Right 2: Age Progressed by NCMEC to age 21 years; 33 years
Right 2: Age Progressed by NCMEC to age 21 years; 33 years
Name: Amber Renee Barker
Case Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing
Missing Since: December 18, 1997
Location Last Seen: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Date of Birth: October 14, 1987
Age: 10 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 4'11"
Weight: 65-70 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Front part of hair in a ponytail on the top of head and the rest of it left straight down. Pierced ears.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: mtDNA Available
Clothing: Blue or black jeans, long-sleeved beige shirt with a brown collar, and No Excuses tennis shoes.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Amber Renee Barker was last seen leaving a friend's house on her bicycle about 18.00, near Northwest 45th and Drexel Boulevard toward her home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on December 18, 1997.
She had just called her mother on the telephone and said she would be home soon. Police found her undamaged bicycle lay against a tree, in Denniston Park near Northwest 27th and Drexel on December 19, 1997, and her shoes near Northwest 12th and Drexel on December 20, 1997. A ring, a sweater, and a sock belonging to Amber were found later along Drexel between NW 45 and NW 12.
Police and FBI agents were seeking Amber's brother-in-law, for questioning shortly after she disappeared, but he was found on December 22, 1997 after he committed suicide. He was also wanted for a probation violation in connection with a kidnapping conviction in November 1996 in Oklahoma City.
Witnesses told police the suspect was at Amber's house just minutes before she called home to speak with her mother.
He was found hanging from a tree at Ray Trent Park in Del City four days after Amber disappeared.
Detectives found a small amount of blood on Amber's shoe, as well as vomit and blue fibers on the sweater. The interior of the suspect's pickup was blue.
Agency Name: Oklahoma City Police Department
Agency Contact Person: Det. Mike Burke
Agency Phone Number: 405-297-1129
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 97-122598
Agency Name: Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: 1-800-522-8017
Agency E-Mail: tips@osbi.state.ok.us
Agency Case Number: 97122598
NCIC Case Number: M-084085341
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC841456
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Added: 1-7-2006; Last Updated: 11/5/23 - By: Htmlcnvtr
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** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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