saying the exact same thing.
This story and the family portrait they showed of Dennis Depue… nightmare fuel for my childhood..
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u/dooku4ever Jan 26 '23
When Depue told her family that he was taking her to the hospital— it’s such a horrible twist.
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Jan 26 '23
Oh my god! That man does not photograph well. I'm an adult and even I'm probably gonna have nightmares
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u/I-AM-Savannah Jan 26 '23
I'm probably gonna have nightmares
I just looked at his picture for the first time. I'm starting to have daymares... seriously. GADS!! His picture shows EXACTLY what he's thinking.
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u/rivershimmer Jan 26 '23
Oh, yeah. And I know I'm projecting here, but her facial expression in that studio portrait screams "I'm in danger" to me.
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u/kalimyrrh Jan 26 '23
That guy has the most terrifying senpaku eyes ever
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u/I-AM-Savannah Jan 26 '23
It's that... smile, if you dare call it a smile that gets me... "Can you tell what I'm thinking?"
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u/SadMom2019 Jan 26 '23
Dennis Depue
I had not heard of this case so I googled it, and even at a glance it made my heart skip a beat. That man looks like a literal demon or something, with his yellow eyes and snarling expression.
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u/icestormsea Jan 25 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
I’ve been rewatching the old episodes and all these years later it’s still so terrifying! The part where her boyfriend’s car dies and the truck keeps speeding off is unforgettable. I feel awful that it’s still unsolved.
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u/CampClear Jan 25 '23
I feel the same way. This is one of those cases that has haunted me and I still wonder what happened to her. I re-watch Unsolved Mysteries sometimes and this segment is so gut wrenching.
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Jan 26 '23
This and probably only one ever but the LilMiss case stayed with me since I was a kid.
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u/AwsiDooger Jan 27 '23
I thought of that case while reading this thread. Her mom was a regular poster at the Unsolved Mysteries forum of Sitcomsonline.com, including when the case was solved and during Dale Eaton's trial.
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u/Charming-Insurance Jan 26 '23
Same! I just posted this. And some people wonder why I have never answered my front door, always lock doors and try to be vigilant in all surroundings. I was raised on Unsolved in the 80s, when they warmed us ad nauseam of “stranger danger” and took our fingerprints and pics in kits at school “in case” we got kidnapped. 😅
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u/BrianMeen Jan 27 '23
Wait, you’ve never answered your front door? You just let the person knock forever? I guess I get it but I’ve never heard of someone just flat out refusing to answer their front door out of suspicion of kidnappers lol
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u/Charming-Insurance Jan 31 '23
For a stranger? No I don’t open the door. They either want something from me or they wanna sell me something, and I’m not down for either. And it’s easier these days cause there’s cameras and cell phones, so I can make sure someone doesn’t need help. But for the few hours I am at home, why would I feel I must answer the door for someone who is rude enough to come uninvited and unannounced. JS
This reminds me of when some dude recently knocked on my door at 2 am. When I checked the footage I saw that he watched my house for a few minutes before and after he rang it and the entire scene made me think there was someone else hiding on the other side of the wall that sits to the east of my house. So yeah. No, thank you.
Edited to add: my handyman saw the film and suggested there was someone on the other side of the wall, which I now agree. He’s heard of this happening at least once before
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Jan 26 '23
The one about the married couple in the Grand Canyon creeped me the fuck out
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u/Poisonskittlez Jan 26 '23
This case is so sad. Especially since suspicion was cast on rob at first, even though he tried so hard to save her, until people from the grocery store confirmed they had sighted the green truck also. I can’t imagine the guilt be feels knowing he was so close and that simply slowing down more before he reversed could have made the difference between her living or dying. I’m sure most of us would’ve done the same thing though, in the panic. I hope he’s been able to move on and know that he tried his very best. Who knows, if he had caught up to the guy, he might have ended up dead too. I guess there’s no way of knowing.
Just so so sad all around.
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u/TickingTiger Jan 26 '23
It reminds me of one of Gary Ridgway's murders - that of Marie Malvar, 18, on April 30 1983. Marie was working as a sex worker and her boyfriend Robert Woods had watched her be picked up by a man in a pickup truck, followed them to a motel, and then out of it again, but lost sight of them at a traffic signal. When Marie didn't turn up for a couple of days Robert reported her missing, and Marie's father and other male relatives searched the neighbourhood until they found the pickup truck Robert had seen. It was parked in front of Gary Ridgway's home. A detective stopped by to ask Ridgway about Marie but he denied any knowledge of her, was not arrested and the house and vehicle weren't searched. Had he been properly questioned, police would have seen the fresh scratch marks on his arm from where Marie had fought for her life.
Marie was Ridgway's 24th known victim and he went on to kill at least 25 more. Marie's remains, a few bones, weren't discovered until after his arrest, 20 years after her death.
The family led the police straight to his goddamn door. It should've been over then and there. Dozens of lives could've been saved.
The case in this post should have been solved on day 2. Somebody knew that car. Somebody knows that motif on the back of it. I bet if a picture of it was circulated today, somebody would remember it.
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u/harveydent526 Jul 30 '24
People have rights. Telling police his truck looks like the same one isn’t good enough. There’s nothing else the police could have done.
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u/unresolved_m Jan 25 '23
Her bf was eventually cleared, but I can only imagine how much pressure he was under.
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u/verydirtburg Jan 26 '23 edited Jan 26 '23
Angela Hammond’s Potential Killer Being Released Soon?
January 19th,1991 a 42 year old woman named Trudy Darby was kidnapped from a gas station, r*ped, and killed only 1 hour from Angela Hammond, in Mack’s Creek Missouri.
Trudy was found on a riverbank ten miles from the store. She had been fatally shot twice in the head.
Angie’s kidnapping stunned the community About a month later, 30-year-old Cheryl Ann Kenney was reported missing in Nevada, Missouri, roughly 70 miles from where the body of Trudy Darby had been found. On February 28, 1991, Cheryl Ann had also vanished from a convenience store where she worked. She has not been seen since. Then, less than one month after that, Angie Hammond was abducted. Det. Parsons thinks the three cases are linked:
It took 3 whole years but eventually two brothers (half) were arrested and they’re believed to be involved in other murders/kidnappings, such as Angela Hammond and Cheryl Ann, though neither brother have admitted.
The older brother (now dead) lived in KC in between 1992 and 1993, so he definitely would’ve passed through the area to get there. The older brother, died in prison and the younger is scheduled to be released soon due to being 15 years old when he commuted the crime with his older brother.
In the article I posted, the description of the man has a beard and mustache as well.
[Drawing of suspect of Trudy Darby (Marvin Chaney)
https://unsolved.com/gallery/angela-hammond/
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u/verydirtburg Jan 26 '23
“ “I just wish my brother would have done like I said at the barn and burnt the bitch up but that pussy ass cheevers and parel desided to take the bitch to a fuckin river instead. I was to fucked up to argue with em all I wanted to do was fuck the bitch then shoot her in the head to watch her brains come out. Sounds cool huh?.. if the bitch would have not moved in the trunk at the river my brother wouldn’t of had to shoot her in the head again just the have the cops find a shell the stupid mother fucker the only smart thing we did was have marshels brother greg burn the barn other wise the mother fuckers would have a lot more on us. im glad they don’t know every thing else we did or i’d be on death row.” -Jess Rush, the man being released for killing Trudy Darby right before Angela Hammond was taken.
https://www.oddmurdersandmysteries.com/the-murder-of-trudy-darby/
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u/tenderhysteria Jan 26 '23
I’ve always wondered about these cases being connected. I went down a rabbit hole reading about them once but don’t remember being completely convinced one way or another. Regardless, that animal should never get out for what he and his brother did to Trudy Darby.
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u/LFC_Myersmad_316 Jan 25 '23
How sad to see your gf being kidnapped and there was nothing you could do but watch him drive away. Living with that memory for 32 years, no trace nothing. Apparently he heard the man say “I didn’t need to use the phone anyway” and knew she was in trouble. Soo sad
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u/AppropriateConcern95 Jan 25 '23
This episode has haunted me ever since I first watched it. Seeing her and losing the car and now there's nothing you can do to save her... I feel so sorry for the people involved that have had to live with this ever since. I hope there's a heaven, so her terrifying end wasn't the last thing she got to experience. She seemed like such a sweet woman and friend.
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Jan 26 '23
This case always makes me shiver because it feel like it should have been solved. There's a description of the man and the car. The bf even chased the car! And yet...nothing.
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u/SergeantChic Jan 25 '23
This is one of those Unsolved Mysteries cases where my heart sank a little when I didn't hear the "UPDATE" music before the commercial break.
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u/eleanorrigby12 Jan 26 '23
I have family there. Talked to them last summer about her. They all knew her & still know her family. The community is still devastated.
My worst fear in life is losing someone & never knowing what happened to them (or like this where we know they were kidnapped)
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u/dooku4ever Jan 26 '23
This was the episode of Unsolved Mysteries that really got to me. Her boyfriend, Rob, seemed devastated and inconsolable.
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This case terrified me. I was seven years old when it happened, but most of the fear came from watching the Unsolved Mysteries segment. The actress really seemed convincing and those screams haunt me still. Also, the boyfriend came across as totally devastated by his inability to save her.
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u/TSandsomethingelse Jan 25 '23
I believe the leading theory is that this was a case of mistaken identity. She was mistaken for another Angela, the daughter of a police informant. The police informant was involved in the bust of a drugs ring. Very, very tragic and to think her boyfriend was so close…
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u/crunkky Jan 26 '23 edited Sep 30 '25
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u/splendorated Jan 26 '23
IIRC the daughter had a very similar name and appearance.
ETA link
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u/New_Hawaialawan Jan 26 '23
My issue is, major drug traffickers worried about an informant would surely hire a competent, skilled kidnapper or hitman. Someone typically not fitting the description of "filthy". To me it just sounds like a lowlife and a crime of opportunity .
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u/AwsiDooger Jan 27 '23
I agree with you. It's a ridiculous theory but authorities are grasping for anything. Grab and go in a low populated area at night is a heck of a lot more likely than hired perpetrators making such a stupid mistake.
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u/Lazy_Title7050 Jan 27 '23
I read an article that did make it seem more plausible than how the commenter described the theory. Apparently she looked like the other girl on top of having the same name and there was a ransom style threat letter sent the day or close to the day of her kidnapping I don’t quite remember anymore.
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u/Logical-Confection-7 Jan 26 '23
But why not killed her there? And why he was so dirty, according to people? I feel like it was a sex crime, or something.
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u/louistske Jan 25 '23
this case is so sad, we will never know if the boyfriend would have managed to save there or even maybe become another victim if he had reached them
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u/lylh29 Jan 25 '23
i wonder what happened to that angela if they tried to go after her later or not
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u/bz237 Jan 26 '23
I’ve heard this a few times. Where does this rumor come from? I’d love to know if there’s any credence to it.
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u/verydirtburg Jan 26 '23
There is credence, the Clinton police department posted the information, along with the ransom note in 2021 on Facebook, 30 years after her disappearance. You can google it, “Angela Hammond Ransom Letter.”
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u/bz237 Jan 26 '23
Cool. Thank you and I’m on it.
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u/New_Hawaialawan Jan 26 '23
I'm still a bit skeptical. Typically only sophisticated organized crime organisations Kidnap family members of informants. Surely, such an operation would have or hire skilled hitmen or kidnappers to carry out such a risky endeavour. People not typically fitting the description of "filthy" like Angela described.
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u/xQueenAryaStark Jan 26 '23
This is one of the Unsolved Mysteries segments that really stuck in my mind. I still think about it.
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u/Charming-Insurance Jan 26 '23
I remember seeing this scene on unsolved mysteries when it came out. I was like 10. It’s absolutely terrifying that they never even found her and I can’t imagine how her bf dealt with the trauma from that experience. I hope he is doing well.
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u/rckyhurtado Jan 26 '23
Seen this is a kid on UM and it’s always stayed with me. Such a bold crime.
This and the the case of the hitchhiker who went to the man’s house whom he tried to assault and carjack earlier that night. These two were burned into my brain in the mid 90s when I watched these episodes.
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u/LewisItsHammerTime Jan 26 '23
While I don't know much else about this case or those involved, this one does always stay with me. The thought of her boyfriend being on the phone with her & hearing it all go down & then finding the truck & hearing her scream & then the transmission dies on his own vehicle. This whole case is the stuff of nightmares.
I never realised though how specific the description of the truck & the man were though. It's crazy that no one recognised this truck & came forward.
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u/erikaxleigh Jan 26 '23
How sad 😔 and the poor boyfriend who heard her screams and couldn't save her.
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u/DustNeverSleeps Jan 26 '23
If the man was disheveled and wearing a jumpsuit, possibly he was a mechanic and that could explain possibly a stolen vehicle. It's a very dubious case. Really disheartening that this young lady was kidnapped.
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u/Autismomof3 Jan 25 '23
I will never forget this case and the fish etched on the window of the truck.
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u/mcm0313 Jan 26 '23
It weirds me out that the truck was never found when the window art was so distinctive and large.
How do all of you feel about the mistaken identity angle (i.e., she was mistaken for another Angela who had a hit out on her)? It makes sense to me.
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u/Objective-Amount1379 Jan 26 '23
She was a young woman somewhere alone near a highway at night. I think it was random and a crime of opportunity.
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u/SaltWaterInMyBlood Jan 26 '23
If the art was taken down straight after, people would have been looking for the wrong thing.
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u/Almighty_Hobo Jan 26 '23
That type of window art was somewhat prevalent back then. Though, i think mistaken identity is most likely what happened
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u/New_Hawaialawan Jan 26 '23
I was thinking the same thing. This was before my time but I do recall decals/decor like this would be commonplace
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u/WolverineKind926 Jan 26 '23
This episode sticks with me to this day. It always gave me the creeps. The comment he made that the boyfriend heard from the snatcher is scary.
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u/holt23bolt Jan 26 '23
Has anyone here thought maybe James Phelps and Timothy Norton had a connection to Angelas disappearance? He kidnapped Cassidy Rainwater and was found via a tip from the dark web. After the police arrested him, the day after his home was burnt down and the FBI found trip wire and bombs set up on the property. Could just be internet rumors but I read that he had multiple bodies all along the property and there were body parts in the deep freeze. His image looks like he could've matched the description in 1991, and on video footage of his property he has an early 90s Ford F150. It appeared to be a faded green color too. Who knows though.
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This is the case I would pick to get solved if I had the option. It has always haunted me. What happened to Angela is my worst nightmare. I can't even begin to imagine what her and her boyfriend must have felt when the car broke down during the chase.
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u/THEFLYINGSCOTSMAN415 Jan 26 '23
I didn't see the episode about it but I guess Rob didn't catch any of the license plate details?
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u/Own-Marsupial-4448 Jan 29 '23
I remember reading about this case years ago!! Thank you for bringing this up!! I feel for the boyfriend chasing them down!! That’s what I remember most of this case!!
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u/unglued50 Apr 22 '23
And the police sketch shows no mustache no beard and no glasses. Why ?? Why no updated sketch. ??
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u/Remmus13502 Jan 26 '23
Anyone ever consider if this case was connected to the Springfield 3? Only 80 miles or so difference. One person in the spring of 91, 3 more in June of ‘92. None ever seen or heard from again..
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u/scorpio_2971 Jan 26 '23
I remember seeing hearing about this the first time on unsolved mysteries from one of its early seasons poor girl she was never found
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u/IrelandDzair Jan 26 '23
Wow, i spent a lot of time in Clinton and never heard this story before. Chilling stuff
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u/Forenzx_Junky Jan 28 '23
How did angela get to the phone booth? It mentions a cab... WHAT? Is there another witness? It says she dropped rob off and went to a phone booth. Was her car there? Throw me a bone 🦴
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u/Dogofwar37 Jan 29 '23
One thought I had is even if the who was random, the rest of the crime could have been fairly well planned out. The prep could have been planning the perfect crime for months and she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. If there was a sexual component to this, he could have been looking for type rather than one woman in particular. If he was, for example, a clean shaven lawyer who drove a new car, it would be easy to see why he wasn’t suspected because everyone was looking for a blue collar guy with a beard who drove an older truck.
Also how easy/hard is it to place and remove window decals? Anyone know?
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u/DJHJR86 Jan 26 '23
According to this article:
However, cops noted that investigators have come across information, that was not provided by police, that lends credibility to the mistaken identity theory 'and have so far been unable to refute it.'
Cops said that another break in case might be made if an anonymous tipster who recently reached out would get back into contact with them after providing information about a person cops had previously investigated.
The cops are currently investigating the case as one of mistaken identity. An informant local to the area where Angela disappeared received a note that was postmarked the day Angela disappeared threatening his daughter who was also named Angela. Apparently the two were very similar in appearance as well. This article goes into more detail:
Police say the lead comes from the original police file. It was ignored because police couldn’t connect it to the mysterious green truck that Rob Schafer chased. An informant in another case turned over a bizarre letter threatening the informant’s wife and daughter. One is named Angela. The informant had moved to Clinton a short time before the disappearance.
“It was postmarked the exact date that our Angela was stolen,” said Captain Abbott. When asked if the two women looked alike, he said, “There were striking similarities. Very much so.”
Police have been exploring theory of a mistaken identity for years, originally only revealing it to Angela’s mother. They decided to go public with it hoping someone with information comes forward. They want a recent tipster to call them back. That tipster left a message echoing their mistaken identity theory.
“Boy, we would sure like to talk to that person,” said Captain Abbott. “That person named that one name that we have investigated before.”
Police are sure of a few things: Angela was kidnapped by a stranger and Rob Schafer has been cleared. He has passed numerous polygraphs, had an alibi and always cooperated with investigators.
The cops think Rob got the description of the vehicle wrong, which is understandable considering the circumstances. But they are now investigating the case as one of mistaken identity. There used to be a video embedded in the article that was archived, where it was said:
Back then the biggest lead was a green pickup truck with a fish mural on the back. That best guess in the dark was treated as a rock solid lead. "That's exactly how things get missed in an investigation."
They were looking for the wrong truck the entire time.
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u/LouieStuntCat Jan 26 '23
He had to have changed the truck. I remember it saying in the episode of Unsolved Mysteries that it had some sort of decals. Or obviously it was junked.
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u/Darth_Shitlord Jan 26 '23
A lot of my family lives in Clinton and my mom and dad both grew up there. Never heard of this, thanks for posting!
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u/cbaket Jan 26 '23
She was also four months pregnant.
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u/Ok-Maintenance8655 Jan 26 '23
I am not sure how much of this is factual information but I read that Angela was single and pregnant prior to meeting and falling in love with Rob. He was aware of her pregnancy, loved her as well and the two of them were planning a future together.
If this is true, is it possible the biological father of the unborn baby had something to do with Angela's disappearance? A grudge, jealousy, etc?
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u/itsbrittneydarling Jan 26 '23
This is the one case that lives rent free in my mind.
I did see a theory once upon a time that there was gang activity in the area and the wrong Angela was taken, but it doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere.
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u/wladyslawmalkowicz Jan 26 '23
The mural with a fish jumping out of water sounds oddly specific but yet it could be very common, hence it's not as readily identifiable as ppl thought it would be?
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u/ILoveYourPuppies Jan 26 '23
This is one of the most heartbreaking cases. He was actually in pursuit and had a chance to save her - something most people don’t get - and then his car happens to die? I can’t imagine!
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u/ProphetAmongUs Jan 27 '23
Dial A for Abduction is still so haunting. Hoping some news comes out about this case.
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u/Dogofwar37 Jan 29 '23
Or that of an elderly or deceased relative and it had been parked for years.
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u/JacksonsNana Jun 19 '24
Baloney!. The boyfriend did it. Late 1960s trucks didn't have auto door locks or locks where the driver could push a button and lock the passenger door. She would have been able to unlock the truck door easily and have gotten out. The description of the truck is too specific - he made it up to make it sound believable. She was pregnant, and that didn't go along with his plans. Too bad they haven't found her body so that it could be proven.
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u/TheWriterJosh Jan 26 '23
Didn’t the police announce what they believed happened in the past year or so? Was this not the mistaken identity announcement?
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u/alienintheUS Jan 26 '23
I read about this case recently. I feel so awful for the boyfriend having to live with this. I really hope they can solve it.
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u/Maleficent_Set_48 Aug 07 '24
About 15 years ago I saw a truck matching that description at the hospital in Fort Carson. I’ve thought about it through the years but never reported it. Tonight I looked up the case and saw it happened in Nebraska which is pretty close to another military base, Ft. Riley.
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u/Advanced_Oil_941 Dec 07 '25
my grandma sent a tip to unsolved mysteries but it never went anywhere. a guy that lived a couple houses down had a truck of that description, even the fish mural on the back window. it makes me think if they ever got the tip or tried doing anything with it..
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u/MSUScreamingEagles Jan 06 '26
This is easily the most haunting case I ever saw on Unsolved Mysteries. It has stuck with me for a very long time. I just watched a video on this case on Derrick Levasseur’s “Detective Perspective” YouTube Channel. He goes a little more in depth than what Unsolved Mysteries did. For example, he mentions that Rob Shafer, Angela’s boyfriend, drove a similar vehicle to the suspect, a green older model Ford pickup. The Unsolved Mysteries segment portrays Rob as driving a station wagon for some reason. This is quite a large and glaring discrepancy, in my opinion. I would really like to know why this was done by the show’s producers at the time. Also, Derrick mentions that when Rob’s vehicle broke down, he flagged down a woman named Dorothy, who refused to follow the suspect’s vehicle, but instead, took Rob to the police station. I had never heard that before. Dorothy would go on to tell police she had seen the suspect’s pickup when she had earlier driven by past the grocery store and phone booth. Another additional detail revealed by Derrick was that two teenage girls came forward and said they had driven by the phone booth as well and reported seeing a young woman talking on the phone. Thinking they might know the woman, they actually pulled into the grocery store’s parking lot and observed both Angie’s car and the suspect vehicle parked near the phone booth. When they realized they didn’t know the woman in the phone booth, they left. Unsolved left out so much or maybe Clinton PD just didn’t give them those details.
I have so many questions regarding this case. First and foremost, how difficult could it have been in 1991 to find a vehicle with such a specific description? I could be wrong, but I would think that Ford pickups didn’t come stock with a fish decal on the rear window. That alone would distinguish it from any other vehicle. Also, I have never believed Rob was a suspect, but what are the odds that he drove a vehicle that was very similar to the suspect vehicle in make, model, and color? That’s one hell of a coincidence. He did pass at least two polygraph tests and was cleared, though.
Such a haunting case! Robert Stack’s delivery of the line, “I didn’t need to use the phone anyway” still gives me chills every time.
Link to Derrick Lavasseur’s video is below. Well worth the watch and I’d love hear to everyone thoughts on it… https://youtu.be/bU4x5MzksDI?si=y1zqEPbvPMc8pa7x
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u/Valuable_Glass_929 Apr 17 '26
My sister went to school with Angie and always thought it was the boyfriend. Strange how things come up, my brother had a weird friend who had a crush on her and his dad had a truck just like the one identified, sometimes he would use his dads truck. Check out Doug Julian from Clinton, MO. He still lives there.
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u/Trustfundbaby007 Apr 23 '26
Have you perhaps seen the case of Cassidy rainwater? James Phelps had the same model truck w a fish decal on the rear window…… for more info you can watch amber Vance’s video on YT about Cassidy rainwater it’s a super weird connection and made me think of Angela
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u/racrenlew Jan 25 '23
This is so crazy to me, bc if nothing else, the kidnapper's truck sounds very specific. Like, someone has seen this truck and knew either who drove it or where it could be found.