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Amber’s death led to the
establishment of the

Amber Alert System.

Amber’s death shook the

entire Arlington

community, inspiring an

intelligent mother to

create an alert system.

Image 2 : The creek where little Amber’s body was found
https://www.sportskeeda.com/amp/pop-culture/5-chilling- Diane Simone, an
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intelligent mother from
Texas, came up with the

incredible idea of
The people started protests and establishing an alert

marches, but they were of no avail. system.

Hence, the Arlington police

department formed an exclusive .She went on to call a local radio

task force to investigate this station and explain her idea of

particular case. A team of one developing a national emergency

sergeant and 12 detectives was alert system for missing children.

formed, particularly for this With the idea, the Amber Alert

case.This team received System was born and further
approximately 5,500 leads for this developed.

case, but nothing showed the

inhumane culprit. Unfortunately, The Amber Alert System works in

the man who ended Amber’s this way: a message is distributed

precious life has not been found to by a child abduction alert system

date. Thus, this case remains to ask the public for help in finding

unsolved in the police records. an abducted child.

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