The mystery of Amber Swartz-Garcia, a 7-year-old Northern California girl who disappeared after going to jump rope outside her home 21 years ago, has been solved, police said Monday. Curtis Dean Anderson confessed in 2007 _ a month before dying in prison _ that he kidnapped and killed Amber, Pinole Police Chief Paul Clancy said. ... Amber's father, a Pinole police officer, was killed while pursuing a parolee in 1980. His wife was pregnant with Amber then. "I almost lost her at the time my husband died and I had made a prayer that if I could be allowed to...