Killer of Amber Hagerman, who inspired Amber Alert system, still being sought 25 years later

Authorities in Texas this week expressed renewed hope that new DNA technologies could lead them to solve the cold case murder of Amber Hagerman, the girl who inspired the Amber Alert system.

"Our hope is that someone in the community saw something, maybe they didn't come forward 25 years ago out of fear or not wanting to get involved," Arlington Assistant Police Chief Kevin Kolbye said during the news conference. "Whatever reason, we need folks to search their minds and bring forward anything that may be [of] value to our investigation." On the afternoon of Jan. 13, 1996, 9-year-old Amber was abducted while riding her bike at a grocery store parking lot in Arlington -- about 20 miles west of downtown Dallas, police said.