On October 23, 1987, five-year-old Yanti Bunari disappeared in Manhattan, New York, along with her two older sisters, Eileen, age nine, and Johanna, age six. The three girls were not believed to have wandered off; reports describe their disappearance as a familial abduction by their non-custodial father. Yanti was described at the time as a White/Caucasian female with black hair and brown eyes, about four feet tall and roughly 50 pounds.

The New York City Police Department’s Missing Persons Squad opened an investigation and the sisters’ faces have been circulated on missing person flyers and in national databases such as the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. Some unconfirmed online speculation has suggested the girls may have been taken to Indonesia, but that has not been verified and no public updates have resolved the case. If anyone has information about Yanti, Eileen, or Johanna or recalls the family’s circumstances in 1987, please share what is known with investigators.