New Series of Unsolved cases,
Details: Twenty-year-old Angela Hammond was a popular young woman living in Clinton, Missouri. She worked at a bank and took classes at Central Missouri State University. In January 1991, she became engaged to Rob Shafer, an athlete who planned to be in the military. At around 10pm on April 4, 1991, she dropped him off at his home after a barbecue. They planned to meet later after his mother got home from work because he was babysitting his brother at the time.
Angela spent some time with her friend Kyla. At 11:15pm, she called Rob from a pay phone at the intersection of Jefferson and 2nd street, seven blocks from his home. While talking to him, she noticed a suspicious man circle the block several times in a green Ford pickup truck. It then pulled up beside her. The man got out and used the phone before getting back into his truck. He took out a flashlight and flashed it around his truck, looking for something. Angela described the man's appearance and truck to Rob. She then asked him if he needed to use the phone; he replied that he would try the other one again in a minute. She and Rob then returned to their conversation.
Just a few moments later, Rob heard Angela scream. Chillingly, the man then said, "I didn't need to use the phone anyway". Rob immediately dropped his phone and ran outside to his car. He quickly drove toward the pay phone, hoping to help her. As the abductor's truck sped past him in the opposite direction, he heard her yell out to him. He threw his car in reverse, unknowingly damaging the transmission. He followed the truck for two miles before the transmission failed as he made a sharp right turn. Unfortunately, the truck drove away and was never seen again.
An extensive search began for Angela, the abductor, and his truck. The Missouri State Highway Patrol checked hundreds of trucks matching the description, but all were ruled out. With few leads in this case, investigators questioned Rob's story. At first, no witnesses were found to corroborate his account. A polygraph examination on him indicated that he was telling the truth. Two witnesses later came forward, seeing a truck and suspicious person around the pay phones between 11:30 and 11:45pm, shortly before Angela's disappearance. Within a week, Rob was cleared.
Two days later, Angela's abduction was connected to two other unsolved cases within a 100 mile radius. The first occurred near Macks Creek, Missouri. On January 19, 1991, forty-two-year-old convenience store worker Trudy Darby called her son to report a suspicious man lurking outside. Less than ten minutes later, her son arrived at the store and found it empty. Two days later, her body was found on a riverbank ten miles from the store. She had been raped and shot twice in the head.
The other case involved thirty-year-old Cheryl Kenney, another convenience store worker in Nevada, Missouri, which is seventy miles from Macks Creek. She vanished after locking up her store on the night of February 27. Her car was found abandoned in the store parking lot. It is believed that she was also kidnapped. Angela was abducted just a month later.
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