Replay: Christopher Abeyta Part 1

The Vanished Podcast

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Cold Case, Investigative, Find The Missing, Vanished, Missing Persons, Documentary, News, Disappeared, Exhibit C

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🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Christopher Abeyta was just seven months old when he disappeared from his crib on July 15, 1986. His family lived in a quiet neighborhood of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and were in the habit of leaving their doors unlocked. No one heard anyone come in and take Christopher that night, but by morning, he was gone. Panic immediately set in when no one could find the baby. They ran downstairs to find the front door left open. The investigation focused on the family for a long time, but in recent years, a person of interest has been identified. Even though detectives focused so much on the family, that didn't stop the Abeyta family from searching independently. One of Christopher's sisters, Denise, joined me for this episode.

In this first part of the story, we discuss the first 23 years of the search for Christopher.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to the vanished ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today.
0:14.0	We're taking this week off to spend the July 4th holiday with our families.
0:19.0	We decided to share a replay this week.
0:22.0	We first aired Christopher Abeda's story in February of 2018.
0:27.0	Unfortunately, Christopher's case remains unsolved today.
0:31.0	Sadly, Christopher's father passed away in 2020, while both of Christopher's parents have now passed away.
0:38.0	His siblings are still seeking answers.
0:41.0	This month marks 37 years that baby Christopher has been missing, and his family has been without answers.
0:47.0	We wanted to share Christopher's story again, with the hope that someone will come forward.
0:58.0	Christopher Abeda was taken from his crib sometime during the early morning hours, as his mother, father, brothers and sisters slept nearby.
1:06.0	Bernice Abeda says she fed her son around midnight last night, and when she got up to check on him early this morning, he was gone.
1:14.0	Help is finding so that I can tomorrow morning, like we usually did at 4'30am, and the morning, cut a lot that's bad and dirty.
1:24.0	I beg you, please, please. Christopher loves me and I love him very much. I need him very much. Please help us.
1:38.0	At this point, it's kind of like walking up to a blank wall that has absolutely nothing on it.
1:42.0	We're not making much progress at all, just as a matter of fact, we're not making any progress at this point.
1:47.0	See, you've ever seen a piece like that?
1:49.0	This is about the blankest case I've ever come across without leads in my 18 years of law enforcement.
1:59.0	She told me one time it's like she says that you have children.
2:03.0	When you go to a department store and for that brief second, your child goes underneath a rack or isn't there by your side and you, at that moment of panic, where you're like, where did they go?
2:13.0	She doesn't matter living like that for years and years and years. You're in a state of panic.
2:21.0	Seven month old, Christopher Abeda, disappeared from his crib in the early morning hours of July 15, 1986.
2:29.0	His family had put Christopher to bed in his crib that night, just feet from his parents' bed and their Colorado Springs home.
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