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Amber Wilde. | Graphic: Today's TMJ4 Possible New Clue in Amber Wilde CaseBy Erik Bilstad and Vicky HollowellMore than nine years after Amber Wilde disappeared, authorities may be on the verge of a clue to finding her. The search resumed for Amber Wilde on Monday, after a construction worker reported finding something while bulldozing in a field in Shawano County. The UW-Green Bay student, who was 19 at the time, went missing in September of 1998. Now, her grandmother, Jane Wilde, has hope for the new turn in the investigation. "We are sure hoping something turns up that's its not all in vain again," said Jane. Amber was 4 months pregnant when she vanished. Nine Year Search for Amber The Amber Wilde mystery began with a minor accident and a bump to the head in September of 1998. She was on her way to class at UWGB when the fender-bender happened. The head injury prompted her to ask her father to call her the next day to make sure she'd get up for school. He did, but got no answer. Her father drove to her Green Bay apartment. It was locked, and her car was gone. Wilde missed class as well as a doctor's appointment. Authorities found her car a week after she vanished in the parking lot of a sports bar near Lambeau Field. Her purse was in the trunk, and the keys were in the ignition with the driver's seat rolled back - too far, they say, for Wilde to have been able to reach the pedals. Authorities already checked a farm along Highway 29 in Shawano County for signs of Amber back in 2001. The Green Bay Press-Gazzette says a former boyfriend, thought to be the father of her unborn child, had ties to one of the crews doing work on Highway 29. Searchers are conducting their work along Highway 29, about eight miles east of Wittenberg. |
      
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