On March 29, 1989, 22-year-old Monique Rivera left her Bushwick apartment in Brooklyn with her six-week-old son, Andre Terrance Bryant. She believed she was meeting up with two women she’d crossed paths with the day before—women who had seemed friendly, generous, and oddly insistent on spending time with her and the baby.

Monique never made it home.

Within a day, Monique was found murdered in the Bronx. Andre was gone. And more than three decades later, he has never been located.

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“Two women. A payphone call. And a six-week-old baby who never came home. ”

A “shopping trip” that didn’t feel random

The day before Andre disappeared, two women approached Monique near her home. They invited her and her children to eat, then offered to take her shopping. In the moment, it may have felt like a lucky break—until the details started to feel off: the car, what her child noticed, the way the women focused on the baby, and the fact that this all happened so quickly.

Monique’s boyfriend was uneasy from the start—warning that people don’t usually give you something for nothing. But Monique believed she recognized one of the women.

The day Andre vanished

On March 29, the women contacted Monique again—this time calling from a payphone nearby instead of coming directly to the apartment. Monique planned to go with them, and at first it appeared she intended to leave her older children behind with family.

Then the women insisted she bring Andre.

Monique carried her infant outside, got into the car, and left.

That was the last time her family saw either of them.

Monique is found—Andre is not

When Monique didn’t return, her family reported her missing. The next morning, her body was discovered near City Island Road in the Bronx. Andre wasn’t with her—no diaper bag, no carrier, no sign of where he went next.

Investigators believed the two women Monique left with were central to what happened—but identifying them and tracing the car they used proved difficult, and Andre’s trail went cold.

Why this case still matters

Andre was only six weeks old when he disappeared. Cases like his sit in a painful space where two possibilities can exist at once: the fear that something immediate happened—and the hope that an infant taken alive could grow up under a different name, unaware of who he really is.

In our full episode, we walk through the timeline, the suspect descriptions, the most unsettling details from the family’s perspective, and the leads that continue to haunt this case. We also talk about why certain theories gained traction in 1989 New York—and what (if anything) could still move Andre’s case forward today.

If you’ve never heard Andre’s story, this is one you won’t forget.

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Missing Person: Andre Terrance Bryant

Andre Terrance Bryant has been missing since March 29, 1989, from Brooklyn, New York. He is a Black male with black hair and brown eyes. He was six weeks old at the time he vanished.

If you have information, contact the NYPD: (212) 694-7781.