CANDLELIT VIGIL FOR COFFEE SHOP OWNER
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This is an iHeart Podcast. Guaranteed human. Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. A candlelight vigil for a gorgeous young coffee shop owner. I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. I want to thank you for being with us.
Beloved Oakland coffee shop owner vanishes without warning, leaving her daughters desperate for their mother's safe return.
Where is Amy? Very high profile in her neighborhood.
What happened to Amy Hillyard, the missing coffee shop owner?
Everybody loves her coffee shop. Extremely popular. Never a bad word about Amy Hilliard. But tonight, the community banning together... To have a vigil. She's disappeared days ago, last seen, to my understanding, in a public park. Where is she? Nobody, nobody just vanishes off the face of the earth. It's not like we're in Harry Potter and you can, oh! apparate somewhere else. That doesn't happen. Somebody knows where is Amy. Joining us, an all-star panel. But first, I want to go straight out to Brian Fitzgibbons, Director of Operations, USPA, Nationwide Security. He leads a team of investigators that go around the world searching for missing people and performing extractions of missing people. Former Marine Iraqi War vet,
I hate it. Hate, hate, hate when someone says they just disappeared like it's a vanishing act. That's not what happened. And don't even start with the typical down the road off. She's a woman. She's probably with her boyfriend. Do not even let the words boyfriend or new boyfriend or alone time or me time or girls trip come out of your mouth, Fitzgibbons.
I won't. And what I'll say that, you know, this case is particularly alarming because of the time of day that Amy Hilliard went missing. She was last seen at her home around 2 p.m. and then, according to reports, was seen on surveillance footage around 4, 430 in Diamond Park in Oakland. Now, what's concerning here is she left behind her phone at her house. So this is very atypical behavior for a missing persons case.
Very creepy and very scary. And it's, you know, like I think it happens in every neighborhood. But it's also like frightening to think that someone just disappeared from here. And I really like hope that she's OK. I hope her family is OK.
Her husband, Chris, shared that one of the things that defines Amy, one of her favorite words is the word hope.
What details do we know about Amy's last known whereabouts?
And so tonight we're expressing our hope. that we find her. Please review your video cameras for evidence of her walking past your home. She loved hiking. She loved walking. It's very possible that she could be on that video. She'd be the one jumping in, volunteering, leading volunteers, talking to other people in the community, spreading the word, using her talent to help bring community closer together. It seems crazy that she's not here tonight with us.
From our friends at KGO and KRON, Dave Mack with us, Crime Stories investigative reporter. Have you seen Diamond Park? It's gorgeous. It's not like some field of weeds off by the industrial park. This is a very well-manicured, well-lit park. It's popular. A lot of people go there. It's really hard for me to believe. She's last seen there at 4.30 in the afternoon, daylight hours, right? Not 4.30 a.m., 4.30 p.m., right?
That's correct. Nancy, what's fascinating about— Have you seen the pictures of this park? Yes, it's incredible. It's a familiar place to everyone in the area. But Nancy, here's the part that really comes into play. We know that Amy was at her home neighborhood around 2 p.m. She was seen by neighbors outside with her dog. Then we have 4.30 p.m. where she is seen on surveillance video in Diamond Park. There's a two and a half hour window where we don't know where she was or what she was doing. But it would take it's a couple of miles from her home to Diamond Park. OK, it's like three to four miles. It's not a straight shot. Driving time, 10 to 15 minutes walking time. Much longer. It could take an hour to hour and a half and not something that would normally be walked.
So we've got an issue here of time and trying to build that timeline. But 4.30 p.m., Diamond Park, she is seen on surveillance video confirmed.
Dave Mack, you're saying Diamond Park, right?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:32
2
What happened to Amy Hillyard, the missing coffee shop owner?
0:32–2:56
3
What details do we know about Amy's last known whereabouts?
2:56–10:05
4
Why is Amy considered 'at-risk'?
10:05–16:55
5
What is the significance of Diamond Park in Amy's disappearance?
16:55–23:26
6
How does the community respond to Amy's disappearance?
23:26–30:18
7
What challenges do investigators face in the search for Amy?
30:18–36:35
8
What psychological factors affect perceptions of missing persons cases?
36:35–41:51
Speakers
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