SC SC - Amber Berbiglia, 23, North Myrtle Beach, 3 May 2013

[Motherof5]

https://www.change.org/p/justice-fo...m=mob-xs-share_petition-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

 

[Motherof5]

All of my responses are MOO. Very little info has been released by LE, so we don't know how much evidence they may or may not have.

(1) Could be either way. My understanding is the road she was found on is the route she would take to her home. She may have (a) picked up someone in town (where she was last seen) and was giving them a ride and that person or persons turned on her, (b) stopped to pick up someone walking that she knew or at least thought she knew, (c) someone tricked her into stopping (laying beside the road or flagged her down), (d) someone forced her to stop by blocking the road or (e) someone posing as a LE officer tricked her into stopping.

(2) Don't know about that, but again the road is a road she could take to her apartment from town.

(3) Unknown-She had no enemies that I am aware of. Not believed to be a robbery or carjacking. Possibly mistaken identity. Could have been an ex-boyfriend, but she was engaged to be married and had been with the fiance for several months. So, any ex-lover would have been way in her past. Considering the brutality of the murder (she was badly beaten and her head was crushed), it seems it was someone who really hated her or perhaps someone who hated women in general. There is the possibility of a psychopath she just happened to cross paths with, but the chances of that aren't good. There were no similar slaying in the area either before or since that I a aware of.

(4) I think this was a crime of opportunity and not pre-planned. The murderer struck when the opportunity presented itself.

(5) I was not aware of the meeting and haven't heard of any new developments in the case since the beginning. I don't believe a suspect or POI has been named.

(6) There have been so murders and missing persons in the area, but no crimes similar to this one that I am aware of.

What would the motive be?

 

[TedMac]

What would the motive be?

BBM

There doesn't seem to be a motive. She wasn't robbed or sexually assaulted. Her car was left at the scene, so it wasn't a car-jacking. She had no known enemies. But, if we look at how this happened...she was in town running errands and reportedly had no one with her. The surveillance cameras in the stores she went to did not show anyone with her. She was driving home and either picked up someone at her last stop in town or on the way home and they turned on her. The only other possible scenario I see is if someone flagged her down at the scene or possibly tricked her into stopping (faking injury or illness). Unless she picked up someone at her last appointment in town, my guess is this was a random killing by possibly someone who had a deep seeded hatred for women, probably stopping the first woman he/she saw driving down the road and with no witnesses tricked her into stopping. Interestingly enough, no murder weapon was found. The killer or killers must have taken it with them. This is about all I can offer and is MOO.

 

[Motherof5]

BBM

There doesn't seem to be a motive. She wasn't robbed or sexually assaulted. Her car was left at the scene, so it wasn't a car-jacking. She had no known enemies. But, if we look at how this happened...she was in town running errands and reportedly had no one with her. The surveillance cameras in the stores she went to did not show anyone with her. She was driving home and either picked up someone at her last stop in town or on the way home and they turned on her. The only other possible scenario I see is if someone flagged her down at the scene or possibly tricked her into stopping (faking injury or illness). Unless she picked up someone at her last appointment in town, my guess is this was a random killing by possibly someone who had a deep seeded hatred for women, probably stopping the first woman he/she saw driving down the road and with no witnesses tricked her into stopping. Interestingly enough, no murder weapon was found. The killer or killers must have taken it with them. This is about all I can offer and is MOO.

I agree with everything you said but I feel like this was personal due to the way she was killed. There are people who kill just for the sake of killing and don't really need a reason other than they want to and enjoy it.*yikes* I just feel like Amber was beaten to death and most of the damage,that we know of,was done to her face and head. That seems like someone had absolute rage against her,even if it was all in their mind. It just seems like over kill. One would have to be crazy angry to beat another human being to death in broad day light.She was killed right before starting a huge new chapter in her life and someone wanted to make sure that she didn't get to do that. I really feel like there was a definite motive,I just can't figure out what it was.

 

[lovinlife83]

Could it have been an attempted car jacking and AB put up such a fight that the person took off thinking they were going to get caught?

 

[TedMac]

Could it have been an attempted car jacking and AB put up such a fight that the person took off thinking they were going to get caught?

I guess it is possible. But if they went through the effort of brutally beating her to death, why not take the car if that was their original goal? I read in another post a while back that the Police were asking if any of the locals had seen anyone near the overpass that day. It makes me think they were looking for a person or more than one person that was on foot. I have always believed it was someone who flagged her down and started wailing away on her once she got her car stopped. Also, the fact that her cell was found near her hand makes me think she was planning to make a call (possibly 911?) and never got the chance. The phone was outside the car, which to me means she stepped out of the car with cell in hand when the attack began (like she may have been trying to go to someone's aid who was down). The immediate area was searched and no murder weapon was found. That indicates the killer had some type of bat, billy club, etc in their possession and had planned to ambush whoever stopped.

All of this MOO.

 

[TedMac]

I agree with everything you said but I feel like this was personal due to the way she was killed. There are people who kill just for the sake of killing and don't really need a reason other than they want to and enjoy it.*yikes* I just feel like Amber was beaten to death and most of the damage,that we know of,was done to her face and head. That seems like someone had absolute rage against her,even if it was all in their mind. It just seems like over kill. One would have to be crazy angry to beat another human being to death in broad day light.She was killed right before starting a huge new chapter in her life and someone wanted to make sure that she didn't get to do that. I really feel like there was a definite motive,I just can't figure out what it was.

Motive is definitely the big question here.

Yes, beating someone to death-especially as savagely as this was indicates a deeply seeded hatred on part of the killer. But why? Who would have hated her that immensely? Her fiance was from Spain. I don't see how any of his ex lovers (assuming there were any) would have been in this country. Amber had been seeing him for a long period of time. This makes me think that any of her ex boyfriends would have long been over their break up. The timing of this (broad daylight on a public road) makes me think it was simply a crime of opportunity. The fact that her car was still running makes me think whatever happened, happened extremely fast. So fast in fact she didn't have time to shut the engine off. She must have pulled up beside someone and they immediately turned on her.

 

[Topcat]

Was there a recovery of what caused her death? Blunt force trauma would most likely be caused by something in the immediate area . Was her body recovered near her car? If her phone was found near her my guess she was lured to that spot under false pretenses then attacked. Any tire tracks recovered in the immediate area of her body?

 

[TedMac]

Was there a recovery of what caused her death? Blunt force trauma would most likely be caused by something in the immediate area . Was her body recovered near her car? If her phone was found near her my guess she was lured to that spot under false pretenses then attacked. Any tire tracks recovered in the immediate area of her body?

She was found lying on the ground right beside her still-running vehicle. Her cell phone was found near her hand like she may have been holding it when the attack began. I am not aware of any weapon being recovered and I am certain the area would have been canvassed by LE. Evidently the killer or killers took it with them.

She had been in town that morning running errands and paying bills. The road she was found on was one that she would have taken to return to her home. I have always felt that someone tricked her into stopping and immediately turned on her. But, who and why is the question. No motive for this brutal attack has been established.

I've never heard of any tire tracks being found. LE was askinf for the public's help if anyone saw a person or more than one person in the area of the attack. That tends to make me think they beleive the killer or killers were on foot.

 

[Topcat]

Do you know if there were defensive wounds?

 

[LR1]

Do you know if there were defensive wounds?

Yes according to reports there was quite a struggle.

She was found lying on the ground right beside her still-running vehicle. Her cell phone was found near her hand like she may have been holding it when the attack began. I am not aware of any weapon being recovered and I am certain the area would have been canvassed by LE. Evidently the killer or killers took it with them.

She had been in town that morning running errands and paying bills. The road she was found on was one that she would have taken to return to her home. I have always felt that someone tricked her into stopping and immediately turned on her. But, who and why is the question. No motive for this brutal attack has been established.

I've never heard of any tire tracks being found. LE was askinf for the public's help if anyone saw a person or more than one person in the area of the attack. That tends to make me think they beleive the killer or killers were on foot.

I'm not sure that road is one she would have taken either to or from home. My guess is she wouldn't because although it is in between her home and town it's somewhat out of the way in that you would have to take a few different 2 lane roads that wind around and I'm not sure you would save any time. I also don't think we know if she made it home after running errands and something happened on her way to work. I'm sure they have determined that though from among other things what she was wearing.

I think she was last seen at 1 and found at 4, that's a long time to be at that place and not be seen. I too think someone met her there in a separate vehicle, maybe she ran across someone and it was like, meet me under the bridge.

 

[Topcat]

So it would seem that she didn't suspect any danger when she left her car and possibly expected to return to her car as it was still running. I'm sure her car was processed for DNA evidence,in case her attacker was a passenger. If someone had flagged her down and then directed her to location of her attack she must have felt comfortable enough to bring her phone with her..

 

[TedMac]

You may very well be right about meeting someone under the bridge. But, I would think her cell phone records would bear that out. The person would have to contact her in some manner (ie phone call, text) in order to get her to meet there.

It was my understanding that she was found in the same clothes that she was seen in the video wearing. While we don't know for certain if she made it home or not, she had not changed into her work uniform. So, I think she was not en route to work.

With her exiting her still running car with cell in hand, it makes me think she was planning to make a quick call (possibly 911?). That is why I thought she may have drove up on something she wasn't expecting-like a person laying/crawling, etc. on the side of the road. But, with the little information LE has disclosed, all we can do is speculate.

 

[Wondergirl]

I'm wondering about a homeless person or someone on drugs randomly flagging the car down for whatever.

She wasn't sexually assaulted.

Broad daylight.

No apparent motive.

Totally and utterly random.

Jmo

 

[Topcat]

I suspect that this was a random attack from someone who for whatever reason didn't set off red flags for her . I don't know how she could put up a struggle and have the phone close at hand unless she crawled to the phone after the attack.

 

[stillwatersc]

http://www.wthr.com/story/28895583/body-found-in-brown-county

She had three- to four blows to the head and bruises on her hands, arms and shoulder according to Brown County Coroner Earl Piper. The bruises may be defensive wounds.

She was fully dressed when investigators found her, wearing pants, a long-sleeved blouse and lace-up tennis shoes. There was no sign of sexual assault.

This sounds just like Amber's murder. Wonder if this guy ever vacationed in MB?

 

[stillwatersc]

http://justiceforamber.org/?p=212

We will be holding a candlelight prayer vigil marking the 2 year anniversary of Amber’s tragic murder on May 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. As before, we will meet under the overpass of Robert Edge Parkway on Old Sanders Dr. Anyone wishing to attend are welcome.

Whether you are able to attend or not we are asking for prayer that justice will be served. Amber Marie was taken from of us and the person or people responsible should be held accountable.

:candle:

 

[Motherof5]

http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/28913...the-anniversary-of-daughters-death-approaches

 

[kemo]

I can't believe this hasn't been solved by now. The only thing that makes sense is that LE has id'ed their perpetrator but hasn't got a case sewed up tight enough for the DA to take to trial. There may be rumors around town but none have turned up on this board.

WS regulars are aware of a general pattern that isn't always followed where LE will stay pretty quiet and disclose little or nothing so long as the case is progressing. Once a case stalls, it becomes a bit of a poker game. LE doesn't want the perp to know what they have and don't have but they do want anyone who has been holding back information, to come forward.

For what it is worth, I am familiar with a case where a young woman disappeared under suspicious circumstances. LA publicly stated that her ex-boy friend was not a suspect. The local paper reported on how hard he was working at trying to find her. (His family was somewhat prominent in town).

Eventually, some information, that was known from the beginning, was made public that was somewhat incriminating to the ex-boy friend. Two of his friends immediately came forward and admitted that they had provided him with a false Alibi. They explained that they assumed the kid did not kill his ex girlfriend, after all he was not a suspect, but they provided the alibi to keep him out of trouble for some unrelated legal issue (he was under house arrest for a drug charge and they claimed they were with him in his house that entire night).

My point is that releasing a little information can loosen tongues occasionally. Amber's case also reminds me of that particular case. I'll bet it is very similar and there are friends of the perp who have discussed the case, shared information and speculated about his possible role but have not told LE everything they know.

 

[Wondergirl]

I honestly think LE has nada.

I'm not happy. [emoji35]