Interview: Crystal Gutierrez on the Disappearance of Anthonette Cayedito
Once Upon A Crime
Esther Ludlow
4.6 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
In this special bonus episode of Once Upon a Crime, Esther sits down with journalist and investigator Crystal Gutierrez to discuss the missing persons case she and her team are actively investigating. The disappearance of 9-year-old Anthonette Cayedito, who vanished from her home in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1986.
Crystal shares what it’s like to reinvestigate a decades-old disappearance, what keeps this case at the forefront of public memory, and why awareness still matters. Esther and Crystal also talk about the upcoming Beyond the Crime Convention, returning for its second year in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Esther will be a featured speaker.
Case Discussed
Anthonette Cayedito (Age 9)
Missing from Gallup, New Mexico — April 6, 1986
📺 Anthonette Cayedito 911 Call (Video)
https://youtu.be/sICCy_hOmKU?si=OYMNictYwHKELTrr
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📌 Crystal Gutierrez on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/CrystalGutierrezTV
Submit Tips
If you have information about Anthonette Cayedito’s disappearance, please email tips to:
📩 info@beyondthecase.com
Beyond the Crime Convention
The Beyond the Crime Convention returns for its second year in Albuquerque, New Mexico — featuring speakers, creators, investigators, and advocates focused on cases that still need answers.
📍 Location: Albuquerque, NM
📅 Dates: April 11–12
🎤 Esther (Host of Once Upon a Crime) will be a featured speaker
📸 Convention Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/beyondcrimeconvention/
🎟️ Discount Code for Tickets
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Thank you for joining me for this special bonus episode of Once Upon a Crime. |
| 0:12.6 | I'm Esther, and today I'm bringing you something a little different. |
| 0:16.9 | This episode is an interview, but it's also part of a larger mission. |
| 0:21.4 | Because as true crime listeners, we know that some cases don't fade into history. |
| 0:27.0 | They remain open wounds. |
| 0:29.3 | And one of those cases is the disappearance of nine-year-old Antonet Cayedito, |
| 0:33.9 | who vanished from her home in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1986. |
| 0:38.3 | Anthonette's case has haunted investigators and the public for decades, |
| 0:43.3 | especially because one of the details that still chills people to this day, |
| 0:48.3 | a frantic phone call that came in a year after she disappeared, |
| 0:53.3 | where a young girl repeatedly said her name, |
| 0:55.9 | begged for help, and then screamed as an adult voice demanded to know who let her use the phone. |
| 1:02.1 | The call abruptly cut off, and the case has remained unsolved ever since. |
| 1:08.0 | Today I'm joined by someone who refuses to let cases like this go unsolved. My guest is |
| 1:13.9 | Crystal Gutierrez, a former TV news reporter and anchor, an Emmy award-winning journalist, and the host of |
| 1:20.8 | Beyond the Case, a true crime YouTube series devoted to finding the missing, not just talking |
| 1:26.6 | about these cases, but actively |
| 1:28.6 | re-investigating them with a team that includes retired detective-turned-private investigator, |
| 1:33.9 | Louis Carlos. |
| 1:35.5 | Crystal and her team are working to advance Anthonette's case forward, revisiting leads, |
| 1:40.4 | evaluating new possibilities, and doing what so many families hope for, ensuring a missing |
| 1:45.9 | child is never forgotten, and whose case remains actively investigated. And Crystal isn't |
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