DALLAS — It’s a missing child mystery that has haunted Dallas for decades. Amber Crum was just 2 years old when she disappeared from the Pleasant Grove area the day after Christmas in 1983.
Her mother’s boyfriend, James “Britt” Monroe said someone took her from his pickup while he was inside a convenience store.
Dallas police detectives said Amber’s mother, Stephanie Hughes, told them she thought Amber was dead.
They arrested Monroe on a charge of murder, but the case fell apart when Hughes reversed her original testimony and said she believed Amber was alive. The judge dismissed the murder charge, and a grand jury later declined to indict Monroe.
Crum remains missing.
Amber’s father, Larry Crum said he is on a mission to bring justice to his daughter.
“One way or another, I’m fighting for Amber,” he said. “I want peace for me, I want peace for Amber, and I want justice for them.”
The I-Team also interviewed Bill Dear, a private investigator hired by the Hughes family after Amber’s disappearance.