re: What is the most chilling unsolved murder mystery you know?

Angela Hammond

April 4, 1991. Clinton, Missouri.

Twenty year old Angela worked at a bank and was engaged to a young man named Rob. At about 10 PM Angela dropped Rob off at his house after both attended a BBQ. They had planned to meet up later after Rob's mom got home because Rob had to watch over his little brother.

At 11:15 P.M., Angela left a friend's house and stopped at a pay phone located about 7 blocks from Rob's house. She called Rob and they began chatting as usual.

During the conversation Angela mentioned that an old Ford Pickup truck was circling the block. (No one was else was out on the streets at that hour as Clinton is a very small town). A minute or so later, Angela told Rob the pickup truck pulled up next to her at the payphone. Angela described the guy as a middle-aged white male wearing overalls, glasses and had an overall disheveled appearance. Rob and Angela kept talking.

A minute or so later, Rob heard Angela scream. Rob kept yelling for her, but she never came back to the phone. Rob immediately ran outside, jumped in his car and sped to the pay phone (it was really close by).

On his way, he saw a Green pickup pass him at a high rate of speed. He said he caught a glimpse of Angela fighting with the man. Rob slammed on the breaks, threw his car in reverse and took off after them. He tailed them for a minute and then his car gave out on him. He says he suspects he tore up his transmission when he slammed the car in reverse. He got out of his car, stood in the street, and watched them drive off into the night.

Angela is still missing and her body has never been found. Rob was suspected early on, but Police have cleared him. They had his transmission checked and it indeed had been thrown out.

Rob gave one other detail to Police. He said after the man grabbed Angela he heard him say in the background "I didn't need to use the phone anyway."



(Scene from "Unsolved Mysteries" reenactment).