Castellanos's nanny took her on an outing to a local park in Cucuta, Colombia, near the Venezuelan border, on June 21, 1988. The baby never returned home and has never been heard from again. After her disappearance, a $20,000 ransom demand was made.

The police apprehended the kidnappers within three days of the child's abduction. One of them was the nanny and the other two were workers at Castellanos's father's factory. They admitted to their crime, but Castellanos was not with them and they gave conflicting accounts of her whereabouts.

One story was that the abductors had abandoned Castellanos in the mountains near El Zulia, Columbia. Her father went to the location where they had supposedly left her and found a diaper, baby food, and one of Castellanos's shoes. There was no sign of the baby at the scene, however. Later, another conspirator in the kidnapping told her father that Castellanos had been sold into adoption in Venezuela or the United States, possibly the Denver, Colorado area.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating Castellanos's case. Her family believes she was adopted and is living somewhere in the United States or in Venezuela. Castellanos has family members living in Illinois. She may resemble her sister. A photograph of her sister at age 10 is posted below this case summary.

is profiling Castellanos because she may be in the United States. Her case is unsolved.

Above: Castellanos's sister