I grew up in Arlington and I was 13 when Amber was abducted. About a year before she was abducted, a man stalked and attempted to abduct me on several occasions when I would go out to a nearby park. He was driving a light blue car and Caucasian, could not be mistaken for Hispanic. I was always able to evade him but thankfully he never attempted to leave the car to grab me but he was escalating in his efforts to the point that my parents had to call the police, who did nothing, and I couldn't go alone outside for awhile. One of my teachers told me I was the third girl at my school who had survived an abduction attempt that year.
The cars don't match but I've always wondered if Arlington was just a magnet for monsters who commit these crimes. Lately I've started to wonder if there was a connection. People can get new cars or have multiple vehicles. I came here today because the question was really bothering me and I saw an earlier post about Jenna Robbins, who was abducted by a man driving a gray or silver car in Killeen. I could see how the car could be thought of as gray or silver. I'm not a car person and I can't remember whether or not it was a four or two door car, but it was small. What freaked me out was the composite sketch of her abductor. It could have been the person who stalked me.
Granted, it's hard to say with a composite sketch and the descriptions of the car is not a perfect match so I could be trying too hard to make the pieces fit especially as this was 30 years ago. And for what it's worth I'm not a brunette. So it's still very possible and probably more likely that it was different perpetrators. But I do know I am not the only girl in Arlington who survived an abduction attempt in the months prior to Amber's kidnapping and if there is a connection with Jenna and Amber, the perp most likely lived in Arlington. I saw him on around 4-5 occasions before he terrorized me into staying indoors.
I have looked at pictures of as many of the other suspects that I could find and none of them resembled the person I saw though there were several I have not been able to find pictures of (Bill Fry is one I would like to see a picture of if anyone has one). That said I also think I would recognize his voice ordering me to get into the car more because I was focused more on escaping then looking at and remembering the details of how he and his car looked.
It's tragic that the person responsible has not been found. I'm hoping there is a breakthrough soon with the DNA evidence especially since it blows my mind that this hasn't been solved.
