In the middle of a quiet July night in 1986 in Colorado Springs, seven-month-old Christopher Abeyta vanished from his crib. The crib was in his parents’ bedroom a few feet from their bed; on the morning of July 15 Bernice Abeyta woke to find it empty. A search found the front door open, a basement window unlocked, and the family’s garage door opener missing.

The Colorado Springs Police Department’s initial investigation focused heavily on parents Gil and Bernice Abeyta. They had recently reconciled after a separation and the night Christopher disappeared was the first night Gil had returned home. Bernice failed two polygraph tests, which she said were affected by stress and medication. Both parents denied involvement and participated in the search.

The family says much of the physical evidence was later destroyed by the police department. They have long suspected a woman with whom Gil had an affair during the separation; the family reports she had alleged stalking and breaking-and-entering behavior and that silent calls traced to her occurred in the months before Christopher vanished. She has not been publicly named as a suspect by police. Media attention and age-progressed images have kept the case in the public eye.

Does anyone who lived in Colorado Springs in 1986 recall unusual activity, silent calls, or other details that could help fill gaps in Christopher’s disappearance?