Savemecastiel
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I completely agree. No need to contact family members. It just prolongs their agony. Additionally, isn't there laws against publishing private correspondence between two individuals, without their permission?. The person responsible for attempting to contact family members may want to proceed with caution in future.As per the Rules - Etiquette & Information page: "Websleuths does not condone members becoming personally involved in cases by initiating contact with family members, law enforcement, or the media."
I believe everyone on here genuinely wants to help, and of course we're all free to use our time as we will. But I think we need to balance our desire and freedom with the proper respect for others' privacy.
I agree 100% with Wendy's response, even as I wish 100% that she might feel differently.
Also, I just noticed this morning that, last year, someone on Anthonette's UM page suggested "Apache Junction Jane Doe" as a possible match. (AJJD has a WS thread.)
AJJD was found in August 1992 in Apache Junction, AZ near Highway 60, which is less than a 5-hour drive from Gallup. She was estimated to be "somewhere around 16 years old," just like Anthonette would've been that year.
According to recent DNA testing, as indicated on post #36 of AJJD's WS thread, "AJJD is thought to be of mixed race, with possibly one parent who is Hispanic with Mexican ancestry, and the other who is African American with roots in Virginia." Although Anthonette's father is said to be "of Italian and Hispanic descent," DNA testing does also include "Mexico, and the Southwest United States (AZ, CA, TX, NM)."
But on top of that, I think there's a physical resemblance between the age-progression photo of Anthonette and the recon of AJJD (side-by-side below). Keep in mind that Anthonette was 9 when she disappeared, so her body and face were still changing. AJJD is also said to have not had good dental care, as she protruding teeth, which is possible if Anthonette's young teeth hadn't been cared for.
What do you think?
This is one of the cases that sticks most with me. Over the years my belief of what happened to her changed as I read more stories of missing children. Additional details also came to light that completely changed what I thought. I wish police could go back and revisit the people involved that night and investigate this in a totally different direction, but Anthonette's mother is deceased and her sisters were too little to be relied on, IMO. I don't believe we know of anyone else who was there other than "uncle Joe" and I think most of us don't believe it was him. However, if Anthonette disappeared in a way different from what her mother and sisters described, more people might have information and be willing to speak after all this time. I am convinced someone besides her supposed abductor knows the truth.
I get so excited every time someone posts to this thread, hoping there is an update. I KNOW the truth can be found.
hm.. what do you mean “disappeared in a different way” do you think her mother might have known something??
I don’t think Anthonette’s mom sold her. By all accounts Anthonette was a second mom to her little sisters. She cooked, cleaned, and babysat. If mom was going to sell one of her kids for drug money or whatever, I think it would have been one of the younger girls.