January 1, Indiana Mom’s 10-Year Fight for Justice in Daughter’s Unsolved Murder

Wyatt’s Take

• Christina Kramer has spent a decade fighting for answers after her daughter Angie Barlow was found shot dead following a private party in Indianapolis.
• Local prosecutors have gone silent, leaving the mother without a single point of contact two years after a special prosecutor left the office.
• Kramer refuses to stay quiet and vows to keep speaking for her daughter until the killer is brought to justice.

Christina Kramer is still waiting for answers ten years after her daughter Angie Barlow was murdered in Indianapolis.

Angie was 23 when she vanished on October 26, 2016, after texting her roommate about a private dancing gig.

“About to work this private party in case I go missing LOL,” the text read.

Nearly eight months later her remains were discovered in a backyard off Harcourt Road.

She had been fatally shot.

Kramer says a special prosecutor assigned to the case left the office and no one has followed up since.

She estimates it has been two years since anyone from the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office has contacted her.

“I had been sending a bunch of emails for I don’t even know how long to absolutely nobody.”

She has also tried reaching Marion County Prosecuting Attorney Ryan Mears directly with no response.

Surveillance video from the apartment complex showed two vehicles leaving around 3:30 a.m. on October 27.

One was Angie’s blue Pontiac G6, followed closely by a black sedan believed to belong to a female acquaintance who worked with her at Club Rio.

Tinted windows kept investigators from identifying the drivers or passengers.

Angie’s car was later found eight miles away, trashed inside and appearing to have been driven under a fence.

Kramer says the woman who attended the party with her boyfriend later called her.

During that conversation the woman reportedly asked if Kramer wanted to know Angie’s last words.

The remark struck Kramer as a cruel taunt.

The woman has denied making the call or saying those words.

No charges have been filed and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says the case remains open.

Detective Jose Torres is listed as the lead investigator.

Angie was the eldest of four sisters and a gifted athlete who played softball, basketball, volleyball, and more.

Kramer says her youngest daughter was only four when Angie disappeared and still struggles with the loss.

Despite everything, Kramer refuses to stay silent.

“When you remain silent, you’re a victim. When you have a voice, you’re a survivor, and I refuse to be a victim of my circumstances.”

“My daughter was the victim. She can’t speak for herself. I’m her survivor. I’m her voice, and I speak for her.”

Wyatt Matters

Moms like Christina Kramer embody the heartland strength that keeps families and communities together. Her fight for justice shows that real Americans do not wait for permission to stand up for their own.