Andrew Douglas Tench: The Record and the Family’s Search
The Charlotte record and a family’s search for answers.
Abstract
NamUs MP144291 lists March 24, 2024 as Andrew Douglas Tench’s Date of Last Contact in Charlotte, North Carolina. Its narrative describes him as last seen at a bar.1
The Contact and Report Fields
The agency entry identifies Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reference 20240401-0913-00 and gives March 26 as the report date. Those are separate labels; the reference number itself is not a first-report timestamp.1
The First Family Appeal
Jason Puckett’s March 29, 2024 WBTV report described Andrew leaving his Belmont home around midnight on Sunday for a birthday celebration in Charlotte. It does not reproduce the underlying witness statement or clarify that midnight’s calendar date.2
His mother, Tracie Blanton, and sister, Tasha Newman, searched Monroe on Thursday, distributed flyers and spoke to residents near where his car was found. Their work is part of the reported history.2
The car’s discovery and its reported receipts do not, by themselves, establish Andrew’s movements.2
The Continuing Public Appeal
By August 7, 2024, Queen City Nerve reporter Davis Cuffe described family and friends organizing searches and a petition seeking further agency action. Friend Christian Edison described wanting clearer communication about the investigation.3
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in. Can you find the original dated record behind the contact field and distinguish it from the agency report date?1
Can you separate a documented sighting of Andrew from the discovery and reported movements of his car?2
Cuffe gave March 25 as the family’s report date. Can you locate that original report before treating its date as identical to the registry’s separate field?3
Keep the dated sources and your questions in a Research File in Almost Solved. Record who supplied each account and what document could clarify it. Different labels do not establish conflicting witness statements.
Show later developments and reported outcomes
Later Search and Court Reporting
Emma Mondo’s June 7, 2024 WCCB report described Blanton’s continuing attempts to get information from investigators. Mondo also reported leaving calls for a detective and a landfill without receiving return calls. That documents the reporter’s contact attempts, rather than a finding that information was withheld.4
Mondo relayed differing descriptions of a possible landfill search through Blanton. This review did not inspect an agency search assessment or landfill records. Those attributed accounts do not establish Andrew’s location or prove that a search was feasible or impossible.4
Cuffe’s August report quoted CMPD Deputy Chief Tonya Arrington saying efforts toward a resolution would continue. That was a dated police statement reported by the publication; it does not establish present investigative activity.3
On July 31, 2025, WSOC’s Evan Donovan reported a guilty plea to concealment of death and identity theft. He described a sentence of two and a half to four and a half years, with 477 days’ credit. That overall sentence also covered an unrelated 2023 charge.5
Michael Warrick’s August 2 WBTV report placed a concealment plea on August 1 and described a minimum sentence of 17 months. It also referred to an identity-theft plea on Thursday.6
Can you locate the dated judgment before reconciling these plea dates and sentence descriptions? The judgment and sentence calculation were not inspected; neither report establishes present custody. Both said Andrew’s body had not been found at publication. Those dated statements do not establish a November 2026 outcome.5,6
Scope and Method
Underlying witness statements and court records were not inspected.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- NamUs MP144291, reviewed November 2, 2026.
- Jason Puckett, WBTV, Tench family search report, March 29, 2024.
- Davis Cuffe, Queen City Nerve, Tench family report, August 7, 2024.
- Emma Mondo, WCCB, Tench search report, June 7, 2024.
- Evan Donovan, WSOC, Tench case update, July 31, 2025.
- Michael Warrick, WBTV, Tench case update, August 2, 2025.