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Monique Rivera
Brooklyn, NY

Monique Rivera, 22, was a loving mother of three boys. She lived with her children and their father, Timothy Bryant, in Brooklyn, NY. 

At about 2 p.m. on March 29, 1989, Monique went shopping with two women she had recently met who convinced her to bring her six-week-old son Andre along. Monique left her other sons, ages 4 and 7, in the care of her sister. Monique got into a burgundy Pontiac Grand Am with Maryland plates and never returned.

A jogger found Monique's body at the bottom of a wooded embankment in the Bronx the next day. She had been struck in the head with an object and strangled with a scarf. Baby Andre was gone.

The investigators believe the two females targeted Monique for her baby. Some news reports say Monique may have known one of the women from middle school. According to local news reports, while Monique was out for a walk with her boys the day before, on March 28, the two women drove up to her, got out of the car, and started a conversation. Both reportedly showed great interest in Andre. The women took Monique and her kids to McDonald's and then shopping for clothes.

At the time, the suspects were described as a black woman in her mid-30s and possibly a black or Hispanic woman with red hair between 22-25 years old. The latter is who Monique may have known from school.  

​There's a chance that Andre is still alive and unaware of his true identity.

Anyone with information on this case should contact the NYPD at 212-694-7781 or 1-800-THE-LOST.