It has been four years since Tracey Gardner-Tetso was last seen. She disappeared hours before she was supposed to meet friends at a Mötley Crüe concert in Washington, D.C. Now, police say they know what happened to her.
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A heavy metal band has joined in the efforts to locate a missing Maryland woman. Tracey Gardner-Tetso was on her way to a Motley Crue concert on March 6, 2005, but she never made it and hasn't been heard from since.
Now, Mötley Crüe is matching a reward put up by Tracey's employer and Metro Crime Stoppers in hopes of generating some information about Tracey's whereabouts. Up to $20,000 is being offered as a reward for information leading to an arrest of perpetrator(s) in this desappearance or for finding Tracey.
Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue said, "We hope our involvement helps brings more attention to this case, and anyone with information will step forward." through the National Victims Rights Foundation, Metro Crime Stoppers, and the band, Motley Crue.
On Monday, March 7, Tracey's friend, Christian, who she was supposed to go to the concert with, called her office to see if Tracey had shown up for work.
Tracey's supervisor and friend, Monika Barilla, told Christian that Tracey wasn't in yet. Christian told Monika that Tracey had never made it to the concert.
"Tracey is a fun loving person. She loved rock-n-roll and Motley Crue was her favorite," Tracey's friend Monika told AMW producers. By Tuesday, March 8, Tracey was still missing and no one had heard from her. Her friends decided to call the police.
Police immediately questioned Tracey's family and friends. But no one has seen or heard from her since 3:05 p.m. on March 6, 2005.
Then, cops tracked down a small piece of the puzzle. Police say there is a record of Tracey's car passing through the southbound tube of the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel at 7:48 p.m. the night she went missing.
Her last outgoing cell phone call was at 3:05 p.m. when she phoned her friend, Christian, who had bought her the Motley Crue tickets for her birthday.
According to officials, Tracey's car was later found in the Glen Burnie, Md. area at a local Days Inn. So far, police have few leads as to Tracey's whereabouts and are hoping with national attention, someone might come forward with the clue they're looking for.
When Tracey disappeared she was living with her estranged husband. Tracey Gardner-Tetso and Dennis Tetso were married in September 2004 and were in the process of separating when Tracey went missing in March of the following year. She has a tattoo of a bird on her back and another bird tattoo on her right leg.
While Tracey's family and friends aren't giving up on the search for more information about her disappearance, neither are the members of Motley Crue.
Upon planning to return to the Washington D.C. area for a concert on August 13, 2005 Vince Neil said, "We hope Tracey will be at that show. We'll be holding a pair of front row tickets for her."
Tracey wasn't at that show, but her some of her friends and family were there in honor of Tracey.
The band gave them the royal treatment with top notch seats. But that's not all. Tracey's mom, Kathy Gardner, had never been to a concert before so band members made sure her first experience was memorable.
Band members Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx invited Tracey's family backstage to offer their support and encouragement.
Everyone thanked Tommy and Nikki for their help and vigilance with hugs backstage and told them that Tracey was there in spirit.