Disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito

Anthonette Cayedito
Born Anthonette Christine Cayedito
(1976-12-25)December 25, 1976
Gallup, New Mexico, U.S.
Disappeared April 6, 1986 (aged 9)
Gallup, New Mexico, U.S.
Status Missing for 32 years, 6 months and 7 days
Height 4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)
Weight 55 lb (25 kg)

Anthonette Christine Cayedito /əntoʊnɛt kaɪeɪdɪtoʊ/ (born December 25, 1976) is an American girl who disappeared from her home in Gallup, New Mexico, on April 6, 1986.[1]

Background

Cayedito was born on December 25, 1976, to Penny Cayedito (1952–1999),[2] a Navajo Native American, and Anthony Montoya (1951–2012), a father of Italian and Hispanic descent.[3] After her parents' separation, Anthonette and her younger sister, Wendy, were raised by their mother in Gallup, New Mexico.

Disappearance

Cayedito disappeared from her home on U.S. Route 66 in Gallup, New Mexico, in the early morning hours of April 6, 1986.[4] That evening, Cayedito's mother, Penny, had been out with friends at a local bar, and Anthonette along with her younger sister, Wendy, were with a babysitter.[4] Penny arrived home around midnight and sent the babysitter home.[4]

According to Wendy, there had been a knock at the door around 3 a.m.; both of the girls were still awake, and Anthonette believed the person at the door to be her uncle, Joe.[3] The following morning, when Penny awoke to prepare the girls for Bible school, she realized Anthonette was not in her bedroom. After inquiring with neighbors, she phoned police.[3]

Alleged sightings

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Age progression of Cayedito to age 36

One year after Cayedito's disappearance, the Gallup Police Department received a frantic phone call in which a young girl claimed to be Anthonette Cayedito; in the call, she said she was in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A man's voice was then heard saying: "Who said you could use the phone?" followed by a scream and scuffle, and the phone call was then cut off.[4] Cayedito's mother, Penny, believed the voice to be her daughter's.[3]

Four years later, in 1991, a waitress at a restaurant in Carson City, Nevada, encountered a teenage girl matching Cayedito's description who continually knocked her utensils to the floor, seemingly attempting to get the waitress's attention. According to the waitress, the girl grabbed her hand and squeezed it firmly each time the waitress handed back the utensils. The girl was in the company of an unkempt couple. After they left, the waitress cleaned their table and found a napkin under the plate the girl had been eating from. It contained two brief messages: "Help Me" and "Call the Police", written on it.[4]

Theories

According to investigators, Cayedito is believed to be deceased, although her whereabouts remain unknown as of 2018.[1] Her mother, Penny, died on April 18, 1999; it was reported in 2016 that police believed Penny may have had more information than she had given concerning her daughter's disappearance.[4] Anthonette's father, Anthony, died on August 17, 2012.[5]

Media depictions

Cayedito's disappearance was featured on Unsolved Mysteries in December 1992.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Anthonette Christine Cayedito". The Charley Project. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Arizona, Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2W7-HHRB : accessed 12 September 2016), Teresa Or Penny Cayedito, 1999; citing Payson, Gila, Arizona, United States, The Arizona Republic newspaper, Phoenix; Payson Roundup newspapers and Northern Gila County Genealogy Society Library, Payson; FHL microfilm 100,743,143.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anthonette Cayedito". Unsolved Mysteries. Cosgrove Mueller Productions. December 23, 1992. NBC.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kruger, Joline Gutierrez (April 6, 2016). "Holding out hope for girl who vanished 30 years ago". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
  5. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRR-MGTX : 10 September 2015), Anthony Christopher Montoya, New Mexico, United States, 17 Aug 2012; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Gallup Independent, The, born-digital text.

Coordinates: 35°31′19″N 108°45′32″W / 35.521958°N 108.758924°W / 35.521958; -108.758924

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