A man living in Spain is renewing his search for his sister, who disappeared in Lithuania three decades ago, fueled by a recent development that suggests the involvement of people close to the family.
Svajūnas Katalynas, now 34, has been trying to uncover the truth behind the disappearance of his sister, Sigita Katalynaitė, who vanished on Easter Sunday in 1995. She was just six years old at the time, while Svajūnas was four. The case has remained unsolved for 30 years, becoming a central point of the family’s history.
Sigita was last seen playing in a yard with her brother and other children in Telšiai, Lithuania. She disappeared briefly, and was never seen again. The lack of answers has prompted Svajūnas to revisit the case, leveraging social media to broaden the search beyond geographical boundaries.
“You’ve opened an old wound,” said Vaidotas Markevičius, a former police officer who investigated the disappearance in 1995. “Sigita’s face is still in my mind.”
Initial investigations considered possibilities ranging from accidental death to abduction, but none of the leads yielded conclusive results. A witness, another child, initially claimed to have seen Sigita being taken away in a van, but later recanted the statement, admitting it was false.
Despite the lack of progress, Svajūnas remains hopeful. “She disappeared like into the clouds,” stated prosecutor Arūnas Gailius, reflecting on the enduring mystery of the case. The renewed search comes after a recent development, which has led Svajūnas to suspect the involvement of individuals known to the family. The details of this development have not been released.
Police and prosecutors investigated the disappearance at the time, but the case ultimately went cold. The case highlights the challenges of investigating missing persons cases, particularly those from decades ago.
