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Amber Rene Hagerman (November 25, 1986 – January 15, 1996) was a young girl who became a victim of an abduction and murder. On January 13, 1996, she was riding her bike near her grandparents' home in Arlington, Texas, and was kidnapped soon thereafter. Her murder would later inspire the creation of the AMBER Alert system.
Within days, Hagerman's mother, Donna Whitson (now Donna Norris), was "calling for tougher laws governing sex offenders". Whitson testified in front of the U.S. Congress in June, asking legislators to create a nationwide registry of sex offenders. Representative Martin Frost, the Congressman who represents Whitson's district, proposed an "Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act." Among the sections of the bill was one that would create a national sex offender registry. Both of Hagerman's parents were present when President Bill Clinton signed into law the bill creating the national sex offender register. Whitson and Richard Hagerman then began collecting signatures in Texas, which they planned to present to then-Governor George W. Bush as a sign that people wanted more stringent laws for sex offenders.
An AMBER Alert or a Child Abduction Emergency (SAME code: CAE) is a child abduction alert bulletin in several countries throughout the world, issued upon the suspected abduction of a child, since 1996. AMBER is officially a backronym for "America's Missing: Broadcasting Emergency Response" but was originally named for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old child who was abducted and murdered in Arlington, Texas in 1996. Also an AMBER alert corresponds to the color of highway warning signs that are activated in AMBER alerts, the signs display messages in a reddish orange or an amber color. Alternate alert names are used in Georgia, where it is called "Levi's Call" (named after Levi Frady); Hawaii, where it is called a "Maile Amber Alert" (named after Maile Gilbert); and Arkansas, where it is called a "Morgan Nick Amber Alert" (in memory of Morgan Chauntel Nick). Frady, Gilbert and Nick were all children who went missing in those U.S. states.
AMBER Alerts are distributed via commercial radio stations, internet radio, satellite radio, television stations, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio (where they are termed "Child Abduction Emergency" or "Amber Alerts"). The alerts are also issued via e-mail, electronic traffic-condition signs, the LED billboards which are located outside of newer Walgreens locations, along with the LED/LCD signs of billboard companies such as Clear Channel Outdoor, CBS Outdoor and Lamar, or through wireless device SMS text messages.
WFAA's 1997 documentary, 'After Amber'
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"Missing Amber: The Amber Hagerman Story" Documentary Trailer
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Amber Hagerman Memorial | Arlington, Texas
15 Years Later...
Amber Hagerman abduction site memorial 8-29-13
AMBER HAGERMAN ABDUCTION - 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF 9 YR OLD AMBER !
Murdered Children(Sylvia Likens,Mary Phagan and Amber Hagerman)
19 years without Amber Hagerman ♥
Actors: Bob Corff (miscellaneous crew), Tina Fiorda (costume designer), Harry Manfredini (composer), Joseph Nasser (producer), Brenda Crichlow (actress), Jack Nasser (producer), Teryl Rothery (actress), Jodelle Ferland (actress), French Tickner (actor), Michael Adamthwaite (actor), George W. Bush (actor), Joseph Nasser (actor), Adrian Hough (actor), Krista Johnston (miscellaneous crew), Deboragh Gabler (producer),
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