December 18, 1993 – Day of Disappearance

• Daytime
• Dana sees her mother Tina.
• Tina appears drunk and/or on pills.
• Dana tells her she’ll see her after Christmas, since Dana is leaving for Florida for the holiday.
• Evening – Brass Eagle Bar, Gretna, LA
• Tina goes out with two men: Troy Gourgues and a man known only as Rocky.
• Police report later confirms these were the men she arrived with.
• Witnesses say Tina was talking with a different man inside the bar — described as shaved head, tattoos.
• This tattooed man was not Troy or Rocky.
• Witnesses say Tina left the bar with the tattooed man and was never seen again.
• One account suggests she left with a man named Mike/Michael and headed toward “Fat City” in Metairie (a popular nightlife area across the river).

December 18, 1993 – Same Day (Separate Case)

• Michael Reynolds, from Iowa, working on a tugboat in New Orleans:
• Last seen by his brother (possibly named David) on the Mississippi River docks that night.
• Brother went inside briefly, came back out, and Michael was gone.
• Assumed to have fallen or jumped into the river.
• Official missing persons report filed.
• Case remains open (not closed as “accidental drowning,” despite assumptions).

1994

• About one year after Tina’s disappearance, someone calls Tina’s former employer asking to run a credit check on her.
• Employer refuses, knowing she is missing.
• Raises questions: who knew her work history, and was it Tina herself, alive, attempting to verify employment?

2007

• Dana begins digging into her mother’s case.
• Contacts Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office (JPSO).
• Speaks with Detective Hilda:
• Hilda tells Dana the file had no family or next-of-kin information listed at all.
• She is relieved Dana reached out.
• Despite this, no leads develop.
• Hilda later retires.

2020

• Dana contacts the new detective assigned to the case.
• He is dismissive, calls her search a “lost cause.”
• When told about Michael Reynolds, he insists it’s unrelated:
• His stance: “He fell or jumped into the river, case closed.”
• However, Michael Reynolds’s status is still active as a missing person.
• Dana frustrated — investigation stalls again.

This timeline now highlights:

• The two men Tina went with vs. the tattooed man she left with.
• The “Mike” link and overlap with Michael Reynolds disappearing the same night.
• The credit check mystery one year later.
• The change in detectives, Hilda vs. the current investigator’s dismissive stance.