DENVER (KDVR) — Almost 40 years after a Colorado baby went missing from their crib overnight, his family has never given up hope of finding him. Now, they’re hopeful a new image shared at CrimeCon in Denver will help bring answers they’ve never gotten.

In 1986, seven-month-old Christopher Abeyta disappeared overnight from his crib in Colorado Springs.

“1986, our lives were changed forever; it was never the same," said Denise Alves, Christopher's older sister. "It was like a dream. We were in shock."

She was 15 years old when her younger brother disappeared seemingly out of thin air. She says her family never thought that four decades later, they still would know only a little more than they did in 1986.

“I thought that it would be minutes, hours, we would get the phone call," Alves sai

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