Christina Bautista, a 27-year-old Indigenous woman, was last seen in Lakewood at around 4 p.m. Sunday as she headed toward Denver, and her family says they have not been able to reach her since. Her exact last location is unknown, and investigators have not released a description of what she was wearing.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for Bautista, according to CBI, describing her as 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighing about 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. The agency says Bautista reported being in Lakewood on her way to Denver, but her family lost contact with her afterward and became concerned for her safety. Lakewood sits directly west of Denver, connected by major routes like West Colfax Avenue and U.S. Route 6 over a corridor of roughly 8 to 10 miles, a stretch Hoodline has noted in prior coverage of a search spanning the same municipalities.
Anyone who sees Bautista is asked to call 911 or the Lakewood Police Department at 303-980-7300. Media inquiries about the alert should also go through that same number, as the requesting law enforcement agency.
How Colorado’s Alert System Works
Colorado’s Missing Indigenous Person Alert program has quickly become the state’s most-used emergency alert system, with 67 activations in 2025 and 17 more in just the first few months of 2026, per the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. Before an alert can go out, state procedure requires that the person disappeared within Colorado, that their Indigenous descent is verified, that they face a credible threat to their health and safety, and that they have been entered into national and state crime databases…