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Mar 4, 2007 11:15 pm US/Eastern
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Families Want Task Force To Find Missing People
by Jessica Kartalija
WASHINGTON (WJZ) ―
It was two years ago that a Maryland woman went missing on the way to a concert in Washington D.C. Family and friends who have had loved ones disappear came together Sunday to support each other.
Yellow balloons fill a room of people holding out hope, each balloon with a picture of an adult gone missing.
The ceremony comes two years after the disappearance of Tracey Gardner Tetso, who disappeared on the way to a Motley Crue concert in Washington, D.C. Her car was found days later in Glen Burnie. Gardner-Tetso's story appeared on CBS's Without a Trace and on America's Most Wanted, but she still has yet to be found.
"You sit there with no closure, and that's the hardest part," said Gardner-Tetso's friend Monika Barilla
Sunday's remembrance service also called on state lawmakers to create a task force for people who have gone missing.
"We have task forces for stolen cars, stolen credit cards, drugs...we need a task force involving law enforcement to investigate missing adults and children in the state of Maryland," said Sam Bowerman.
"I would like to see the government of the state of Maryland appoint a task force that would connect law enforcement officers through the state," said Darlene Huntsman, sister of a missing woman.
The yellow balloons were released into the sky by loved ones holding out hope and wishing for their safe return.
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