Grieving town mobilizes against the white beast behavior.
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> Grieving Town Mobilizes to Save
> Kidnapped Kids
> Police, Media and Citizens Unite to Nab Abductors
>
> Nov. 27, 1999
>
> By Karen Ireland
>
> ARLINGTON, Texas (APBnews.com) --
> Though more than three years have gone
> by,
> the Dallas-Fort Worth community still
> grieves
> for Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old girl
> slain
> after being snatched from a parking
> lot while
> riding her bike.
>
> Despite an eyewitness account and a
> description of the truck used to
> spirit the girl
> away Jan. 13, 1996, authorities were
> unable to
> trace her kidnapper. Amber's nude body
> was
> found in a creek three days later.
>
> "Our community has never recovered
> from her
> death," said Arlington police
> spokesman Dee
> Anderson.
>
> Public gets information in minutes
>
> But the sense of helplessness that followed her killing has
> lessened with
> the implementation of an innovative program that bears her
> name.
>
> The Amber Plan, a cooperative effort between
> police departments and local radio and
> television stations in the Dallas-Fort Worth
> area, alerts the public whenever a child has
> been abducted.
>
> When investigators have a case that meets
> the program's requirements, a fax detailing the
> suspected abduction is sent to two designated
> radio stations. Newsroom staff checks with
> police to verify the validity of the alert, then
> broadcast the information to other media
> outlets.
>
> Participating radio and television stations -- about 35 in
> all -- interrupt their
> programming to pass the information on to the public. The
> process takes
> about 10 minutes, according to WBAP radio assignment editor
> Freda
> Ross-Finlay.
>
> At least 7 children recovered
>
> Since its inception in July 1997, Anderson told
> APBnews.com, the Amber
> Plan -- also known as the Amber Alert -- has been activated
> 25 times,
> directly resulting in the recovery of an abducted child in
> at least seven
> cases.
>
> In nearby Carrollton, police spokesman Jack Adams credits
> the Amber
> Plan with the safe recovery of an abducted 4-year-old and
> the arrest of her
> suspected kidnapper.
>
> Daisy Romero was reported missing at 9 p.m. Aug. 1 after
> she followed a
> family friend out of her apartment and didn't come home.
>
> "Initially, there was no concern of foul play," Adams said.
>
> But detectives initiated an extensive search the next
> morning when the pair
> still hadn't returned.
>
> Girl heard her name on radio
>
> The alert was activated Aug. 2 at 8 p.m. Descriptions of
> Daisy, her
> suspected abductor and the vehicle they might be in were
> broadcast
> throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
>
> A woman heard the alert while driving and stopped at a
> convenience store
> to call police when she recognized the vehicle, Adams said.
> A detective
> found the car in a parking lot near the county jail and
> apprehended Josefa
> Perdes minutes later. The missing girl was with her.
>
> "Within an hour and 45 minutes, we had them both," Adams
> said. "The
> Amber Alert worked."
>
> Perdes, 39, remains in jail on $2,500 bond, charged with
> kidnapping and
> unauthorized use of a vehicle.
>
> Adams noted that Daisy told police she heard her name on
> the radio.
>
> "We speculate that Perdes heard the alert and was in the
> area to either
> turn herself in or drop the girl off and escape," he said.
>
> The Carrollton case is not unique for its success.
>
> Success attributed to community
>
> Police believe a tragedy was averted in March when the
> 9-year-old victim of
> an abduction was released by her kidnapper after the Amber
> Alert
> sounded. The child, who had been lured by a stranger
> offering to show her
> kittens, told police her attacker was listening to the
> radio when he abruptly
> pulled over and ordered her out of the truck he'd forced
> her into only hours
> before.
>
> Anderson attributes the program's success to its simplicity
> and an
> overwhelming response from the public.
>
> "It has become such a part of our culture," he said. "I
> can't go anywhere
> without people wanting to talk about it."
>
> Nobody knows for sure who came up with the idea of the
> alert, but
> Anderson says it's generally credited to an unknown radio
> listener who
> called a station to suggest that community residents could
> help police
> locate suspects if they only knew what to look for. The
> Association of
> Radio Managers in Dallas-Fort Worth approached law
> enforcement with the
> idea, and the Amber Plan was launched about 18 months after
> Amber's
> death.
>
> A chance to fight back
>
> The chance to fight back is a big draw. Anderson gets daily
> calls from law
> enforcement agencies and citizens who want to set up
> similar programs in
> their communities. He and other members of the committee
> set up to
> oversee the plan are helping other cities through the
> process.
>
> "The Amber Plan gives people a sense that there is
> something we can do,"
> Anderson said.
>
> Anyone who would like information about the Amber Plan is
> invited to call
> the Arlington Police Department at (817) 459-5600.
