Anthonette Christine Cayedito
Nine-year-old Anthonette answered a knock at the door of her family home around 3 AM and was abducted. Her younger sister witnessed two men grab Anthonette and carry her away. A year later, a girl called 911 saying 'I'm Anthonette' before the line went dead. She has never been found.
Anthonette Christine Cayedito is documented in the ColdCaseIndex database as a missing-person case connected to Gallup, New Mexico. The disappearance is dated to April 6, 1986. The victim is recorded as 9 years old and female. The last known information on record places the case at April 6, 1986, family home in Gallup, NM.
Within the ColdCaseIndex taxonomy, Anthonette Christine Cayedito is filed under Missing Person with a status of Unsolved. A missing-person entry documents someone who disappeared under circumstances that remain unresolved. The record is cross-referenced under the themes child, abduction, missing person, FBI case, which connect it to related cases across the database.
As of the most recent information compiled here, no arrest has been publicly recorded in the Anthonette Christine Cayedito case, and it remains open and unsolved. Cases like this can be reactivated at any time — advances in DNA analysis, forensic genetic genealogy, and renewed public attention have resolved cases that lay dormant for decades.
Primary jurisdiction for the Anthonette Christine Cayedito case rests with local law enforcement in Gallup, supported by New Mexico state investigative authorities. The case sits within a wider national picture: the U.S. homicide clearance rate has fallen from roughly 90% in the 1960s to about 54% today, and more than 346,000 homicides recorded since 1965 remain unsolved. ColdCaseIndex documents individual cases like this one to keep them publicly visible and searchable.
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