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(suspenseful music)
- [Narrator] Amber Alyssa Tuccaro
was a fiercely courageous, confident,
and compassionate young woman,
beloved by her friends and family,
her deep-rooted connection with cultivating relationships,
as well as her passion to nurture those in need
and to make a positive impact on the world around her
was cut short by an unexplainable, unsolved death
in the dog days of summer 2010.
She left all who knew her
in the Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta, Canada,
and the entire country at large
devastated, bewildered, and horrified
in the wake of her tragic murder.
In the hope of providing a more substantial reasoning,
based upon observable evidence and situational analysis,
this is an examination of the death of Amber Tuccaro
and the suspicious audio recording
from Amber's final phone call
that may provide a clue to identify her unknown killer.
This is Cold Case Detective.
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Amber Alyssa Tuccaro was born on January 3rd, 1990
as a part of the Mikisew First Nation Crew
and indigenous first nations government
of Woodland Cree people
in Northeastern, Alberta, Canada.
Three days after her birth,
she was adopted by the Tuccaro family
led by her soon-to-be mother Vivian Tootsie Tuccaro.
She joined a family of all male children.
Tootsie and her husband at the time had always wanted
a baby girl of their own
and looked into adoptions as a solution.
Thus, when they received a call
about an opportunity to adopt,
Amber was happily introduced to the Tuccaro clan
and was instantly loved by each member of the family.
Growing up, Amber wasted no time
forging a close relationship with her parents
and brothers Paul, Billy-Jo, Onrad, and Justin.
Together, the Tuccaro siblings grew up in Fort Chipewyan.
As a part of the Mikisew first nation crew reserve,
which was signed to the indigenous tribe
in a treaty with Canada in 1986.
Paul Tuccaro and his brothers took special care
in looking after Amber.
Later saying that she was cuddled,
but she also picked up on vital parts of living quite early,
learning how to walk
at the surprising age of only eight months.
This solidified a resounding resilience in Amber
who hardened into a fiercely independent
and resourceful young woman.
Paul later said at the MMIW National Inquiry
revolving around Amber's death,
that she was the family's pride and joy
and had a special place in Tootsie's hearts
as the daughter, she never thought she'd.
A few years later into Amber's life
Tootsi and her then husband filed for divorce
while it was originally planned to split up the family
with the siblings breaking up into two residencies
with each parents.
It ultimately left Tootsi with all of her children.
However, like many broken marriages,
the divorce left Paul and his brothers
to take leadership roles
within the family,
continuing to look after Amber and their mother.
The brothers shared cooking and cleaning duties
whilst all the siblings attended
Athabasca Delta Community Schools.
As a teenager,
Amber struggled with staying motivated to continue school
in the reservation education system,
but kept at it after the prodding of her older brothers
who constantly preached how important education was
for a family who lacked it in generations prior.
Once the brothers grew older
and started miniature families themselves,
Amber played a vital role
in fostering relationships with her sisters-in-law,
nieces and nephews.
One of the many interests she developed over the years
was a fascination with music
and would introduce an eclectic variation of songs
to her younger family members she looked after.
Much like her brothers did for her.
She grew incredibly proud of her nieces and nephews
and infected them with her happy-go-lucky spirits
whenever she visited.
In June of 2009,
Amber had a child of her own
giving birth to a son named Jacob.
Jacob became Amber's everything,
and she cared for him deeply.
The two went everywhere together,
even on trips outside Fort McMurray,
where she last lived.
Tootsie Tuccaro often warned Amber
of the dangers of such adventures,
but Amber's forwardness and hardheaded spirit persisted.
She was never afraid to get her hands dirty
and always stuck up for herself and her loved ones.
Sadly, however, the last trip,
the mother and son duo ever ventured on
would prove to be fatal.
When on the night of August 18th, 2010
Amber last made contact with her Tuccaro family
and then disappeared into the calm countryside of Edmonton.
The site where her homicide investigation
would break out two years later,
when it was discovered that it was here,
that she drew her last breaths in Leduc County.
Let's turn now to a timeline of the events
leading up to Amber's death.
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For 20 years between the 1990s and the end of the noughties,
Tootsie Tuccaro looks out for her daughter, Amber Tuccaro
like a hawk, always preaching common sense,
safety and daily precaution as any mother will.
These tips included warnings of staying away from strangers
and getting into cars with unknown man.
It fastens an important bond between her
and her only female child.
Fast forward to 2010 and Amber blossoms into
an independence and lively soul.
Starting a family with her own newborn son, Jacob
and surrounding herself with devoted friends.
She develops an explorative soul and a curiosity that
inspires her to take trips around Canada
and check out the various cities
and cultures outside of her hometown lands.
Later that same summer in August of 2010,
Amber decides to plan a trip to Edmonton, to visit a friend.
She invites another one of her unidentified friends
to join her and her 14-month-old son
aiming to leave in the middle of the month
for a two-day excursion.
Soon after the plans are forged,
Amber informs her mother of the short Edmonton vacation.
Tootsi immediately feels uneasy about the idea
and tells her daughter, she shouldn't go,
hearkening back to her safety standards of adolescents.
Amber's independence and forward spirit holds true, however,
and she keeps the plans intact.
On Tuesday, August 17th,
Amber packs up a few essentials and heads to the airport
with Jacob and her friend
and flies from Fort McMurray
to Edmonton International Airport.
Later on the 17th,
the young trio arrives just outside of the city,
near the airport and checks into
the Nisku Place Motel for lodging.
During their stay at the motel,
Amber stays in constant communication with her mother
sending along texts and updates throughout the afternoon.
On day two of the trip,
Wednesday, August 18th,
Amber agrees with her friends that they will travel into
the city the following day.
Their funds are not large and they plot ways to save money
during the trip.
As the evening draws near on the 18th,
Amber decides she wants to head into Edmonton
earlier than they planned.
Being low on cash, she makes unknown arrangements
for a ride into the city
and leaves Jacob with her friends
at the Nisku Motel.
Without divulging any specifics of the ride
or details about who is picking her up,
Amber leaves for a hitchhike in the stranger's vehicle.
This will be the last confirmed time
anyone sees Amber Tuccaro.
During Amber's ride with her mysterious driver,
she receives a phone call from her brother
in the Edmondson Remand Center,
a local prison system.
The entire conversation lasts 17 minutes
and includes multiple instances of Amber
questioning her driver of their intended destination,
to which he replies with suspicious and strange answers.
The call ends without notice
and would be the last confirmed time,
anyone talked to or heard from Amber Tuccaro.
As we fall deeper into the night of August 18th,
both Amber's friend and Tootsie Tuccaro,
lose all contact with Amber
who no longer responds to texts or phone calls.
Tootsi immediately feels intense worry,
remembering her daughter's hardheadedness
to all of her warnings
about the mischievous characters of the world,
knowing her daughter's silence is too abnormal for comfort
Tootsie calls the authorities and reports Amber missing.
After the Royal Canadian Mounted Police receives
the missing person's reports.
They tell Tootsi, the case is not of any serious importance.
Their excuse is the Amber is probably out partying
and snuck away for recreation
and will call later that night or the next day.
24 hours go by
and Amber remains silence.
Tootsie pushes the missing person's reports
and the RCMP finally takes initiative to investigate.
Over the next 14 months,
the RCMP interviews people both familiar with Amber
and folks around Edmonton's outskirts.
They develop few leads
and find little to no evidence around Nisku.
In October of 2011,
the RCMP officially asks for investigative assistance
from Project CARE,
special task force that focuses on missing
and murdered women's cases.
Yet, it wouldn't be for another 10 months
before the next big development explodes
in Amber's vanishing.
In August of 2012,
police obtained a 17-minutes phone call
recording from the Edmonton Remand Center,
featuring Amber Tuccaro voice.
Amber appears to be in a car with an unidentified male.
Authorities confirm the legitimacy of the audio clip
and theorize the mysterious man in question
is almost certainly involved
with Amber's vanishing.
By the end of the month on Tuesday, August 28th,
Project CARE and the RCMP released
a phone recording to news outlets
who broadcast a one minute excerpts to a national audience
asking citizens around the country,
if they can recognize or identify the unknown male's voice.
Hundreds of tips pour in
from concerned listeners.
In a major coincidental twist
on Saturday, September 1st, 2012,
I mean four days after the clip has released
a group of horseback riders
stumble upon a fragment of human skull
in a wooded area on rural farm land,
near Leduc in Leduc county, south of Edmonton.
The bones are quickly sent for processing
and dental records confirm
they match Amber Tuccaro's DNA profile.
Her case transitions from a missing person's
to an unsolved homicide.
In the following weeks, months and years,
investigators continue their pleas for the general public
to come forward with information
about the male voice in Amber's final phone call
now understanding him to likely be her killer.
Plenty of followers report potential persons of interest,
but none ever announced to the public or arrested.
The most curious circumstance of all is a time
when three separate women who wish to remain anonymous,
come forward to the police and say for certain they know
who the voice belongs to.
However, this man is apparently heavily searched
and interrogated by investigators
and cleared of having any connection to Amber.
Sadly from 2012 to the present day,
Amber's unsolved death has only grown colder.
The male voice has yet to be identified
and the longer it freezes,
the more forgotten it becomes by society.
The most recent update came on January 24th, 2020,
when a young man from Edmonton
called the RCMP and stated
he believed his father was not only the male driver
in Amber's case,
but also responsible for the deaths of other murdered women
in the Leduc County area.
The RCMP investigated the claim,
but found it to be unsubstantiated.
They said the claimant had
a history of reporting fabricated tips,
and that some of the murdered women's cases,
he said his father had involvement with
were already solved.
As of today,
both the RCMP and Project CARE investigators are still
asking for people to call in with any leads to identifying
the unknown man or solving Amber's homicide case in general.
Of all the odd peculiarities
prodding out of Amber's case file,
none cuts deeper than the mysterious phone call recording
obtained by police and major news outlets
two years after Amber Tuccaro's initial disappearance.
While the exact time of the phone call
has never been specified.
It's collectively agreed upon to be the last communication
Amber made with any of her family or friends
and the final clue she left behind
before she was ultimately killed.
Thus, it's believed the phone call recording took place
originally on August 18th, 2010,
the day Amber vanished and passed away.
It happened in the later evening hours
when Amber decided to leave her son with her friend
and travel into Edmonton that night,
rather than the following day.
To save money for lodging,
Amber decided to forego a taxi or paid car service
and hitchhiked with a stranger.
During the ride with the unidentified man,
Amber entered a telephone conversation with her brother
who made a phone call from prison
at Edmonton's Remand Center,
where all outgoing communication is recorded and preserved.
The entire talk is 17 minutes long,
but only about one minute was released by authorities
claiming it's the only vital piece of information
relevant to Amber's death.
Before I play this recording,
I want to warn listeners that the audio clip
could be distressing for some,
for those who want to hear,
please play close attention
to the voice of the male subject.
- [Amber] Where are we by?
- [Driver] We're just heading south of Beaumont,
or north of Beaumont.
- [Amber] We're heading north of Beaumont.
Yo, where are we going?
- [Driver] Just-
the back roads.
- [Amber] Are you fucking kidding me?
- [Driver] No, I'm not kidding you.
- [Amber] You'd better not be taking me
anywhere I don't wanna go.
I wanna go into the city?
No, we're not going into the city, are we?
- [Driver] We are, we're going-
- [Amber] No, we're not.
- [Driver] Yes.
- [Amber] Then, where the fuck are these roads going to?
- [Driver] The 50th Street.
- [Amber] The 50th Street? Are you sure?
- [Driver] Absolutely.
- [Amber] Yo, where are we going?
- [Driver] 50th Street.
- [Amber] 50th Street?
- [Driver] 50th Street.
- [Amber] East, right?
- [Driver] East.
(phone beeping)
- [Narrator] The ending of the clip is not
the ending of this conversation.
However, in an interview with Tootsie Tuccaro,
CBC news reported,
the Tootsi had heard the entire recording
and said, it ended abruptly
detecting fear in Amber's voice,
But as I'm sure you noticed,
even within the one minute we have available,
there is a level of discomfort
emanating from Amber's question.
While she holds firm on her desires and remains vocal,
there is a sense of unease.
The unknown man is clearly lying with Amber
at first saying they're heading
south or north of Beaumont's.
Later in the recording,
he says, he's taking her to 50th Street.
However, locals of Edmondton claim,
there are no gravel roads on 50th Street
and that he was most likely driving down
countryside roads in the complete opposite direction.
The suspects also sounds as if he laughs
at one point in the clip
hinting at a potentially deranged motive.
Regardless, it's obviously painful
to hear Amber's final words,
confessing her concern with the man
taking her someplace she doesn't want to go.
It's highly probable that the man in this recording
is the man who took Amber's life,
or at least he was one of the final people
to make contact with her
and absolutely knows of her fate.
Hundreds of people have called in to the RCMP over the years
with tips and names of possible suitors.
Yet, investigators have never confirmed or released a name
rather explaining that they've researched all leads
and have yet to find someone
who fits the man's profile.
Without a doubt, someone out there has also heard
this male subject voice before
and could come forward with absolutely vital information.
If you or anyone you know
might be able to identify the voice
heard in Amber Tuccaro's final phone call,
please alerts the proper authorities.
Although audio from telephones and secondary recordings
can distort a person's voice,
identifying the man behind this audio clip
will likely be the information needed
to finally crack Amber's case,
bringing a family in mourning much deserved closure
and bringing justice to light against a killer.
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In the years since Amber Tuccaro's murder,
plenty of theories have been constructed by her family,
by Edmonton residents
and concerned followers of the case
all across Canada.
Most often, they revolve around
the tragic audio recording
of Amber's haunting final phone call
and pinpointing the identity of the man behind the wheel,
driving her towards doom.
One popular theory attempting to identify Amber's killer
derives from three women who called him
with testimonies about who the male voice belongs to
in Amber's phone recording
soon after it was released in 2012.
The first woman who alerted authorities
claimed she was certain she knew who the voice was,
saying she was able to perfectly picture him
in the scene of Amber's final moments.
The name of this male individual
was not released to the public,
but soon after two new women followed up the report
with additional claims that they believe the voice
to be of the same male individual.
Three random incidents of three separate women,
all reporting the same person
rings highly suspicious.
The RCMP thought so, too,
but has since announced that the male individual
has no connection to Amber or her final days in Edmonton.
And yet those unidentified women
believe the claims against the man
were not investigated thoroughly.
After some digging by curious third parties
across the Internet,
it was discovered that the person in question
reported by the three women was a man
by the name of Pat Carson.
Pat Carson is an infamous figure
of the Edmonton, Canada area
known for his criminal record
and arrests for sexual assaults,
procuring juvenile prostitutes
and physically assaulting a woman by choking her
to overcome her resistance.
He was released from prison on January 28th, 2003,
and returned home to his horse ranch
in Sandy Beach, Alberta.
Ever since he has been residing there,
working around his land and fixing machinery
while also posting advertisements
across Craigslist and other Internet forums
for people to come and work on his ranch as apprentices.
This is where things become murky and disturbing.
Since being released from prison,
countless stories of Pat and his horse ranch
have populated blogs and Reddit threads online
discussing his severely suspicious activity
and history of disturbing behavior.
In fact,
there is an entire website dedicated solely
to warning young people
and anyone who comes into contact with his job postings,
allowing people to share their stories of horror
in regards to both Pat himself and the ranch,
multiple people talk about how manipulative he was
over the phone and in person
talking about taking naked photos for woodcarvings
to generate revenue.
One detailed story from a woman who visited the ranch
in the mid 2000s repeated similar circumstances,
and how Pat would use alter egos
and ask for full body massages.
The same victim went on
saying how she realized she wasn't safe at his ranch
and telling of how she once
went through his things one night
when he wasn't home and found he had saved
pornographic photos of young Japanese women
he had convinced to come and work on his ranch years prior,
along with shrines of the women
and videos of them flexing their muscles.
Another woman who ended up on the ranch
found the exact same materials
and claimed Pat would talk at length about
how fond he was of Asian women.
The most harrowing stories were of a woman
who survived time alone at Pat's horse ranch,
but said, when they expressed their desire to leave,
he would argue against it
and sometimes offer to take the woman on, quote,
"one final horse ride" in the dead of night,
in the dead of winter.
These women claim that had they given into Pat's requests,
they would no longer be alive.
One of Pat's full-time stable hands,
a man under the moniker of Richard
who was also reported to engage inappropriately
with female visitors,
acting like a ringleader in getting young women
to be alone with his boss.
We visited Pat's Facebook page for his ranch
and on a photo of this supposed Richard,
a commenter wrote.
Quote,
"So you're the guy who thinks Pat is a nice normal guy.
Eh, you must be just a sick.
I've informed the police
about this site and the blog,
and the fact that the name changes
you must be the boy
who goes to Edmonton and picks the girl out with him
and talks to them into going there.
What part of that do you think is okay?"
The most curious story in relation to Amber, however,
came five years ago in a woman's testimonial
about how she and her friend went to work on Pat's ranch
when she was 19,
in order to earn a little extra cash.
This is an excerpt from her story.
Quote
"He often brought up people who had stayed with him before
and all of them had left suddenly and maybe unexpectedly
as the days went on,
his welcoming nature began to give way
to a very temperamental and aggressive one.
I didn't really find him creepy, but intolerable.
I didn't like him at all.
He seemed extremely socially inept
and said inappropriate things.
It was also extremely apparent
that he did not view women
as equal or anywhere near equal to men.
One day he told us to get in the truck
because we were going to the city.
We were way out in the country,
so it was a long ride,
but he was really excited about going.
He asked us to walk around
and ask young people to come
and work for those on the ranch.
This made us super uncomfortable.
We were introverts
and just felt very odd to approach people
and ask them to get in the truck.
He got upset by our disapproval.
So we got out and pretended to look for people to talk to.
He also went to talk to people on his own."
The reason this sticks out so much
in relation to Amber's death
is the confirmation that both Pat
and his suspicious stable hand
are both known for driving around town,
looking for young women,
offering money and monetary help
in exchange for their services.
Notice the Pat also
referenced to traveling into the city,
of verbiage mirroring what the mysterious man
in Amber's phone call told her before her death.
Throw in the criminal record
and the predatory behavior and bizarre actions
towards women of different ethnicities,
and it's safe to say, Pat Carson
fits the profile of a disturbed and dangerous individual.
This being said,
the RCMP did clear him of any wrongdoing in Amber's case,
not only this, but some women
who visited the ranch
and shared their stories of terror
remarked on Amber's case that
the voice in her phone recording didn't sound like Pat's.
At least in their opinion,
there are arguments on both sides,
but theorists refuse to drop Pat as a suspect
until a more in-depth investigation is carried out.
Some also theorized that Richard,
the stable hand could be the voice
on the Tuccaro phone call.
Perhaps picking up Amber in one of his runs through the city
to convince people to come to the ranch.
Another prominent theory,
one raised by Tootsi Tuccaro herself
is that Amber was the victim of a serial killer,
still at large in the Leduc County area in Canada.
This theory stems from
multiple missing person reports of women
posted throughout the county between 2000 and 2010.
Four of these cases ended up as unsolved homicides
when remains of four different young girls
were discovered on multiple rural properties near Leduc.
The first three victims were all last seen in Edmonton
in April of 2003 and May of 2004.
The first body was found in July of 2004,
but two others weren't found until April of 2015.
All four ladies were found in an eight kilometer radius
suggesting that their killer could be the same person.
There isn't much more evidence
than only a pattern of gender and burial locations,
but it does make one wonder
if there's a more sinister scheme
happening in Leduc County.
In addition,
you may remember us covering the Highway of Tears
in a previous video earlier in 2020,
about the 750 kilometer stretch of road
from Prince George to Prince Rupert, Canada,
in which countless women and children have gone missing
or been murdered without any explanation.
Many of the women parts of the Highway of Tears
are indigenous and fits similar profiles of Amber Tuccaro.
While Amber's murder is another 750 kilometers away
from the highway's original mapping,
it does make one wonder
if there was a murder of targeting
that specific stretch of road,
could they have expanded their territory
in the hopes to throw investigators off their sense,
or did they worry about leaving behind too many clues
in the same area and move Westwood
to try and randomize their spree of terror.
These are all legitimate questions
with a complete lack of answers.
Without a doubt, however,
there could be a connection in both sets of circumstances,
a connection in the mistreatment and inherent racism
against indigenous peoples across all of Canada.
There is certainly a sad trend
in the Highway of Tears cases,
and Amber's own profile
is just a microcosm of a bigger issue.
While that may not be one specific or physical killer
sabotaging all these women and children,
it could be a similar modus operandi and mindset
that these women are dying
at the hands of prejudice and nationalistic evil.
Groups that tout these awful ways of thinking and living
could be the targets of investigation
and it's completely plausible that Amber was
a victim of a hate crime
or somebody who simply wanted to take advantage
of an indigenous female.
The final theory of prominence highlights the lack of effort
given by the RCMP and fellow investigators
during the height of Amber's case,
specifically in the beginning.
Remember that when Tootsi
first called in her daughter missing,
the police literally told her
it wasn't going to be an issue
that Amber would return her calls after a night of partying,
they had absolutely zero pretense
to make such a clumsy assumption,
and it could have been the decision
that cost Amber her life.
Not only this,
but the Tuccaro family claimed frequent mishaps
by the police during their daughter's trial,
citing a lack of efforts and inconclusive briefings.
Even the people calling in leads to the authorities,
such as the three unidentified women
who dropped Pat Carson's name
felt the inspectors weren't doing enough
to justify their findings.
Thus, theorists speculate
Amber's disappearance and homicide
might've been somehow related to law enforcements,
perhaps committed by someone
under the protection of the police.
Perhaps as some argue,
this all connects back to the overall racism issue,
indigenous people face in Canada,
living on reservations and dealing with jurisdiction issues
across the country,
cases involving tribal members
are often swept under the rug and forgotten about,
or simply never even attempted to be solved at all.
Even if Amber's murder isn't
that of law enforcement corruption,
it could definitely be the results of higher-ups
choosing to ignore her
due to her background as an indigenous individual.
It is a heartbreaking thoughts,
but also a story that we are all too familiar with
in many cases in Canada and around North America.
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Before we divulge
our hypothesis of Amber Tuccaro's unsolved death,
we want to make known that our conclusions presented
in Cold Case Detective
are purely logical speculation
based on evidence, circumstance and factual subtext.
We are only privy to the same information
presented in each video,
and we do not promise certainty or an expert guarantee
on the findings we reach in closing,
we simply observe, research and report.
In the case of Amber,
we believe she was ultimately taken advantage of
by a predatory man seeking to harm innocent young women,
whether it was a one of circumstance
or the act of a serial killer
can not be said for certain,
but without a doubt,
some sick individual was out praying on
unsuspecting subjects.
And sadly, Amber fell victim that evening.
Maybe she was attempting to go into the city
or simply just trying to make some extra cash
for the next day's adventure.
Regardless, she didn't hitchhike without a reason,
and wouldn't go down without a fight,
which is probably why she ended up where she did.
It's important to remember that her remnants
were discovered on a patch of land,
about 17 minutes away from her last known activity
at the motel,
almost the exact same length of her phone call
with her brother.
Tootsie Tuccaro who had listened to the entire recording
has stated her daughter sounded happy and normal
at the beginning of the conversation,
but by the end,
she was onto her driver's dishonesty and potential danger.
She says the call ended abruptly leading us to believe
that the 17-minute call ended right before her murder,
where she was either buried immediately
or brought back to the scene later into the night
by her killer.
Just who the perpetrator was, cannot be said for certain,
what we do know is he is a master manipulator
and familiar with the Edmonton area.
During the phone call, one can hear him
feeding false directions to Amber
saying they were headed in the direction of town
when really they were on another road headed south
on country pathways made of gravel
and nowhere near the city like she'd asked.
The landmarks he mentions are all correct
but jumbled in a way to convince Amber
he is doing what she wants long enough
before the confusion sets in.
The man knew what he was up to all along.
And as things stand now,
his evil doing still exists somewhere out in the world,
potentially harming others
like he harmed Amber and the entire Tuccaro family.
Most disheartening of all is that this case is
just one in an infinite pool of unsolved missing
and murdered indigenous women in both Canada
and all across North America.
It is an absolute catastrophe how these real human beings
and their families are forgotten
cast away without a second thoughts
or a drop of empathy.
They had dreams and aspirations and goals that
could have changed the world for the better.
So why are they ripped from society and forgotten
in the blink of an eye?
It's a real world tragedy that must be stopped immediately
with awareness spread,
to hopefully stop the never-ending chaos.
With jurisdiction disputes and lack of funding and resources
given to indigenous people on their reservations,
they begin the race a step behind,
but just by sharing these stories by alerting
governments and authorities of any information
you may have to solve cold cases,
and by telling others of the injustices
these women and children face,
we can maybe maybe help deliver the compassion,
hope and justice.
The native tribes across North America,
not only need but deserve.
In terms of Amber Tuccaro, we will not remember her
as another number in a database
or a folder in a filing cabinet,
but as a strong and courageous fighter,
a devoted friend and caring family member,
a loving daughter, sister, mother, and aunt.
We will remember her dedication to serving those in need.
Her passion for music and pure desire to make others happy.
Amber Tuccaro's life may have been stolen from her
in a mindless murder on August 18th, 2010,
but her memory, her voice and her spirits lives on.
If you have any information regarding
the unidentified man's voice
or the final days Amber was last seen alive,
please contact crime stoppers
at 1-800
222
8477.
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