Katheryne Mary Lugo was 4 years old when she disappeared from her home in Riviera Beach, Florida, on January 8, 1994. Her mother, Frances Moya, left for work that morning and left Katheryne in the care of Moya’s then-boyfriend, Misbah Kazi, who was not the child’s biological father. When Moya returned that afternoon, Katheryne was gone.

Kazi told Moya he had sent Katheryne to his native country, Bangladesh, and said the child would not be returned unless Moya gave him full custody of their unborn child. Moya was eight months pregnant and had been planning to leave Kazi amid ongoing relationship problems and allegations of domestic abuse. Authorities suspected Kazi abducted Katheryne to manipulate and punish Moya; he was charged with kidnapping but acquitted in 1995 after his sister recanted earlier testimony. He remained a prime suspect, continued to harass Moya and to claim knowledge of Katheryne’s location without providing specifics. Kazi has since been incarcerated for an unrelated crime, and investigators have kept the case open. Age-progressed photos have been released and the family continues to hope for her return.

If anyone has information about Katheryne’s whereabouts or remembers her in the years after 1994, please come forward.