Marcie Tokeysha Peterson, a 28-year-old mother of five, disappeared from Marietta, Georgia on October 30, 2003. She was last seen about 11:00 a.m. near the 2400 block of Cumberland Parkway and was living at a StudioPLUS extended-stay motel while attempting to reconcile with her estranged husband, who was also staying there. A housekeeper said Marcie handed over her room key that day with instructions to give it to her husband.

Marcie had recently endured setbacks including a brief jail sentence for misdemeanor charges and the loss of her mortgage business, but her sister recalled Marcie had plans to rebuild her life. Before she vanished, Marcie told her mother she had borrowed $30,000 from a man who later chased her in a car and threatened her life. Another man who helped pay for her education was later discovered to have used an alias. It is unknown if either man was connected to her disappearance, and there are unconfirmed suggestions she may have traveled to the New York area.

Marcie is described as a Black female, 5 feet 8 inches, about 140 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. Distinctive tattoos include a Chinese symbol on the back of her neck, another on her mid to lower back, and the name Carl on her upper left breast. The Cobb County Police Department is investigating. Did anyone in Marietta or the New York area know Marcie or have information about the men she mentioned?