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[Lori Davis]

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Amber Renee Barker
Missing since December 18, 1997 from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Classification: Lost, Injured, Missing
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Vital Statistics
Date Of Birth: October 14, 1987
Age at Time of Disappearance: 10 years old
Height and Weight at Time of Disappearance: 4'11"; 65-70 lbs.
Distinguishing Characteristics: White female. Brown hair; brown eyes. Front part of hair in a ponytail on the top of head and the rest of it left straight down. Pierced ears.
Clothing: Blue or black jeans, long-sleeved beige shirt with a brown collar, and No Excuses tennis shoes.
DNA: mtDNA Available
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Circumstances of Disappearance
Amber Renee Barker was last seen leaving a friend's house on her bicycle about 6 pm 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, Daniel John Smith, 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 Smith was at Amber's house just minutes before she called home to speak with her mother.

Smith 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 Smith's pickup was blue.
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Investigators
If you have any information concerning this case, please contact:

Oklahoma City Police Department
405- 297-1129
or
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
1-800-522-8017
Email

NCMEC #: NCMC841456
NCIC Number: M-084085341

Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

[Jenn]

Published: December 29, 2008 10:45 pm     print this story   email this story    comment on this story  

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Information sought on missing child

The Edmond Sun

EDMOND — Authorities are seeking information on Amber Renee Barker, who was born Oct 14, 1987. Amber went missing Dec. 18, 1997, from Oklahoma City. Now the white female with brown hair and brown eyes is age 21. Amber’s photo is shown age-progressed to 21 years.

She was last seen leaving a friend’s house on her bicycle. Her bicycle was found in Denniston Park in Oklahoma City. Amber was 10 years old at the time of her disappearance. Foul play is suspected.

Anyone having information should call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678, the Oklahoma City Police Department 297-1290 or the Oklahoma City FBI office. Calls are confidential and may be made anonymously.

Information on other missing Oklahoma children can be viewed at http://www.ok.gov/osbi.

[Lori Davis]

https://www.findthem....org/cases/1702
NamUs profile for Amber Barker - Case #1702

[Lori Davis]

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Man Close To Amber Barker Cold Case Shares His Theory

 

Posted: Jan 16, 2015 7:37 PM EST  Updated: Jan 16, 2015 7:37 PM EST

BY ADRIANNA IWASINSKI, NEWS 9

 

OKLAHOMA CITY - Investigators said they cannot forget the face or the case.

 

Amber Barker would have turned 27 this year.

 

She disappeared in 1997 while riding her bicycle home in her Northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood.

 

Police confirmed they have been quietly looking into this case for the past four years.

 

Investigators with their Crimes Against Children unit have been going over every piece of evidence with a fresh set of eyes to see if there was something that was missed the first time.

 

In court documents, there were three names mentioned of men police have interviewed.

 

Daniel Smith, Forest Rice, and Joseph Bishop were the men interviewed.

 

News 9 talked to Bishop Friday by phone.

 

“The whole family was questioned,” explained Bishop, who said he now lives in Dallas. “Everyone was questioned, taken down to the police station, and polygraphed and all that.”

 

Bishop said he does not know what happened to Amber Barker that day.

 

“No I have no idea,” said Bishop.

 

Bishop was dating Amber Barker's older sister Brandi at the time and admitted they had a rocky relationship.

 

He said what happened to Amber most likely was taken to the grave with Daniel Smith.

 

Smith was Amber's brother-in-law and committed suicide, just days after police questioned him about her disappearance.

 

"I was 19 at the time. I still have nightmares” said Bishop. “Then they let him go and three days later they found him hanging dead in the park.”

 

Bishop said he, like Amber's family, wants to know what happened. He said it is possible someone still knows something, but just hasn't come forward.

 

“I hope someday they get all the answers they are looking for,” said Bishop.

 

Police recovered Amber's bicycle, as well as her shoes and a sweater.

 

And on that sweater, police found partial DNA of a man, but have yet to make a match.

 

"Investigators believe that someone knows the whole story, or at least enough of the story to put the pieces together,” said MSgt. Gary Knight with the Oklahoma City Police Department. “And after all these years, we still want to hear from that person. That information is still vital to the case."

 

Oklahoma City police filed a search warrant on Thursday, requesting DNA from an Oklahoma County inmate.

 

He was identified as Forest Rice, but also goes by the name Steven Henley.

 

Police said he is not a suspect, but investigators believe he may have crucial information about Barker's disappearance that could lead them to the answer of what happened to Amber.

 

They said they also want to talk to Joseph Bishop for the very same reason.

 

“That's what we're there to do; to try to find out who's responsible for this kind of crime, hold them accountable, yet also locate the body and at least possibly give the family some closure to be able to bury their child,” said Knight.

 

Investigators said Amber Barker's mother passed away just last year.

 

And one of her sister's was found dead in 2013.

 

But there are still friends and family out there who want to see this case solved.

 

If you have any information you are urged to call Crime Stoppers at (405) 235-7300.

 

Authorities said there is a reward.

[Deborah]

Amber has not been located/recovered.

 

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