Amber Hagerman

 Amber Renee Hagerman, born in 1986 and killed only 10 years later, was a victim of a child abduction and murder. She had been riding her bike near the home of her grandparents in Arlington, Texas, when she was kidnapped.

A neighbor had witnessed the abduction, and called in a description of the suspect and the car he had been driving.  Four days after the search began, Amber’s body was found by a man walking his dog. Her throat had been slit, and her lifeless body lay at the bottom of a creek bed.

No arrests were ever made, and her murderer’s whereabouts have never been discovered.  On July 25, 2007, a man named Terapon Adhahn was under investigation, after being arrested in connection with the abduction of Zina Linnik, however, nothing ever came of it.

In October of 2000, the US House of Reps. adopted H.R. 605, which encouraged a nationwide use of the AMBER Plan. Finally in 2003, George Bush signed the AMBER Alert legislation, which made the program national. There are still many updates that need to be made, as it seems technology has not quite caught up with the Amber Alert System, which notifies citizens when a child has gone missing.

There is currently a Lifetime made-for-TV movie called Amber’s Story that was filmed in 2006.

Jessica Lunsford

 Jessica Marie Lunsford, born in October in 1995, was murdered in February of 2005. At the time of her death, she was nine years old, and had been abducted from her home in Florida.

After being held captive over the weekend, she was raped and murdered by John Couey, a 47 year old man who lived nearby. It was not until August of 2007 that Couey was sentenced to death for the kidnapping, raping, and murdering.

According to Couey’s confession, he entered the home through a door left unlocked at around three in the morning.  Couey took Jessica to his bed where he raped her multiple times. While he went to work, he told Jessica to stay in the closet. Three days after the kidnapping, Couey tied Jessica’s hands together, put her in a garbage bag, and buried her alive.

Marcia Trimble

 Marcia Trimble was a nine year old girl, born in 1966, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee. After leaving her home to deliver some Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor, 9 year old Marcia’s body was found 33 days later in a garage less than 200 yards from her parent’s home. Marcia had been sexually assaulted and then strangled.

Marcia’s killer has never been found, and since DNA evidence has deteriorated over time, it is likely that justice will ever be served in this case.

There is a lot of information online about the case, if you are interested in doing a little bit of your own research. This case is very significant because it marks the loss of Nashville’s innocence.

This is the only picture I could find when I searched for Marcia Trimble in Nashville that could possibly be it, so I think this is Marcia’s picture.

JonBenet Ramsey

JonBenet Patricia Ramsey was born on August 6, 1990, and was brutally murdered on Christmas of 1996. She was a popular beauty pageant contestant, until she was found dead in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colorado, a seemingly peaceful town.  Unfortunately for poor JonBenet,  her murder has yet to be solved.

Family involvement has been suspected all along, however, there has never been enough evidence to charge the girl’s parents with any wrong doing. It is also debated whether or not JonBenet was being sexually abused.

RIP JonBenet.

Riley Ann Sawyers

The body of an unidentified child, “Baby Grace”, was found in a storage container at an island in Galveston’s West Bay. Baby Grace’s skull was fractured, but she was predicted to be about 2 or 3 years old.

Riley Ann Sawyers’ grandmother was the one to call the police. Apparently, she had not seen the child in months, and was worried. Riley’s mother was called in for an interview, where she confessed that she was involved in the death of her daughter, along with her husband, Royce Zeigler.

The mother, Kimberly Trenor, claimed that she, along with Zeigler, beat Riley with leather belts and would submerge her head in water. She also confessed to throwing her daughter against a tile floor, picking her up by her hair. Kimberly Trenor also confessed to disposing of the body after storing it for some time.

After looking at pictures of this beautiful little girl, I feel so much sadness and grief for her and the rest of her family who surely misses her. It makes me feel so much hatred for her mother and step-father as well. How could anybody possibly do such a thing to such a beautiful life?

RIP Riley, you were a beautiful little girl and did not deserve this.