Today I am discussing the case of 20-year-old Amber Tuccaro. In 2010 Amber took a trip to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada with her son and a friend. On the last night of their trip, she got a ride from a stranger and was never seen again. Two years later the police released audio of what is believed to be Amber’s last phone call and asked the public for help. After a lot of missteps by the police, a public apology and a slew of people coming forward to claim they know who harmed Amber, the case remains unsolved.
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Transcript of call:
TUCCARO: Where are we by?
U/M: We’re just heading south of uh Beaumont – or north of Beaumont.
TUCCARO: We’re heading north of Beaumont… Yo where are we going?
U/M: Just,
TUCCARO: No this isn’t…
U/M: …we’re taking the back road.
TUCCARO: Are you fucking kidding me?
U/M: No I’m not,
TUCCARO: You better not take- you better not be taking me anywhere I don’t wanna go. I wanna go into the city… hey,
U/M: To one end of the city.
TUCCARO: Yo we’re not going in the city are we?
U/M: We are, we’re going…
TUCCARO: No we’re not,
U/M: Yes we’re going to 50th street-
TUCCARO: … then where the fuck are these roads going to?
U/M: To 50th street.
TUCCARO: 50th street. Are you sure?
U/M: Absolutely.
TUCCARO: Yo where are we going?
U/M: 50th street.
TUCCARO: 50th street?
U/M: 50th street.
TUCCARO: East right?
U/M: East.
TUCCARO: The roads over now,
U/M: Yeah gravel.
TUCCARO: Gravel?
(Dial tone)
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