Disappearance of Tina Ledet
Tina Ledet
Tina Ledet (maiden name was Ponthieux) has been missing since 12/18/93. She was last seen at the Brass Eagle in Terrytown. According to the police report, a man with tattoos came in, talked to Tina for a few minutes, and then they left
together. Nobody has seen her since.
Missing Tina Ledet
Disappearance of Tina Ledet
Missing Tina Ledet
Disappearance of Tina Ledet
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 she is leaving for Florida.
- Evening – Brass Eagle Bar, Gretna, LA
- Tina goes out with two men: Troy Gourgues and a man known only as Rocky.
- The police report later confirms that these were the men she arrived with.
- Witnesses say Tina was talking with a different man inside the bar , described as having a shaved head and 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).
- 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).
- 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?
- Dana begins digging into her mother’s case.
- Contact the 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.
- 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.
- 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.