The Young Mum Who Disappeared In The Blue Mountains
4/22/202632 min
In January 1993, 20-year-old Tracey Valesini appeared at the Campbelltown Courthouse in Sydney for a legal matter. She was last seen sitting inside the courtroom that day.
After that moment, Tracey was never heard from again.
More than 30 years later, there is still no definitive answer about what happened to the young mother or where her remains may be. But the case has never truly gone cold. Journalist Ashlea Hansen has since uncovered new evidence, determined to keep Tracey’s story alive and bring long-overdue attention to her disappearance.
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CREDITS
Guest: Ashlea Hansen
Host: Gemma Bath
Senior Producer: Tahli Blackman
Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy
Video Editor: Julian Rosario
Audio Engineer: Jacob Round
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First 90 secondsGemma Bath· Host0:00
[suspenseful music] It's January 8, 1993, and 20-year-old Tracy Valissini is in Campbelltown Courthouse in Sydney for a legal dispute. Sitting in this courtroom is the last time Tracy is seen alive. She fails to turn up to the next scheduled court date just four days later. It's out of character. She's always there, but no one ever hears from her again. More than 30 years later, we still don't have definitive answers on what happened to the young mother and where her body is. Police believe she was murdered, but her case has faded into the cold. I'm Gemma Bath, and you're listening to True Crime Conversations, a podcast exploring the world's most notorious crimes by speaking to the people who know the most about them. A coronial inquest held in 2006 found that Tracy likely died some time before December 1993 from injuries inflicted on her by someone else. It found that there wasn't enough evidence, however, to charge anyone. Looking into Tracy's story is shocking. The facts in her case are few and far between, but the details we do know are devastating. She was in the midst of a custody battle. It took four years for police to be notified of her disappearance. Blood was found in