The family of a missing Etobicoke woman is speaking out and offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to locating her.
It’s been nearly five months since Danielle Bartlett, 35 disappeared from her Mimico neighbourhood.
She was last seen Friday March 20 around 7:30 p.m. near Lake Shore Boulevard West and Albert Avenue.
“The minute I found out she was missing, I packed up and drove straight through. It’s been a nightmare ever since” said an emotional Kelly Bartlett, Danielle’s mom who had been living in New Brunswick.
“Somebody somewhere knows something. Just please let her go, bring her home to us. We need her.”
Danielle is her middle daughter. The family says back in March her life was on the up. She had a new place, was going back to school and had a new puppy.
“Her puppy is the key. She would never leave that puppy alone.”
“She was always in contact with my dad, no matter what. As soon as my dad would message her, she would right away get back to him,” said Chelsea Bartlett, Danielle’s younger sister.
“The fact she is not reaching out to him, tells us that something is wrong. She would have never gone this long without contacting him. This is completely out of her character.”
Family and friends are doing what they can to raise awareness. There are posters all over the area around Royal York Road and Stanley Avenue, as well as on Lakeshore Boulevard West near Humber Bay park.
Danielle’s sister, Chelsea, has returned to Toronto from New Brunswick for the fourth time in hopes of finding her sister.
“We’re just tying to get through every day and share her beautiful face,” she said.
Chelsea said the family believes by offering a monetary reward they would be able to interest more people in coming forward with information.
CTV News Toronto reached to Toronto police for an update on the investigation and are waiting for comment.
Her family says while her hair may have changed, her tattoos are distinctive.
They include a flower on her left wrist, the word “Trouble’ on her left forearm, wings on her neck, a semicolon on her left wrist, a sparrow bird on her right foot and the word ”Queen” on her right forearm.
There is an active Facebook group and online fundraiser to keep search efforts going. Danielle sisters and mother say they miss her terribly.
Officers last issued a missing person’s release on Danielle in April.
“Every day you wake up and its ground zero again and mentally it’s taken a toll on all of us, physically, but we’re going to every day were going to wake up and fight for Danielle because she’s our third. We need her,” said Chelsea.
“It’s my middle cub. I used to say my three cubs. I just want her home. I need her home,” said Kelly.
They’re hoping any day now the right piece of information leads to Danielle being found safe.
Anyone with information regarding Danielle can contact Toronto Police by calling 416-808-2222 or by contacting Crime Stoppers anonymously.
