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A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
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Tracy Eileen Ocasio
Ocasio, date, approximate 2009; Ocasio's car; James Hataway
Date Missing 05/27/2009
Missing From
Orlando, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Female
Race
White
Date of Birth 08/10/1981 (41)
Age 27 years old
Height and Weight 5'5, 120 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A dark-colored hooded sweatshirt or jacket, a black tank top, jeans and a green and white baseball cap.
Associated Vehicle(s) Yellow two-door 2002 Chevrolet Cobalt LS with the Florida license plate number J051EC (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics Caucasian female. Brown hair, brown eyes. Ocasio'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.
Photos of the car are posted with this summary. Ocasio'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 . 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. A photo of Hataway is posted with this summary. He was arrested after Ocasio's disappearance when police searched his home and found drug paraphernalia in it.
Hataway has a criminal record for robbery, burglary, theft, criminal mischief and possession of drug paraphernalia. After he was linked to Ocasio's disappearance, another woman came forward to say he had attempted to sexually assault her. She didn't report the incident at the time it occurred. In August 2008, Rachael Clarke accused Hataway of choking her and slamming her head on the ground. She had to get a neck brace for her injuries. No charges were filed at the time because Clarke didn't cooperate with the investigation.
In June 2009, at Clarke's request, Hataway was charged with aggravated battery, robbery and burglary in connection with the incident; the battery charge was later upgraded to attempted murder. He admitted having caused Clarke's injuries but denied that he intended to kill her. He was convicted of all charges in April 2011 and sentenced to life in prison. Hataway has never been charged in Ocasio's .
Ocasio attended high school in Fredericksburg, Virginia and moved to Florida with her parents in 1998. She worked a series of restaurant and retail jobs in the decade prior to her disappearance, and was considering enrolling in college to study radiology. She has two pet lizards, two pet scorpions and a pet cat, and her parents stated she was a big fan of the Orlando Magics basketball team. She was watching a Magics game at the bar the night she disappeared.
Foul play is suspected in her disappearance, which it remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Ocoee Police Department
407-905-3160
Other
NamUs
Texas EquuSearch Mounted Search and Recovery Team
Tracy Ocasio - Missing May 26, 2009
The Orlando Sentinel
The Miami Herald
WESH 2
Facebook Page for Missing Persons
Missing Person Photos
A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe.
By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends.
A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.
Resources for Missing Persons
According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day.
Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends.
Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.
Missing Person Photos
