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[♪♪♪]

[Country music
playing on radio]

[Opens can]

Hi. Would you like to buy
some cookies?

Well, hello
there, honey.

Yeah, I'll take
some cookies.

Can you guess
what it is?

How many?

Ten.

Ten boxes of cookies?

You're a good
little girl scout.

She said
she was getting ready

to play cards,

because she always plays
on Saturdays,

and I said she could
give them to all her friends.

You've got
a gift, girl.

I think we've got
to get you set up

with brushes or vacuums
or something.

Get you out here

making money
for this family.

I'm a kid, mama.

I'm not selling vacuums
to grandmas.

That's too bad,

because I thought
we were on to something here.

Speaking of grandmas,
yours is waiting on us.

Hurry up!

Last one.

[Squeals]

[Car horn honks]

Hey, daddy.

Hey, baby.

Grandpa!

Oh!

You having
a good day?

Great day.

I like to hear that.

Go on.

Hey, hey, hey!

Hold on, little man.

What about your old grandpa?

Hi, grandpa.

Go ahead. Go on.

What about me?

Hey, darling.

She sold half the cookies
in Texas today.

Including us?

No, you're buying
the other half.

I was afraid of that.

Hey, Donna.

Hey, mama.

Where's my grandkids?

Right behind you.

Hi, grandma!

Bye, grandma.

Don't you want
a snack first?

We'll be back
in five minutes.

Oh, you got that right.

I know!

Hey, one time
around the loop,

that's it,
then straight back here,

and you stay
with your brother

no matter what.
Okay.

Ricky, you stay
with sissy, now.

I will.

Okay.
Oh, you got it.

Go on, then.

You got it.

And don't hurt nobody!

Grandpa!

[Laughing]

Bye-bye!

Y'all gonna feed me,
or what?

Well, of course
we are.

Okay, let's go.

[Country music
playing on radio]

That's not your style.

Wasn't it
just yesterday

she was coming home
from the hospital,

tiny little thing,

all wrapped up
in a blanket?

Amber or Donna?

[Chuckles]

You got a point there.

She is growing up, huh?

Mm. School okay?

Yeah, she's doing great.

She's reading
three books a week,

getting as in everything.

Teachers say
she's a dream kid.

Well, of course
she is.

I wasn't,

I'll tell you
that much.

It skips a generation,
sweetheart.

[Laughing]

Why are you laughing?

She got you there.

[Rings bicycle bell]

Go on, Ricky.

I'm right behind you.

Mama said.

I'm right behind you.

♪ Now I'm picking up
the pieces of my life... ♪

♪ This time will be different
wait and see... ♪

♪ People will love me
for what they see ♪

♪ 'cause I am who I am

♪ I don't pretend to be

♪ lord, you get what you get
when you get me ♪

♪ lord, help me find someone
out there ♪

♪ who will love me
for what I am... ♪

♪ Lord, you get what you get
when you get me ♪

♪ oh, there's got to be
someone out there ♪

♪ who's going to love me
for what I am ♪

♪ because I am who I am

♪ I don't pretend to be...

[Screaming]

Mama!

[Screaming]

Oh, my god!

[Screaming]

Mama!

Mama!

[Screaming]

[Screaming]

[Muffled screaming]

I want to report a...

[Screaming]

Sir, are you there?

Whoa!

Where's sissy?

I don't know, mama.

Well,
what do you mean,

you don't know, baby?

Amber went to
the loading dock, mama.

Well, go on and get her,

because we're waiting
on her for dinner.

I'll get her.

Ricky, you come
with grandma.

Spoiled, spoiled,
spoiled.

We'll put
your bike away

and we'll get you
something to drink.

[Truck door closes]

[Engine turns over]

So you're the one
who called this in, sir?

Yes.

[Police radio chatter]

Okay, now, is that
your residence over there?

Yes.

Now, this is her bike.

The little girl that he took,
this is her bike--it fell here.

Mr. Redden, please stay calm.
Tell me exactly what you saw.

Well, I was in my backyard,
I heard her screaming,

and the man came out
of the truck.

The black pick-up, sir?

Yes.

Could you see
the license plate

or anything else about the truck
that stood out to you?

No, my eyes
are very poor.

I know it was black,

and it was a truck,

and the man was white,

and he was wearing
a hat, a cowboy hat,

but that's all I could see.

She was screaming
and fighting.

He ran up
and grabbed her

off the bike,

and just grabbed her
and threw her in the truck!

Okay. Thank you, sir.

Excuse me.

My name
is jimmie whitson.

We're looking
for my granddaughter.

She was on her bike.

That-- that's it.

That's Amber's bike.

That's her bike.

Sir...

Where's my granddaughter?

What happened?

My name's officer Perry,
Mr. Whitson, okay?

Now, we don't know exactly
what's happened just yet, okay,

but there's been a report
of a child abduction

at this location.

Abduction?

[Sirens wailing]

What are you saying?

Somebody took Amber,
is that what you're saying?

Somebody took Amber?

No, sir, I'm not saying
that, Mr. Whitson.

I can't confirm
anything, okay?

But someone reported
that they did see what happened.

There's an eyewitness.

Oh, Jesus.

Sweet Jesus.

[Grandma]: I've got
a grand sense of humor.

[Mother]: Well,
look who's here.

Yes, he is.

I love that old coot.

Hey, good-lookin',
what are y'all doing?

Hey, daddy.

She's gone, Donna.

Somebody took her.

What?

The police
are at the winn Dixie now.

No!

There was an eyewitness.

No, no, no, no, no!

A man in a black truck
took her.

No, no, no, no, no!

No!

God, no!

You've got to stay,
Donna.

The police are coming.

Oh, my god.

God! Oh, my god.

It's going
to be fine.

The police
are coming.

Dad, no!

They're going
to find her.

They're going to
find her, Donna.

Get off me!
Get off me!

You've got
to stay, Donna.

It's going
to be fine.

No, no, no, no, daddy, no.

No, daddy, no.

Amber!

Amber!

[Police radio chatter]

[Sirens wailing in distance]

Over 350,000 kids a year

are abducted
by family members,

so we're going
to start there.

I got a list
from Mrs. Whitson--

names, addresses,
phone numbers

of everybody
in the family--

aunts, uncles, cousins,
brothers, sisters.

Let's start with the ex-husband,

Richard hagerman.

He's out of the picture,

he lives halfway
across the country.

Let's see
if he's in town.

If it's a family abduction,

five out of ten times,
it's the father who took them.

If he's here,
he's got her.

Make sure everybody
in Arlington has this.

Speed is everything.

Can you run that for me?

Griff!

What if it's non-family?

Stats say we're looking for
a white male,

late 20s,
unmarried, probably unemployed.

Right.

Amber lives
five minutes from here,

clearview apartments.

They visit
the grandparents

three, four
times a week,

they keep their bikes here.

I want both neighborhoods
turned upside-down.

Right.

Gentlemen.

We're going to find
this little girl.

[♪♪♪]

[Police radio chatter]

[Donna]: I don't understand
what's taking so long.

[Jimmie]:
These things take time, Donna.

[Donna]: Where is she?

I mean, who would take her?

Why haven't they
found her, daddy?

I don't understand why
they're not doing anything.

[Jimmie]:
They're looking, Donna.

[Donna]: Yeah, right.

They need to find her.

I mean, they need to find
my baby now.

They're calling
everyone we know.

I can't
believe this.

I feel so guilty. My god.

She's done that loop
a thousand times, y'all.

A thousand times.

Oh, Donna.

What'd she do?

She didn't do
anything to anyone.

Who would take her?

Where is she?

I'm going to go find her.

You can't leave.

Why?

Griffin said
you've got to stay here,

in case whoever did this
is after you or Ricky.

I don't care!

You have to
be here...

[Knocking]

In case
she comes back.

She needs me, mama!

I know that,
darling, but--

Donna.

Donna, the press is here,
they're right outside.

They asked
my permission

to put something
on the air.

I've said yes.

We need some way
to get Amber's picture

out in the world.

People need to know
she's been taken.

Then there are no leads?

It's been over
two hours, Mr. Whitson.

We've been all over
your neighborhood,

and Amber's
neighborhood,

the winn Dixie.

We called every name
on that list.

No one has her.

What about Richard?

Mama!

He's a thousand miles
from here.

He doesn't have her.

Is there anything
you can think of

that maybe you forgot,
or slipped your mind,

anything that
would help us

identify
and find her?

No.

You're right.

Amber needs you.

Help us find her.

I'm standing here

in front
of the house--

[Donna]:
It'll be on the 6:00 news?

Where, earlier today,
just a few hours ago...

No. We're going to miss it.

We'll be on at 10:00.

And everyone will see it?

Maybe even Amber,
and that man who took her?

That's what we're hoping.

Okay.

Now, Jim, we'll see
if we can get

a comment from Amber's mother.

Okay...

Donna, hi.
How are you?

Good.

Now, what can you tell us about
your daughter's disappearance?

Well...

I could just say that...

My daughter's out there
somewhere,

and that her mama
really loves her a lot

and that her mama wants her
to come home.

I could just say that, um...

I'm hurting so bad

because I can't touch her
right now.

Please, I beg you...
Don't hurt my little girl.

Please bring her home for me.

[Sobbing]

Donna, thank you.

If you have any information

regarding
the disappearance of Amber,

please contact

the Arlington
police department

at 555-0101.

Jim, back to you.

[♪♪♪]

Detective,
have you received

any new information today?

I have no comment
at this time.

Have you had a chance
to speak to the family?

There's nothing
at clearview?

We got everybody
in the complex twice.

No trouble of any kind.

No police records,
no fights,

nothing suspicious
in any way.

Sweet mom, sweet kids.

Good neighbors.

Highland?

Same.

We got everybody who was home.

Nothing. They're all in shock.

Except for redden,
winn Dixie came up zero, too.

Hit them all again
tomorrow morning.

Something has to give.

Make sure the media

is up to speed
and accurate.

The more information
we get out there--

the better, I know.

I know.

Right.

[Sighing]

[Door shuts]

Redden remembers

the black pick-up's a Ford,

so get with citations,

and get a print-out

of all '82 to '87
black Ford pick-ups

that have been ticketed
in the last year.

You want to cross the lists?

The pool's empty.

I want suspects.

I want them
tomorrow morning.

[Engine turns over]

All right.

Please, just bring her home
for me, okay?

[Inhales sharply]

Donna, thank you.

If you have

any information

regarding
the disappearance of Amber,

please contact

the Arlington
police department--

it's news now.

At 555-0101.

It's 10:00.

Seven hours,

and this is the first
anyone's heard of it.

Seven hours, mama.

What you have before you

is a list
of all black Ford pick-ups,

'82 to '87,
cited in the last year.

I want every one of them
accounted for

in the next three hours.

Also, there's a list
of every sexual predator

who fits the profile

within a mile radius
of the abduction site.

It's not that long a list.

You make sure
that none of them have Amber.

It's Monday morning.

Can we take a look?

This little girl has been gone
since Saturday afternoon.

[♪♪♪]

I want you to keep talking
to the media--

radio, TV, magazines,
newspapers, all of them.

It goes out
one little bit at a time.

Maybe people are hearing it,
maybe no one is.

It's what we can do,

so it's what
we will do.

Like this?

Standard procedure.

To get the answer,

I have to eliminate
everything

that isn't the answer.

Donna.

Is your name Donna whitson?

Yes.

Are you married
to Richard hagerman?

No.

Do you live in New Orleans,
Louisiana?

No.

Is your daughter's name
Amber hagerman?

Yes.

Was she abducted

Saturday,
January 13th, 1996?

Yes.

Did you abduct Amber?

No.

Did you plan
Amber's abduction?

No.

Did you have anything at all

to do
with your daughter's abduction?

[Sobbing]: No.

It has been two days now

since nine-year-old
Amber hagerman

was first reported missing
in Arlington, Texas.

Now, as of today,
police are telling us

that they have received

absolutely
no new information,

no new leads

that could possibly help them
in this missing child case.

Now, Amber's mother, Donna,

has just arrived
on the scene.

We'll see if we can
get a comment from her.

Donna, hi.

Ashley chambers,
knbc-fort worth.

Can you tell us
what you're feeling right now?

I guess I feel
the same way

every parent
would feel

if their baby girl
was taken away.

She's...

I have a picture of her.

She's just the nicest,
sweetest little girl.

If you find her...

Please, please,
call the police.

Try to help her.

Tell her
you know who she is

and that everybody's
worried about her.

If you're the man
who took her...

Please let her go.

She'll find her way.

Mama's here, baby girl.

I'm right here
and I ain't going nowhere.

We're not gonna stop
looking for you.

Thank you very much.

Donna, thank you.

And, once again,
Arlington police

still have
no new leads.

You find her, detective.

You get out there

and you find my baby girl.

...nine-year-old
Amber hagerman,

you should contact

Arlington
police department

with any information...

Griff.

Anything?...555-0101.

Every print in the place
has been accounted for.

Every name in her phonebook,

every message on her machine.

We've questioned
everybody twice,

and the FBI got them after us.

Nothing.

What about the truck?

We're checking every black Ford
in the county.

Rangers have
everything we have.

Now we're contacting
other agencies

and their highway patrols.

They're looking,

but no tags,
no positive I.D.

[Sighing]

Needle in a haystack.

Exactly.

Griff.

You have to tell her.

It's not safe
for you to be here.

He ain't after me
or Ricky.

He's got Amber,
and that's all he wanted.

We don't know that yet.

What the hell do you know?

You don't know anything,
that's what you know.

My baby girl

is out there all alone,

and you still don't know
where she is

or who took her.

What're you doing here?

What the hell
are you doing here?

Get out there and find her.

Do something, damn it.

Do something!

[Sniffles]

You got kids, detective?

Three.

One's in college,
Houston.

She's living there.

Two in high school.

Yeah, they're home.

It's hard to picture you
as a father.

I gotta leave it behind
some days.

When it comes down to it...

All you want to do
is keep them safe, you know?

I don't know--
everything out there, I guess.

Keep them safe.

[Sobbing]

Donna.
Donna, it's been 48 hours.

I know how long it's been.

Don't you think
I know how long it's been?

There're all kinds
of statistics

about this.

I don't want statistics.

Family abductions,
non-family abductions.

I want my daughter.

In non-family abductions--

where's my daughter, damn it?

After 24 hours...

I don't care
how many hours it's been.

The chances of

recovering
the child alive...

Don't you say that.

Don't you say that.

She's alive, detective.

If at all...

[Sobs]

Are very small.

[Sniffles]

She has to be alive.

Mm-mm.

Instead of telling me that...

Get out there and find her.

Dublin, don't go too far.

Dublin?

Dublin.

Dublin,
where'd you go, boy?

[♪♪♪]

Is it her?

Griff?

Any idea of time of death?

Um...

Three, four days,
probably four.

Saturday night.

Yeah. That's about right.

Let the coroner confirm it.

There's no blood.

I'd guess
he killed her

somewhere else,

then dropped her here.

Any signs
of restraint?

Not that I can see.

Anything else,
I want to know right away.

I mean now.

Okay, detective.

Well,
what do you think?

He took her
at the winn Dixie

on Saturday,

killed her somewhere else
four, five, six hours later,

dropped her here
at dusk that night.

I want every blade of grass
that's turned wrong.

Griff,
they're all turned wrong.

Look at this place.

Do it anyway.

He left something behind,
and I want it.

We don't tell Donna
until we make a positive I.D.

Son of a bitch.

God-darn son of a bitch!

Need some help?

I'm fine.

You've been cleaning
for three days now.

Keeping busy.

He asleep?

Hmm?

Is he asleep?

He's exhausted.

Oh, and you're not?

You haven't slept
since Saturday.

Well, I can't sleep, mama.

Let me fix you
something, then.

I'm not hungry.

Just a little dinner,
sweetheart.

No, thanks..

I've got--
I've got cold cuts

and salads--

mama, I don't want anything,
but thank you.

I could heat you up
some soup.

I said no.

You need to eat, baby.

Daddy, I can't eat
and I can't sleep, okay?

Just leave me alone.

You know, we were reading
the biggest bear.

Lord, he loves that book.

My god.

Amber loved it, too.

That big ol' thing
keeps coming home

no matter what

little Johnny orchard
does to it.

Well, Amber's
coming home, too.

We've got to keep
believing that.

Clear across the state,
everybody knows about her.

Took 'em four days
to find out, mama.

Everybody's
praying for her.

All of Texas.

News is on.

[Setting dishes on counter]

[Grandma]:
Everyone, the news is on.

Police received
the 9-1-1 emergency call

around 7:30 this evening.

[Female reporter]:
We now go to Ashley chambers

who is live at the scene.

[Chambers]: Earlier today,

a man walking his dog

came upon a pale,
white female child,

dead in a creek bed.

As of now,

there is still
no official

identification of the body,

but police believe
it could be Amber hagerman,

who was abducted
from the winn Dixie

on east Abram street

last Saturday

at approximately
3:30 in the afternoon.

Despite being abducted
in broad daylight,

Arlington police

were able only
to track down

one eye-witness...

[Siren wailing]

[Police radio chatter]

[Doors shut]

This is part
of the crime scene now.

Move everybody off the lawn
and away from the house.

No exceptions.

Baby, I need you to wake up
for a minute, okay?

Things are going to get
really bad around here.

If you get confused
or anything,

I just need you
to talk to me, okay?

I just wanted to tell you that.

Okay, you can go to sleep now.

[♪♪♪]

[Sniffles]

Donna.

Oh... oh, no.

Donna...

It's not her.

We have the fingerprints.

It's a mistake.

It's a positive I.D.

No.

No.

I want to see her.

I want to see my baby.

I want to see her.

I'm very sorry.

Oh! No!

[Sobbing loudly]

[♪♪♪]

We started Paso in April,

three months
after Amber was murdered.

We knew
that we were going to call it

"people against sex offenders,"

and that if we were going to
get together,

we were going to really have to
do something,

but we didn't know what it was
we were going to do

at the time.

But we kept meeting,

'cause we were never going to
let anybody forget Amber.

And then, one day,
we all just kind of said

that we have

this emergency broadcast system
for bad weather...

Why can't we have one
for abducted children?

20% of the kids

reported

to the national center

for missing
and exploited children

in non-family abductions...

Are found dead.

[Sighing]

Three out of four of them,

75%...

Are found dead

within
the first three hours.

I know that these just
might be facts to you,

but they're more
than that to me,

to us.

[Sobs]

My precious little
nine-year-old girl...

Was just riding her bike.

She didn't do
anything to no one,

and yet she paid
the most terrible price

within those first three hours.

[Inhales sharply]

Congressman frost...

So we're here today
to ask you

if there's anything
that you can do to help us.

For Amber, you know?

And for all the other

innocent children.

Donna,
I have two daughters myself.

Keeping our kids safe

has got to be
our first priority.

[Sighing]

I'm not going to lie to y'all.

Politics
is a complicated business.

I can't promise

this is
going to happen.

But I can promise

that I will fight
to make it real.

Seems like,
first off,

we're going to have to
get the police on board,

then we're going to need to
find a radio station

to sign up.

Then we're going to need a bill.

[♪♪♪]

[Horn honks]

I am so sorry that I'm late.

You know,
I started doing something

and I lost track of time.

I-- i--
let's go, little one.

Hi, Glen.

Come on.

How was school?

Okay.

Here.

See you tomorrow,
nichole.

Bye-bye.

Here we are.

So, how did you do
on your spelling test?

Good.

E...va...por...a...tion?

E-v-a...

P-o-r...

A...t-i...

O-n.

Hey!

Pre...ci...pi...tation.

Got it right.

[Papers rustling]

[Chuckles proudly]

Oh, my goo--

you got them all right!

They're all--
it's--

well, perfect.

Oh! Oh, my gosh.

I think a reward
is in store for you, young lady.

Mommy said no more shopping.

Oh, come on!

Look, y-y-y-you worked hard.

You-- you deserve
something pretty.

We won't be long.

[Engine turns over]

[Telephone ringing]

Hey, Linda.

Hey.

You doing Vegas next?

No. Atlanta. You?

I got Vegas, Seattle,
San Diego, Denver.

I'm going to be gone
10 days this month.

No idea why I do this.

I know why I do it.

Nice house, nice car,
nice truck,

one daughter in college,
one at home.

No husband.

Wait a minute,
scratch that--

ex-husband.

I knew it was something.

[Both laughing]

514 and 672,

do you know
where they're going?

Yes. Uh...

514 to Denver...

672 to San Diego.

Great.

So who watches nichole?

Her dad
when I'm out of town.

Well, what about
when you're here?

I've got this guy
named Glen

who picks her up
after school.

He just lives around the corner
from us,

basically behind the house.

He picks her up,

then takes her
back to his place.

I spend Thanksgiving
with him,

he helps nichole
with her reading,

he helps with her homework,

he has her waiting out front
for me

when I go
to pick her up.

Then why don't you sound happy?

He gives her junk food
when I tell him not to.

Oh, come on.

All kids love to eat junk food.

Yeah. Listen.

He takes her shopping,

when I tell him
not to do that either.

[Telephone ringing]

I'm going to find
somebody else.

They've got this great new
aftercare program at the school

I'm thinking about.

Let me ask you
something.

How many babysitters
did you burn through

before this guy?

Five.

And you've known him how long?

Ten years.

So what's the problem?

You've known
him forever.

Give him a break.

He does things
I don't want him to do.

Is that a crime?

Oh...

Very nice.

Isn't that nice, huh?

Turn around.

Isn't that nice?

Okay. Just these.

Then we'll pick one,

and we're done.

You look adorable,
sweetheart.

She's cute.

Thank you.

Is she yours?

Yeah, she might
as well be.

I watch her every day
after school.

Her mother works
very long hours

and travels all the time.

I'm just like a parent to her,
yeah, that's what I meant.

I'm...

I'm just like a parent.

How're you doing, nichole?

Come on, Glen,
where is she?

[Cellphone autodials]

[Sighing]

Glen, hi. It's Sharon.

I'm sitting out front.

Where's nichole?

Glen?

[Honking]

Oh! Sorry.

[Engine shuts off]

[Sighing]

Come on.

[Engine starts nearby]

[♪♪♪]

[Pounding]

Glen?

[Yelling]:
I know you're in there!

Glen, open the damn door!

Sharon, what is your problem?

You have no right

to talk to me
like that.

No.

You have no right
to talk to me like that,

you have no right
at all.

You know what?

I have every right, Glen.

She is my daughter.

That's enough.
Let's go.

But you're never there for her.

You're working.

You're always working--
working, working, working.

I am the one
who's raising her.

See this?

You think it's easy
being a parent?

Well, trust me, it's not.

But do you appreciate me?

No, no, no, no--
no, no.

Y-y-y-y-you--

you take
advantage of me.

You treat me
like dirt--

like the dirt
on the top of your shoes.

Glen, you are sick.

I don't know what
is going on in here,

but it is not right.

I-i-i-I'm under pressure.

Okay, well,
not anymore.

From now on,

she goes to aftercare
at the school, Glen.

Do you hear me?

You are done.

You know, you can't
do that, Sharon.

That's unacceptable.

Out of our way.

Sharon!

That's--
that's unacceptable!

[Stammers]

Sharon!

[♪♪♪]

[Donna]:
It was just over a year ago

that we started working on this
with congressman frost,

and now

Amber alerts
have spread all across Texas.

Communities from other states

are calling
the Arlington police department

and radio station krld

to find out
how they can

put it together

so that they can have
Amber alerts, too.

I can't think

of anything
more important

than getting Amber alerts set up
all across the country.

So, when
Attorney General stovall

invited me to come to here
to talk to y'all

about Amber
and Amber alert,

it took me
all of one second

to say yes.

Except she didn't tell me

that she'd be scheduling

four schools
in the same day,

followed by

a room full of state senators
at the capitol,

so you'll have to excuse me

'cause my head's spinning
just a little bit.

Um...

I think we can agree

that the statistics
are overwhelming,

but what is the cost,
in hard dollars,

based upon
implementing

the state-wide alert system,

and how do we reconcile
that cost

with the statistics?

Statistics?

How do we reconcile
the statistics?

Yes.

Well...

First, I think we really need
to understand them.

[Voice breaking]:
Amber loved school.

Her favorite subject
was creative writing.

Her teacher said
she was a little perfectionist.

Her favorite food
was rice-a-roni

and spaghetti.

And blue bell
vanilla ice cream.

It had to be
blue bell.

[Sniffles]

The day
that she was abducted,

we were selling
girl scout cookies,

me and Amber and Ricky.

[Sniffles]

She was laughing and...
Smiling,

and she was just so happy
and full of life.

She wasn't a statistic to me,
senator.

She was my baby.

[Sniffles, sobs]

She was taken

and murdered for no reason,

and no one knew
for hours or hours,

and no one could help us
find her.

So...

I don't think

that we can just sit
on our hands

and do nothing.

I mean, these are children
we're talking about,

not numbers.

Your children...

And your friends' children.

[Sniffs]

So I think that we need to do
everything and anything we can

to make them safe,

because we're responsible.

And I don't think
that we can take sides on this.

And we can't do nothing.

It's too important.

You weren't waiting too long,
were you, sweetie?

I'm sorry I'm late.

So did you have fun?

Yep!

And do you like
the new program?

Yeah.
Yeah?

Yeah?yeah. Yeah!

What do you want
for dinner?

Uh...

[Mockingly]:
"Uh..."

[Giggles]

Okay, you're in,
your seatbelt is on.

[Engine starts]

[♪♪♪]

Good girl.

Good girl!

Hi!

Hi!

Are you going to do that
for the judges?

No.

Okay. Good.

Very good.

All right,
now how do we finish?

I heard her saying
something about

your chin--

how are you going to--
perfect!

Let's do it again.

You ready?

[Both laughing]

What was that?

A somersault.

Oh, was it?

[♪♪♪]

Why don't we both
stay home tomorrow?

I'll miss school,

and you'll miss work.

Oh, I can't do that,
sweetheart.

Why not?

Because I have to make
enough money

to pay for all the things
I am responsible for.

Like me?

Yeah, like you,

and your sister

and this house
and our car.

When you're
a responsible grown-up,

you have to go to work
every single day,

even when you don't want to.

Even if,
more than anything,

you want to stay home
with your daughter.

Mwah!

Oh, now look
what I did.

You have to
wash that off.

Look at this big
huge red lipstick.

March. Back in.

[Both giggling]

[♪♪♪]

I'm making a note

that this money...

Is for...

An mp3 player.

That's a good idea.

[♪♪♪]

"It would be something,
indeed," said Dr. Teddy bear.

"But I didn't do it.

But as a matter of fact--"

[♪♪♪]

Nichole.

Nichole,
nichole, wake up.

Nichole.

I said wake up,
come on.

Come on.

What are you doing here?

We're-- we're going
to the mall.

She said--
your mother said

I could take you
to the mall

and buy you
a new backpack

for school.

Come on, let's go.

The mall's not open
till later.

I-I-I...

We're going
to a different mall.

My mom wakes me up
at 7:00.

She'll worry!

I'll have you
back by then.

I'll have you back
by then.

Come on.

I don't want to go.

Nichole, nichole--

[sobbing]

Shh, if you
make any noise,

I'll hit you
with this.

I'll hit you in the head.

Come on, now.
You understand?

[Whimpering]

Oh, shh.

[Crying]

Nichole, please, please.

Do I have to put this
over your mouth?

Okay.

Come on,
let's go.

Come on, hurry.

Nichole,
we've got to hurry.

We want to
get back in time.

Let's go.

[Squeaks]

Easy. Come on, now.

Come on. Nichole, come on.

Come on, now.

Come on.

Four days later,
she was found in a creek bed.

She'd been sexually molested
and brutally murdered.

And that was?

January 17th, 1996.

Three and a half
years ago?

Yes, sir.

Did they ever catch the guy?

No. They never did.

Well, as impossible
as this is

for us to understand--

I mean, the loss
you've been through

and the pain
you've had to endure,

you have found a way
to keep going,

a way to keep
your daughter alive,

and a way for you
and Amber

to save
other children.

Yes. Thanks.

With the help of the public
and state governments,

radio
and television stations,

police departments,

and the wonderful people

from the national center

of missing
and exploited children,

we've been able
to set up

Amber alert systems

in more than a dozen states
across the country.

Now, for
those listeners

who may not know
what that means,

can you explain it for us?

Yes, sir.

An Amber alert is an s.O.S.

Broadcast immediately
over a very wide area

to alert the public

that a child has been abducted
and is in great danger.

And is it working?

Oh, yes.

Every day,

and every time
it saves another child,

I think of Amber.

I look up and I say,
"you did it again, baby girl."

Excuse me, I'm sorry.

[Inhales sharply]

Uh... are a dozen states
enough, though?

No, we're adding new ones
all the time,

because kids are taken
every day

in every state.

We'd like there to be
Amber alert systems

all across the country,
from coast to coast.

Now, California
doesn't have one yet?

Not yet.

Linda, it's 7:00,
you're not even up yet.

You're going to make me late.

Okay, just be ready
and I'll pick you up in 20.

No, just be ready.

Okay.

[Phone beeps]

Nichole?

[Sighs]

[Teddy bear squeaks]

Oh, geez.

Nichole, I don't have time
for this this morning.

Nic--

nichole?

Nic...

Nichole?

Okay, this isn't funny.

Okay, nichole, you come out.

You're starting to scare me.

[♪♪♪]

Nichole!

Nichole!

Nichole!

Nichole! Nichole!

Help me!

Please!

Somebody!

Help me, please!

[Sobbing]

Help me, please.

Nichole!

Nichole!

Help me,
please help me.

I want to go home.

Take me home, Glen.

I have to go to the bathroom.

If you say one word...

To anyone...

One word...

I'm going to have to hurt you.

I'm going to get
some gas.

Everything's
going to be fine.

It's all going to
be fine, now.

Don't worry.

I don't want to
have to hurt you.

You're a daughter to me,
nichole.

Just like my daughter.

But I swear
to god...

If you do anything,
I...

I'd...

[Stamps foot]

I'm going to have to hurt you.

Real bad.

You understand?

Now let's go to the bathroom.

Come on.

Okay.
Take my hand.

Watch yourself.

There you go.

[Door shuts]

Well, is daddy okay?

I hear him
in the back there.

Right.

Tell him it's Donna Norris now,
in case he forgot.

Mm-hmm.

Hold on a sec, mama.
Hold on.

[Turns up volume]

The Amber alert
continues to be

a powerful partnership
between law enforcement,

broadcasters,
and the general public.

California is joining
some 33 states

across the country,

in passing into law

a state-wide
Amber alert plan...

[Sharon]:
She's away in college.

I have to tell her,
I have to call her.

Let us call her,
all right?

Let us
do that for you.

Do you have her number
in the house?

Yeah, it's on a...

On a desk,

in the kitchen,
it's in my little phone book.

Okay, I need you to stay
out of the house for now, okay?

Because there might be
some evidence in there

that we can use.

Let's just-- let's just
step back here for a sec.

All right?

She...
She wanted an mp3 player

she was...
She was saving her money

for an mp3 player.

She has her money box
with her,

because she stuck this
on it last night,

and I found it by the back gate.

Okay, I'll send
some officers

over
to the local malls

just in case
she walked over there.

And I'll also check
with the neighbors

and her friends
and her classmates--

oh, god.

Sharon. Sharon.

I'm going to need you
to make a list

of those people
for me.

Sharon?

What?
Sharon.

I'm going to need
your help.

I need you

to be here with me
in this, all right?

Okay.

Now who's mad at you?

What?

Who do you think
could've taken her?

Um...

Terry?

Tell me.

Boyfriend.

Uh, we broke up last month.

He asked me to marry him,
I said no,

and he got really angry.

I've never seen him like that
before.

Do you think he has her?
Do you think he took her?

Well, I don't think
anything yet.

Terry, boyfriend.

His numbers are
in your phone book?

Yeah.

Who else?

I don't know!

I don't know.

Oh, god, oh, god.What? Who?

Um--

who?

Ralph. Ralph.

It's nichole's father.

He's going to
the Philippines.

He's marrying a woman there.

I don't know,
he's going to live there,

he's going to work there,
but he wanted to take nichole,

and I said no,
and we had this huge argument.

Oh, god!

Stay with me.
We don't know that he has her.

When was he supposed to leave
for the Philippines?

This morning!

He left this morning.

All right,
we'll find him,

and then we'll know.

Is there anyone else?

A friend,
somebody from work,

a relative,
a baby-sitter?

Glen.

Glen who?

Park. Glen park.

He used to watch
nichole for me

after school,

until I got off of work.

I let him go,

and he did not handle that
very well at all.

He just lives around the block.

Okay, that's good,
that's very good.

Okay, now, Sharon,
what I want you to do

is just stay right here
for now.

I'm going to
get everybody

going on this,
all right?

[Sobbing]

[Sighing]

Sharon.

What?

We're going to find Terry

and Ralph and Glen,

and then we're going to
find nichole.

Please, find nichole.

Please, she's just a baby.

Please.

[♪♪♪]

Nichole?

What's the matter
with the ice cream?

I'm eating mine.

Nichole, please.

You should eat your ice cream.

It's good. It's...

What's the matter, nichole?

What is--

nichole.

What's the matter?

What is it, please?

Come on.

Come on.

Come--
come on, now.

Shh.

Now wait here.

Didn't I buy you
some ice cream?

And now I'm going to buy you--

I'm going to buy you
a new dress.

I don't want a new dress.

I want to go home.

You want
what I want you to want.

And you're
going to do

what I tell you
to do.

If you can't do that...

If you don't listen to me,
if--

now, you take this dress.

That's a pretty--

it's a real
pretty dress.

Now, you go--
I want you to be pretty.

Now, come on.

Now you put that dress
on, all right?

And stop complaining.

Now go.

Philippine airlines,
philippine police,

philippine customs--
ex-husband arrives alone,

he doesn't have her.

What about the ex-boyfriend?

Rock-solid alibi.

Two confirmations.

[Cellphone rings]

Stevens.

Hey!

Yeah, we're coming over.

We got something.

[Siren wails]

Jesus.

He was in a hurry.

When I called
for the warrant,

I called dmv.

We got his picture,
license,

registration,
insurance, everything.

[Detective]:
All contact information

is being sent electronically.

We're receiving now,
detective.

I need to ask you
four questions.

Are you ready?

Ready.

One--
is it a confirmed abduction?

Affirmative.
Two--

is the victim 17 years of age
or younger?

Affirmative.
Three.

Is the victim in grave danger
of bodily harm or death?

Affirmative.
Four--

have you obtained information
that will help the public

identify the abductor,

the victim
or the vehicle?

Affirmative.
We sent you everything.

What do you want us to do,
detective?

We think he's headed
out of state,

toward Nevada.

Okay, we'll activate
riverside east

to the Nevada
highway patrol.

Good.let's get this guy.

[♪♪♪]

I've ordered
an Amber alert.

Here's what's
going to happen

in the next 45 minutes.

First, they'll put
together the message--

everything about nichole
and Glen and the truck.

At the same time,

they'll put out
a written electronic alert,

which simultaneously notifies
all communications,

law enforcement,

and public service personnel
in the Amber alert area.

That means the police,
fire, ems,

phone companies, state lottery--

all their people in the field
get the message immediately.

On-star services

reporting a possible
Amber alert citing

heading east on U.S. i-95.

Copy that.

[Detective]:
Caltrans gets the message,

and they program it

into their 500 electronic
freeway signs.

All across the state,
massive saturation.

A tone sounds
that activates

radio and TV stations--

hopefully every minute or two,
until nichole comes home.

[Beeping]

I'm on TV.

What?

What?

What'd you say?

We're on TV.

Oh, my gosh.

[Stammering]

Nichole,
we have to go.

We have to leave, quickly.

Quick, get your stuff
in the bag.

Here, come on.

Just get it in the bag.

Come on, let's go.

We've got to
get out of here.

It's just not a good motel,
that's all.

Bad motel.

Yeah. Bad motel. That's it.

[Bag zipping up]

Come on, now.

Hurry up, please. Please.

Get your shoes.

Now, come on.

Hurry up.
Get your shoes. Hurry.

All right, come on.

Here we go.

Hurry up. Come on.

[Train whistle blowing]

[♪♪♪]

They were I.D.Ed
heading north on 95

right through the reservation.

All the identifying information

should be
transmitting now.

Got it.

Ponowee one
headed south on 95.

There's no one
within 20 miles, Tommy.

Roger that.

[Tires squealing]

[Pounding dashboard]

License plate
c-l-5-8-4-9-5.

Charlie-Linda-

5-8-4-9-5.

That's them.
You have confirmation, Tom.

[Siren wailing]

[Siren stops]

Hawthorne,
this is ponowee one.

Go ahead,
ponowee one.

I'm 10-6 traffic.

Us-95, northbound,
mile marker 276.

I have a gray pick-up, Ford.

Two occupants--

adult Caucasian male

and juvenile

Caucasian female.

10-4, ponowee one.

It's 12:45 pm.

Be careful, Tom.

We'll be fine, now.

I'm going to get you home.

[Raps on door]

Good afternoon, sir.

How you doing today?

Oh, we're fine, fine.

I need your license,

registration,
and proof of insurance.

W-w-w-what's wrong, officer?

Sir, if you give me
that information,

I'd be happy to tell you.

Oh. O-Okay.

Sir, will you step out
of the vehicle for me?

And walk back here,

and I'll show you

exactly why
I stopped you.

I'll be right back.

Won't be long.

Now just stay quiet.

Shh.

Back here.

Mr. Park.

Huh?

Do you know why
I stopped you today?

No, I don't.
I, uh...

[Chuckles awkwardly]

Is it about me
and that little girl?

Isn't it?

Correct.

You and the girl.

No problem.

No, it's fine.

Everything's fine.

I-I-I was just on my way
to, uh...

Fallen. Fallen.

Uh, I was going to drop her off.

Sir.

You're not going to
make it to fallen today.

What do you mean?

But, officer,
I said there was no problem.

I... I...
Officer!

[♪♪♪]

[Car door opens, closes]

Nichole!

Hi!

Oh, god.

Hi!

It's okay.

It's okay, baby,
it's okay.

[Crying]

It's okay,
it's okay.

You'll be okay.

[♪♪♪]

[Crowd applauding]

[President George W. Bush]:
Amber hagerman--

whose mom is with us today--

a good texan, I might add...

[Crowd applauding]

We did it again, baby girl.

Was nine years old

when she was taken away
from her parents.

We are acting today
in her memory

and in the memory

of so many other
girls and boys

who lost their lives

and innocence

in acts of cruelty.

No child
should ever have to experience

the terror of abduction,
or worse.

No family
should ever have to endure

the nightmare of losing a child.

And now
it is my honor

to sign
the protect act of 2003.

[Crowd applauding]

Excuse me.

I'm sorry,
I don't mean to bother you.

Oh, no, you're not bothering me
in any way.

I'm Sharon Timmons,

and this is my daughter,
nichole.

It's very nice to meet you.

I know who you are.

I saw you on the news.

Hi, nichole.

I'm Donna.

Hi.

I can't tell you
how happy I am to see you

here today.

I...

I just wanted
to thank you so much

for all of your hard work.

If it...

If it wasn't for Amber,
I wouldn't have my baby back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Oh...

Shall we?

Bye.

Bye.

[♪♪♪]