A Fort Worth lady went missing 40 years ago on Tuesday. Nine years later, her body was discovered, but no one was ever taken into custody.
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Angie Ewert disappeared in Fort Worth in 1984. Her body was found in Johnson County nine years later.
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Original police reports say she left her fianc ‘s house to drive home to her parent’s house. But she never made it that far.
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Her car was found near a creek. It had a spare tire on it with the shredded old tire inside. There was also a broken pocket knife found near the car.
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Angie Ewert disappeared in Fort Worth in 1984. Her body was found in Johnson County nine years later.
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Original police reports say she left her fianc ‘s house to drive home to her parent’s house. But she never made it that far.
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Her car was found near a creek. It had a spare tire on it with the shredded old tire inside. There was also a broken pocket knife found near the car.
Texas’s Fort WorthA Fort Worth lady went missing 40 years ago on Tuesday. Nine years later, her body was discovered, but no one was ever taken into custody.
Angie Ewert’s friends are still looking for answers.
One of Ewert’s classmates, Robert Jacobs, stated, “Hopefully, this will get some notice, and they will find some answers,”
“Her picture would appear if you took out your dictionary and looked up the term sweet. Another of her classmates, Laurie Henderson, described her as “one of the sweetest girls ever.”
Jacobs went on to say, “One of the nicest people I’ve ever met,” “I only recall this stunning blonde entering with a smile on her face. She sat directly behind me as well. And we quickly became friends.
At Eastern Hills High School, Ewert held a leadership position. Her senior annual is filled with page after page of her photographs.
She was on the drill team. She was a passionate singer. She placed second in our annual Miss Big E pageant,” Henderson remarked.
Ewert went on to work in radio after graduating.
She worked at the Eagle at KEGL as a programmer. I appeared on TV. Henderson recalled, “We used to talk about our love for the media.”
On December 10, 1984, however, Ewert vanished.
Her fiancé stated that she left the residence at 11 p.m. to go to her parents’ house, where she was living, according to Fort Worth police records.
Her father contacted her the following morning. She had never returned home.
The police report said Ewert s fianc retraced her route home. He told police he stopped at 7-Eleven where a clerk said she saw her stop and buy gas that night.
Her car was found a short distance away near Loop 820 near a creek.
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“I was a sports intern because it was my last year of college. I was in the newsroom when that story came across. I was like, Wait a minute. That s my friend. I know Angie, ” Henderson said.
Ewert s was one of four young women who disappeared in Fort Worth in 1984.
But unlike in the other Fort Worth cases, her body wasn t discovered for nearly a decade.
“The other thing that complicates this case is they did not find her for nine years,” Jacobs said.
“And they found her in Johnson County,” Henderson said.
The only clue by her car, according to the police report, was a broken pocket knife.
Police also noticed that the car had a spare tire. Her old tire was inside the vehicle. It was shredded, but the tread was still good.
The Fort Worth Police Department said it could not provide any interviews or updates on the case. The department wouldn t even say whether the case is still open or active.
Ewert s friends hope to send them a message.
“I hope you will keep pursuing answers and use whatever resources you have, any new technology. And don t forget Angie,” Jacobs said.
“Try to get closure for her mother and for all of her friends,” Hendersons said.
Her friends are planning to gather for a remembrance ceremony at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the location where her car was found 40 years ago.
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The information in this story comes from an interview with Angie Ewert’s friends and Fort Worth police reports related to the case.
The information in this story comes from an interview with Angie Ewert’s friends and Fort Worth police reports related to the case.
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