17 years after Tracy Ocasio vanished, investigators say search for answers continues

OCOEE, Fla. – Seventeen years after Tracy Ocasio disappeared, investigators say they’re still pursuing leads and using new tools to try to solve the case.

Ocasio, 27, was last seen May 26, 2009, leaving the Florida Tap Room on Raleigh Street with James Hataway, who remains the only suspect identified in her disappearance. Her car was later found abandoned on Franklin Street in Ocoee.

Hataway was sentenced to life in prison in 2011, but he has never been charged in connection with Ocasio’s disappearance.