Missing From: Orlando, Florida
Missing: May 27, 2009
Age at Disappearance: 27
Height: 5′ 5″
Weight: 120
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Distinguishing Characteristics: Scars, Marks, Tattoos: Caucasian female. Tracy’s ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance: Ocasio was last seen leaving the Florida Tap Room bar on Raleigh Street in Orlando, Florida at 2:30 a.m. on May 27, 2009. She never arrived home and has never been heard from again. Her car, a yellow two-door 2002 Chevrolet Cobalt LS with the Florida license plate number J051EC, was found unlocked and abandoned on Franklin Street in Ocoee, Florida at 7:00 p.m. on May 27. This was three miles from the home she shared with her parents.
Tracy’s parents stated it would be uncharacteristic of her to leave her car at that location, as it was a dark area without streetlights and she is afraid of the dark. Her keys, wallet and Verizon LG Voyager cellular phone disappeared with her and have never been found.
James Virgil Hataway is the prime suspect in Ocasio’s case. She left the bar with him that night. He said she drove him to his home in the 100 block of Lyle Street and wanted to smoke marijuana, but she didn’t like the drugs he had and left quickly. However, Ocasio’s cellular phone records show she was in the area until 8:30 a.m. Her car was found only about 150 yards from his home. He was arrested after Tracy’s disappearance when police searched his home and found drug paraphernalia in it.
Hataway has never been charged in Ocasio’s case. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance, which it remains unsolved.
Investigative Agency: Ocoee Police Department 407-905-3160
If you have any information on this case, please contact CUE Center for Missing Persons at (910) 343-1131 or call the CUE Center 24-hour tip line at (910) 232-1687. All information submitted to CUE Center for Missing Persons is confidential.