Was Annalycia Kidnapped From A Store In Oregon? Or Did A Fishing Trip Have A Tragic Outcome?

Annalycia Maria Cruz

Annalycia was born on December 19th, 1993 to Alice R. Fowler. She was 7 months old on July 9th, 1994 when she was last seen at Clyde's Market in her hometown of Chiloquin, Oregon at 5:30 p.m. Her mother's live-in boyfriend, William Russell Spear, took her with him when he went on a fishing trip that day. Annalycia did not have a car seat and traveled in an open backpack. After he finished fishing, Spear drove with Annalycia to Clyde's Market and left her in the car for a few minutes while he stepped inside to buy an apple. When he came out, she was gone.

Spear drove home to Sprague River, Oregon and asked Annalycia's mother, if she had picked up the baby. They went back to Clyde's Market, looked around for Annalycia and asked people if they had seen her.They reported her missing to police at 6:19 p.m.

Investigators retraced Spear's steps, but found little evidence as to Annalycia's whereabouts. Spear did stop at a Sprague River gas station before his fishing trip and the attendant remembered hearing an infant crying in the car. This is the last time anyone besides Spear claimed to hear or see Annalycia. The gas station attendant died only a couple of days after the baby's disappearance. And i can't find out how the attendant died.

In 1995, Fowler sued Spear for $4 million in damages claiming his negligent babysitting caused the infant to vanish. The lawsuit was later dismissed for lack of evidence.

Spear is considered a person of interest in Annalycia's case, but investigators can find no evidence of any crime. She is believed to be missing under suspicious circumstances. Police believe foul play was involved in her disappearance, and stated their investigation had taken them out of state. 

At the time of her disappearance Annalycia was 2'3" tall and weighed 14 pounds. She had light brown hair and blue eyes. She had a quarter-sized, red-colored birthmark on the nape of her neck. Annalycia was wearing a white jumpsuit with pink animal designs and pink and white socks or blue bib overalls, a light blue short-sleeved shirt, a blue and yellow shirt and white socks. No shoes.

Annalycia's case remains unsolved.