Angela Hammond
Key facts
Full name: Angela Marie Hammond
Born: February 9, 1971 (Kansas City, Missouri)
Missing since: April 4, 1991 (Clinton, Missouri)
Age at disappearance: 20 years old (four months pregnant)
Last seen: Payphone at 2nd and Jefferson Streets, Clinton MO
Case status: Unsolved; active missing-person investigation
Angela Marie Hammond was a 20-year-old woman from Clinton, Missouri, who was abducted late on April 4, 1991, while speaking on a payphone to her fiancé. Her case remains one of Missouri’s most haunting unsolved disappearances and a long-running focus of true-crime investigations.
Disappearance
Around 11:15 p.m., Hammond phoned her fiancé Rob Shafer from a payphone after leaving a friend’s gathering. While they talked, she described a man circling the lot in an older green pickup with a mural of a fish jumping from water. Moments later Shafer heard her scream. Racing toward the scene, he passed a similar truck and glimpsed Hammond inside before his vehicle’s transmission failed . Her car was found abandoned; she was never seen again.
Investigation and theories
Despite extensive searches, neither Hammond nor the suspect truck was located. Theories include abduction by a local predator or a case of mistaken identity linked to threats against a police informant in Clinton . A typed ransom note received that night suggested revenge motives but produced no arrests. The Unsolved Mysteries featured the case, renewing national attention .
Legacy and current status
Hammond’s family continues to seek answers more than three decades later. Her disappearance has influenced public awareness of small-town abductions and remains open with the Clinton Police Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation. An age-progressed image depicting her at 43 has been released by missing-person advocates .
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