Katharina Buczek
Then, the waitress noticed the little girl deliberately dropping a utensil on the ground repeatedly. After she picked the utensil up and put it back on the table, though, the girl grabbed her hand.
Nonetheless, the waitress thought nothing of the interaction and continued about her shift. But eventually, after the trio left the restaurant and the waitress headed back over to bus their table, she made a horrifying discovery.
“She lifted up the plate belonging to the girl, and beneath was a napkin that said ‘please help me, call the police.’ By the time she realized what had happened, the couple and the girl were gone,” Miles finished.
Unfortunately, this tip never led to investigators locating Anthonette, though. Instead, her mother passed away in 1999, and her father died in 2012.
Additionally, investigators now believe that Anthonette is deceased. Still, they have some questions regarding the report’s timeline.
More specifically, officials thought that Penny had further information about the case since she failed a polygraph test. However, since Penny has passed, officials may never know if their hunch was correct.
On May 2, 1996, an unidentified young woman’s remains between the ages of fourteen and eighteen were also discovered in Albuquerque. Jane Doe was between five foot two and five foot four and believed to be of either native, Hispanic, or white heritage.
However, officials have not confirmed the identity of Jane Doe as Anthonette.
Instead, her family and the Gallup community have held onto hope that answers about what really happened that night will one day be revealed. Anthonette’s cousin even created a Facebook group to help raise awareness of the case.
National Center For Missing & Exploited Children; pictured above is an age-progressed photo of Anthonette
