AMBER SWARTZ-GARCIA - 8 yo (1988) Pinole CA

NonFamily Abduction

AMBER SWARTZ-GARCIA


[size=12][b]DOB: Aug 19, 1980
Missing: Jun 3, 1988
Age Now: 29
Sex: Female
Race: White
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Height: 4'0" (122 cm)
Weight: 62 lbs (28 kg)
Missing From:
PINOLE
CA
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[size=21]Age Progressed

Amber's photo is shown age-progressed to 25 years. She disappeared while she was playing in her front yard. She has very poor hearing if she does not wear a hearing aid. When she was last seen, she was missing her right front tooth.

ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT National Center for Missing & Exploited Children 1-800-843-5678 (1-800-THE-LOST) Pinole Police Department (California) - Missing Persons Unit 1-510-724-8950

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http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/story?section=news/state&id=6902134
Police solve Amber Swartz-Garcia case


PINOLE, CA --
Twenty-one years after a little girl from Pinole disappeared from her
front yard, police now believe they know who kidnapped and killed her.

Amber Swartz-Garcia was abducted in 1988 and the man responsible, police say, was convicted killer Curtis Dean Anderson.
Investigators wanted to go back with follow-up questions and a
polygraph after Anderson confessed, but they never got that because he
died a month later.
Pinole Police and the FBI are convinced
Curtis Dean Anderson is the one who kidnapped and killed 7-year-old
Amber Swartz-Garcia in 1988. The case is now closed.
"We're
closing it because we believe Curtis Dean Anderson is the killer of
Amber Swartz," said Chief Paul Clancy from Pinole Police.

Anderson was convicted of the 2000 kidnap murder of 7-year-old Vallejo
girl Xiana Fairchild and another Vallejo kidnap-molestation of Midsi
Sanchez, also in 2000. Midsi's escape helped lead to Anderson's arrest.

While serving a 300-year sentence for those and other
crimes, Anderson was interviewed by the FBI in November 2007. He
confessed to Amber's murder and died a month later. Investigators have
been corroborating his story ever since.
Amber's mother Kim Swartz said she needs some hard evidence before she can have real closure.