Katharina Buczek
Unfortunately, though, it soon became clear that their daughter had very different plans. As soon as Amber stepped one foot outside of the motel room door, she bolted. And being that she was so young and quick, Don was just too slow to keep up with her.
He and his wife did tail Amber for a while, pursuing her on foot all the way to Lake Shore Boulevard West while calling for her to stop. Within the blink of an eye, though, Don and Christine saw their daughter for the last time ever.
“She flagged down a passing car, he stopped and let her in, and they disappeared. I was standing one hundred and fifty yards back with Christine as we watched them go,” Don explained.
“There was nothing left for us to do but walk back, get our vehicle, and go home. We never saw her again.”
Both of Amber’s parents were reportedly sick to their stomachs with grief, and the Toronto Police launched an investigation into their daughter’s case forty-eight hours after she disappeared.
A sample of DNA was even taken from Christine just in case a body that matched Amber’s description was ever found and needed to be identified.
And if it was possible to add even more fear and confusion to the situation, Paul Bernardo– the Canadian serial killer– was still running loose in the Scarborough area at the time.
In fact, he reached his peak at the time Amber went missing before later being convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder in the deaths of two teenage girls– whom he kidnapped, tortured, and killed in the St. Catharines, Ontario area.
“Amber was never found, but I secretly believe she was a Bernardo victim. There were a number of girls, like about ten, that disappeared around that time and were never found. I believe she was one of them,” Don revealed.
Toronto Police Service; pictured above is another photo of Amber
