Loved ones search for answers in FW murder cold case
Tuesday marks 40 years since the disappearance of a Fort Worth woman. Her body was found nine years later, but no arrest was ever made.
FORT WORTH, Texas – Tuesday marks 40 years since the disappearance of a Fort Worth woman. Her body was found nine years later, but no arrest was ever made.
Friends of Angie Ewert are still searching for answers.
“Hopefully, this will get some notice, and they will find some answers,” said Robert Jacobs, one of Ewert’s classmates.
“If you got the dictionary out and look up the word sweet, you would see her picture. She was one of the sweetest girls ever,” said Laurie Henderson, another one of her classmates.
“One of the nicest people I’ve ever met,” Jacobs added. “I just remember this gorgeous blonde walking in smiling. And she sat right behind me. And we just became fast friends.”
Ewert was a leader at Eastern Hills High School. Her photos can be found on page after page of her senior annual.
“She was drill team. She loved to sing. She was a runner-up in our Miss Big E contest that we held every year,” Henderson said.
After graduating, Ewert went on to work in radio.
“She was a programmer working at the Eagle at KEGL. I was in television. We used to talk about our media love,” Henderson said.
But on Dec. 10, 1984, Ewert disappeared.
According to Fort Worth police records, her fiancé said she left the house at 11 p.m. to go to her parent’s home where she was living.
The next morning, her father called. She had never come home.
The police report said Ewert’s fiancé retraced her route home. He told police he stopped at 7-Eleven where a clerk said she saw her stop and buy gas that night.
Her car was found a short distance away near Loop 820 near a creek.
“I was a sports intern because it was my last year of college. I was in the newsroom when that story came across. I was like, ‘Wait a minute. That’s my friend. I know Angie,’” Henderson said.
Ewert’s was one of four young women who disappeared in Fort Worth in 1984.
But unlike in the other Fort Worth cases, her body wasn’t discovered for nearly a decade.
“The other thing that complicates this case is they did not find her for nine years,” Jacobs said.
“And they found her in Johnson County,” Henderson said.
The only clue by her car, according to the police report, was a broken pocket knife.
Police also noticed that the car had a spare tire. Her old tire was inside the vehicle. It was shredded, but the tread was still good.
The Fort Worth Police Department said it could not provide any interviews or updates on the case. The department wouldn’t even say whether the case is still open or active.
Ewert’s friends hope to send them a message.
“I hope you will keep pursuing answers and use whatever resources you have, any new technology. And don’t forget Angie,” Jacobs said.
“Try to get closure for her mother and for all of her friends,” Hendersons said.
Her friends are planning to gather for a remembrance ceremony at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at the location where her car was found 40 years ago.
