Case #19 - Christopher Enoch Abeyta
- Date of Incident (Last Seen) – July 15th, 1986
- Location – Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
- Date of Birth: 12/24/1985
- Case Entry Made: 01/24/2026
- Last Updated: 01/24/2026
Contact Information:
Colorado Springs Police Department: 1-(719) 444-7000
Ask for the Cold Case Unit
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC)
1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678)
Crime Stoppers (Anonymous): 1-(719) 634-STOP (7867)
NamUs Case#: MP3902
Social Media, News and Case Links:Facebook Group: Find Christopher
NamUs: Christopher’s NamUs Case
Missing Kids: Christopher’s Missing Children Page
Colorado Gov Page: Christopher’s Cold Case
Christopher was taken from his crib inside his family’s home sometime overnight. His front door was left unlocked, a basement window was open, and the family’s garage door opener was missing. No trace of Christopher has ever been found. Foul play is suspected.
🔎 Investigation & Leads
– Initial Search: The Colorado Springs Police Department was called early in the morning when his mother found his crib empty. Despite extensive searches, including draining a nearby lake, nothing turned up.
– Suspects & Theories: Investigators initially looked at family dynamics because Christopher’s parents were reconciling after a separation, but no charges were filed. Some theories — including one involving a person known to the family — have circulated, but authorities have never publicly named an official suspect.
– False Leads: Multiple men have come forward over the years claiming to be Christopher, but DNA testing has ruled these out.
🖼️ Ongoing Efforts to Find Him
– Age-Progressed Images: The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and others have released age-progressed images showing what Christopher may look like as an adult (most recently around age 39). These are intended to help generate new leads.
– Publicity & Media: The case has attracted ongoing public interest, including coverage in documentaries and missing-person roll calls (e.g., Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries).
– Rewards & Appeals: Family members have offered rewards for information, and law enforcement continues to ask the public for any tips. Contact numbers for NCMEC and the Colorado Springs PD remain active in appeals.
📌 Current Status
The case remains unsolved and cold after nearly four decades. Christopher’s whereabouts — alive or deceased — remain unknown. His family continues efforts to locate him or uncover what happened on that night in 1986.
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Information Provided by his brother on his facebook page looking for Christopher:
She wasn’t chasing a suspect. She was racing to find her baby before it was too late.
This is my mother’s sworn testimony, given under questioning by Emma Bradshaw’s attorney. When she reached the last part of her story, the moment she said she was “just really going fast, trying to find my son before the time got too late” — she began to cry.
Excerpt from sworn civil trial testimony:
Q: Okay, so she was 36 when you saw her at the groc …
A: (Inaudible)
Q: When you claim you saw her at the grocery store, she was 36?
A: Yeah … yes.
Q: And you didn’t recognize her when you saw her in the grocery store. It was only after you went back to a high school picture that you concluded the woman you saw in the grocery store was Emma?
A: I did not know Emma. I did not recognize this woman at all in the grocery store because I did not know Emma.
Q: How long did you speak with her?
A: When I saw her, I said, “Can I help you find something?” I can’t remember the reply, but I know she had an angry sort of face, so I turned away.
Q: So approximately fifteen to twenty seconds you looked at her?
A: Yes.
Q: After you did this investigation at her high school, what did you do with the written materials you obtained, if any?
A: I don’t even know if I took a copy of it. If I did, I wouldn’t have done anything with it.
Q: If you kept anything in writing, where did you keep it?
A: I wasn’t after Emma. I was after Christopher. Anything I was learning about her was to try to see where my son was. I would just toss it maybe in a box or something, I don’t know. I never paid attention to that. I was just really going fast, trying to find my son before the time got too late.
When my mother said “before the time got too late,” her fear was not abstract. She was terrified of what might be happening to her baby while she searched for him.
When I received the boxes and bins of information my parents had gathered while searching for Christopher, I found that high school photo in one of them. She had made a copy after all.
Christopher with his grandfather just weeks before he was taken.
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