You’re most welcome! This is a direct quote if you haven’t read it yet. It might be a good start for some digging into more information.
I am familiar with this case. Amber was seen running errands alone earlier that day. The last record of her is a CCTV shot of her driving with an unidentifiable occupant in the passenger seat. She and the vehicle ended up at the end of Old Sanders Road, a road that paralleled the intercostal waterway but only provided access to a few houses. There was no obvious reason for her to be there but there places along the road that afforded some privacy. No one except the killer knows when she got there but she began driving away sometime after 4:00 PM, when her shift a work was supposed to begin her shift. She couldn’t have driven very far when, apparently her occupant attacked her while she was driving. She stopped the car and managed to get out out directly under thenRobert Edge Pkwy underpass, but the passenger managed get hold of her and continue beating until she was dead. The passenger left the car running and escaped on foot.
All indications are that she allowed someone into her vehicle that day. They went to Old Sanders Road, probably to have some undisturbed time together. The autopsy did not reveal any indication that she had had sex, either consensual or not. Most likely they were just talking. (Tox screening found no drugs or alcohol in her system). The fact that they remained there past the time she was to start work would indicate either they were discussing something important or her was held against her will. Most likely the later since she was murdered soon after she left.
On reading this, it sounded to me like she had met up with a former boyfriend or at least someone who thought he had some kind of relationship with her and he was not handling her upcoming wedding well. When he couldn’t convince her to go back to him, he lost control. An all to frequent occurrence. None of the reporting made any mention of an ex-boyfriend and all indications were that there were no suspects.
A review of some websites where people local to North Myrtle Beach exchange information, news and gossip, revealed that there was an ex-boyfriend and there were rumors that he had killed Amber. Nowhere could I find any reports that he had been investigated, that he had (or didn’t have) an alibi and where he stood as a possible suspect. It is a little unusual for the issue of an ex-boyfriend not to at least be mention in news reports of such a murder. It has perked my interest.