Girl abducted while at pay phone

[crystaldawn]

Her name was Angela Hammond and I found an article from '04 about some bones they are testing to see if they are hers. I also emailed that newspaper and asked if the bones were hers (since the dna testing has probably been completed by now) but haven't got a response yet. Here's the link:

http://www.ky3.com/newsdetailed.asp?id=5665

[Kemistry]

Cool, keep us posted if the newspaper responds to your e-mail as I'm very interested myself to know if it was her or not.

[crystaldawn]

Wow, I actually got a response from the newspaper within 30 minutes! Here is what he said.

No. The sheriff's department said in July that three DNA tests had failed to find a match with any known missing person.

Thanks for writing.

Gene Hartley
online news producer

[U.M. Fanatic]

Thanks for the heads up, Crystaldawn! :wave:

[crystaldawn]

My pleasure! :) I actually emailed the guy back to ask him if there were any leads or suspects in the case that I could share. This was his reply:

I don't think so. We had a reporter who followed the case regularly for more than 10 years. He changed careers a year ago but I don't think there are any clues about what happened to her. Her name comes up whenever there are old bones found in the area.

[U.M. Fanatic]

My pleasure! :) I actually emailed the guy back to ask him if there were any leads or suspects in the case that I could share. This was his reply:

I don't think so. We had a reporter who followed the case regularly for more than 10 years. He changed careers a year ago but I don't think there are any clues about what happened to her. Her name comes up whenever there are old bones found in the area.


That's a shame. :(

One day they will find out what happened to her, I'm sure of it.

[pjpiazza]

That segment has the most chillin aspect. Her boyfriend heard the killer say "I didn't need to use the phone anyway".

[U.M. Fanatic]

That segment has the most chillin aspect. Her boyfriend heard the killer say "I didn't need to use the phone anyway".


I know, that freaked me out to. :eek:

The guy they got to play the abductor really looked the part, didn't he?

[Kemistry]

I can't even imagine how her boyfriend must've felt when his station wagon crapped out on him while he was in persuit(sp?) of the suspect. He must've felt so helpless and pissed at the same time I assume. I really do hope they find her remains oneday.

[DarkDante]

and in my mind the solution of this case lies with Ken McDuff's likely abduction and murder of Ms. Hammond. I would further like to state that the chances of Angela Hammond still being alive are very slim although it is odd that McDuff never confessed to her murder yet has to several others. Definatley a creepy case but one in my mind that is at least somewhat resolved. Of course this is all my opinion based on the information learned on the case from the internet and other sources.

Later.

[mercy1825]

I agree with DarkDante. Kenneth MacDuff is most likely responsible for this disgusting attrocity. He was known to be in the area at the time. He committed the car wash abduction murder of Coleen Reed also profiled on unsolved mysteries around the same time and area.

Kenneth MacDuff is guilty of this murder. We should put it to rest.

[njf520]

I agree with DarkDante. Kenneth MacDuff is most likely responsible for this disgusting attrocity. He was known to be in the area at the time. He committed the car wash abduction murder of Coleen Reed also profiled on unsolved mysteries around the same time and area.

Kenneth MacDuff is guilty of this murder. We should put it to rest.
i hate to say it, mercy, but i don't think we can just decide macduff was guilty of this murder. he may have been, he may not. but there is no hard evidence he committed the crime.

he didn't confess to it, although he did to many others. also, police could find no link between the truck used in the murder and macduff, afaik.

[Awsi Dooger]

i hate to say it, mercy, but i don't think we can just decide macduff was guilty of this murder. he may have been, he may not. but there is no hard evidence he committed the crime.

he didn't confess to it, although he did to many others. also, police could find no link between the truck used in the murder and macduff, afaik.

Now that's some common sense. Isolating one individual, no matter who it is, as the culprit is a monumental longshot. Let's just say I know plenty of Las Vegas gamblers who would eagerly wager every cent they own on the field, in a MacDuff or anybody else scenario. And they would have much the best of it.

[njf520]

Now that's some common sense. Isolating one individual, no matter who it is, as the culprit is a monumental longshot. Let's just say I know plenty of Las Vegas gamblers who would eagerly wager every cent they own on the field, in a MacDuff or anybody else scenario. And they would have much the best of it.
awsi,

i'd bet the field, too, awsi. :-)

njf

[mikem7715]

someone has to haveknown the kidnapper,he had anold green pickup with a big fish murel in the back window.How many trucks like that are out there?

[OriginalNightstalker]

If MacDuff is indeed the possible assailant he might not confess if he took her over state lines IMO.

[cubx]

I think the murder will eventually be solved, but how long that might take is anybodies guess.

Based on the very little information posted, I feel MacDuff is either responsible or a very likely candidate.

I remember seeing this broadcast in the early 90's and I felt so sorry for Angie and what happened to her.

It's just a waiting game until her murder is solved. Although that won't bring her back.

[Kane]

I think the murder will eventually be solved, but how long that might take is anybodies guess.

Based on the very little information posted, I feel MacDuff is either responsible or a very likely candidate.

I remember seeing this broadcast in the early 90's and I felt so sorry for Angie and what happened to her.

It's just a waiting game until her murder is solved. Although that won't bring her back.

Make that "disappearance", not "murder". I agree that Angela Hammond might be dead, but she has never been found, and there is no hard evidence that she has been murdered (or is even dead). The mere fact that she has been missing for a very long time is does not prove that she is dead. Nevertheless, there is no hard evidence that she is alive, either.

In any case, not matter how likely it is that a missing person is dead, he or she is listed as such, and considered alive until proven otherwise. It's just common sense, because, if the authorities were to declare a missing person dead, and then that missing person later turns up alive, they will have made fools out of themselves.

[MySharona]

Imagine if she is alive and people just assumed he is guilty & gave up. Most people thought Elizabeth Smart was dead, too.

[mattc]

Wow, I had not known that McDuff was in the area at the time of the disappearance. I always felt so horrible for her boyfriend... he was really cute, and you could tell how shaken and horrified he was at what happened when he was on the segment.

On a related/unrelated note, the Colleen Reed case goes down as one of the scariest of all time. I can never go to a do it yourself carwash at night or even if deserted b/c of that case. I can't imagine how scary that must have been for poor Ms. Reed.

[moonshinegrrl]

This case just goes to show, you can't ever tell. I think of the chances I have taken and then think this poor girl just making a phone call. I guess that is a good thing about cell phones.

[Mastermind]

In any case, not matter how likely it is that a missing person is dead, he or she is listed as such, and considered alive until proven otherwise. It's just common sense, because, if the authorities were to declare a missing person dead, and then that missing person later turns up alive, they will have made fools out of themselves.

True, but missing persons cases can always be treated and investigated like murder cases by the LEs.

[neonpinkpostit]

I read the Colleen Reed case, as it was referred to by someone in relation to the possibility of Kenneth McDuff being responsible for the disappearance of Ms. Hammond.

Since I have not posted 5 times this site will not allow me to post links, but google the UM wiki website and look at the Collen Reed case file. Specifically, check out the picture of Mr. McDuff's accomplice in the case. Alva Hank Worley. I have no clue what became of him, but he certainly looks bearded and dirty and known to have a history of being involved in abductions....

[TracyLynnS]

I agree, neon. I had also wondered if Worley could have been the guy Angela was describing. He looks so much like how I would picture the filthy bearded guy in the truck.

Here's the photo from the um wikia site. The large one is sorta distorted so I put in the smaller version, too.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111004005561/unsolvedmysteries/images/thumb/c/c2/Alva_worley.jpg/744px-Alva_worley.jpghttp://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111004005561/unsolvedmysteries/images/thumb/c/c2/Alva_worley.jpg/300px-Alva_worley.jpg

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Colleen_Reed

[neonpinkpostit]

Makes you wonder if he was in the area at the time of her disappearance. Since several people on here have stated McDuff was known to be in the area, I don't think it's a stretch to wonder if one of his known accomplices around this time was also in the area. I also read on this man's wikipedia that he was taken in for questioning in 1992 on the Colleen Reed case, which took place in December 1991.... so he would have presumably been a free man at the time of Angela's disappearance.