Context: On January 13, 1996, 9-year-old Amber Hagerman went bicycle riding with her younger brother, 5-year-old Ricky, in an abandoned grocery store parking lot in Arlington Texas.

Amber and her brother stayed there pedaling until about 3 pm when Ricky decided to go back home and Amber decided to stay there pedaling a little longer when Ricky returned to his grandmother's house ,His grandfather asked where Amber was and Rick replied that she was in the parking lot pedaling, Amber's grandfather and Ricky then went to the parking lot desperate because Amber was alone but unfortunately it was late

Ricky and Amber's grandfather saw police officers investigating the parking lot and Amber's bike lying on the ground, what happened was that a 78 year old pensioner named Jim Kevil who lived in a house Overlooking the abandoned parking lot, he saw Amber pedaling until he reports seeing a black pickup truck stop and a white or Hispanic man Who had brown hair got out of the car grabbed Amber put her inside the vehicle and sped off

A massive search ensued and even the FBI got involved in the case, but unfortunately Amber was not found alive.

4 days after the abduction, a man was walking his dog near the Forest Hills apartment complex when his dog became agitated and led him to a creek bed where He found amber's body, the autopsy determined that amber was kept alive for 2 days and unfortunately was sexually abused during that time

Amber's family was obviously devastated and demanded tougher laws against sex offenders. A few weeks after the murder a woman called a Dallas radio station and questioned "Why does the government issue so many weather alerts but not an alert to quickly provide information to the public when a child is abducted?"

The idea was so popular with the community that it led the government to create the amber alert, an alert for missing and/or kidnapped children.,since its creation, it is estimated that amber alert has helped to rescue more than 600 children

More than 25 years later Amber's killer has yet to be caught but current investigators on the case are optimistic that DNA techniques will advance that may eventually help them build a profile and ultimately Catch the bastard who did it

edit : I'm sorry for the spelling mistakes, English is not my native language and I had to use the translator so I'm very sorry for any mistakes

Sources

https://people.com/crime/texas-girls-abduction-inspired-amber-alert-26-years-later-case-remains-unsolved/

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2021/01/13/25-years-after-amber-hagermans-kidnapping-heres-why-detectives-stay-hopeful-for-a-breakthrough-in-her-case/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert

https://sites.psu.edu/jiyoonnicky/unsolved-crimes/amber-hagerman/