Hagerman was abducted while riding her bicycle in a parking lot at the corner of East Abram Street and Browning Drive, just blocks from her grandmother s East Arlington home on Jan. 13, 1996.
Four days after she was taken, police found Amber s body in a creek near a North Arlington apartment complex. I miss her everyday, she was just so full of life, and I want to know why? Why her? She was only a little girl.
Donna Williams, Amber Hagerman s mother
Detective Grant Gildon said he hoped advancements in technology will help them unlock the mystery of who killed Hagerman.
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A 4-year-old boy was killed in an Arlington, Texas, apartment when police say he was apparently shot by a man celebrating New Year's Eve with a firearm.
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New Year’s reveler dancing with gun allegedly shoots, kills 4-year-old Texas boy: Police
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By BILL HUTCHINSON, ABC News
(ARLINGTON, Texas) A 4-year-old boy was killed in an Arlington, Texas, apartment in the first hour of the new year when police say he was apparently shot by a man dancing and celebrating with a firearm just after the clock struck midnight.
The boy, identified by the Tarrant County Medical Examiner as Messiah Taplin, was shot about 12:30 a.m. Friday and died just after 1 a.m. at a local hospital, police said.