Tracy Ocasio Case: Breaking Developments Cast Doubts on Hataway - Explores Hutto Circle
Ocoee, FL– Tracy Ocasio has been missing since May 27th following an 
evening at the Florida Tap Room where she was last seen with person of interest James “Jimmy” Hataway. In the initial days of the investigation, there were multiple reports that Hataway was a suspect in Ocasio’s disappearance, a suspect in the disappearance of Apopka man Onda “Chris” George,and as many as 5 other assaults on women.
To date, only one of those allegations has resulted in new charges against Hataway. In Seminole County, Hataway is facing charges for his alleged assault against Rachel Clarke, 23, for a Casselberry, FL incident last August. 
Hataway is charged with Burglary of a conveyance with a battery, robbery, false imprisonment and battery. Uncovered exclusively at blinkoncrime.com, there is new inside information on this pending case. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, Jimmy Hataways’ closest friend told blinkoncrime police actually entered the residence he shared with Hataway shortly after the incident and cuffed him, thinking he was Jimmy. Once it was determined he was not and that he did not know his immediate whereabouts, police left the home.
Although they continued to reside in the same location for another 2 1/2 months and police had Hataways cell phone number, police never contacted Jimmy Hataway about the alleged incident. They did not interview the roommate either. In the almost 10 months following the alleged battery against Rachel Clarke, investigators never interviewed the suspect in a case which now carries a bond of $250K and a lengthy prison stint if convicted.
Other than Jimmy and Ms. Clarke, there is only one other known witness in this case whom LE also elected not to interview until after Hataway was arrested on the paraphanalia charge in Orange County. Where did they find this prospective witness almost 10 months later? Across the Pod from Jimmy Hataway in the Seminole County Jail; he is attempting to cut a deal to get out of charges stemming from his chronic crack cocaine addiction.
April 15 The Florida Tap Room Bar
In the early morning hours of April 15, 2009, Paul Hutto was arrested on a battery charge for knocking Tracy Ocasio to the ground during an altercation outside the bar. Blinkoncrime was able to confirm this through Orlando Police Department, however, a request for the actual incident report has been denied thus far pending release from the State’s Attorneys office. Also, the charge does not appear on Hutto’s record.
How is it that the man gets arrested, spends the night in jail, and as of today there is no charges filed in the incident? If there are no charges pending, how is that not subject to public information requests? 
Sources inside the investigation have confirmed to blinkoncrime.com that the woman involved in the confrontation resulting in Tracy Ocasio dumping her drink on her head, is Lori “Lo Lo” Branic, pictured in the middle with her “lollies” Cheryl Doan and Alicia Hutto.
Lo Lo is the wife of Paul Branic, sentenced on April 27th, currently incarcerated in Lake County since May 21st on a driving with a revoked/suspended license charge and violation of probation. Interestingly, Paul Branic was detained by the Bay County Sheriffs Office on 5/26/09 following a plea deal conference call the same day before returning to Lake County to serve out his sentence.
Was Branic with his wife the evening of 4/15? Is it a complete coincidence that Tracy dumps a drink on his wifes head and on the eve of the day he cops a plea deal Tracy Ocasio goes missing? There were several myspace messages on Jeremiah Huttos myspace back and forth between him and Lo Lo where she finally tells him in the early evening of 5/26/09 “no more texting,lol ” that have since been deleted.
Holy Hutto Houdini
Not all of the Hutto family has the Houdini gene, apparently, there are a few that are not have fared as well as their kin. In fact, you can find a few on Jeremiah Huttos myspace page with pride.
Brothers Paul and Jeremiah however, seem to have the escape trick down. 
Jeremiahs battery conviction was for the brutal beating of Erica Henry, an Ocoee Mother of 2. I was contacted anonymously by a family member of hers and told that it was not the first or last time Ms. Henry was assaulted by “Jbizzle” or the last. Ms. Henry died on April 27th, 2008. At press time, efforts to request Ms. Henrys death certificate as to cause of death have not been returned.
Sources inside the investigation into the disappearance of Tracy Ocasio have confirmed to blinkoncrime.com that Jeremiah and Paul Hutto were cleared immediately by detectives after only their initial interview although they were also at the Florida Tap Room and then Gators the evening Tracy went missing.
Joe and Liz Ocasio, Tracy’s parents, were told by detectives that they were cleared of any involvement because of how angry they got in response to detectives questions. Wait for It… Neither Hutto brother was asked to take a polygraph or provide a DNA sample. None of their homes and properties have been searched although police have been relying on Paul Hutto to show them sites where he worked with Jimmy. 
As discovered exclusively at blinkoncrime.com, there was an abandoned 911 call at approximately 6:04 PM the day Tracy Ocasio went missing, from the Hutto home at 1002 Wyoming Court. This call follows a shots fired call in the area of Cullens Ct at approximately 5:43PM. To date, no information has been released about either call, or it’s possible connection to the Ocasio case.
I have interviewed over a dozen known associates, self proclaimed confidential police informants, and some of Jimmy Hataway’s closest friends that have known him, lived with him, and yes, in some instances been in trouble with him throughout his life. Every single source told me the same thing– If Jimmy had any involvement, of if he knows anything at all, you need to talk to his brother, he would tell him anything, and be his first call. I have. His interview will be featured next week exclusively at blinkoncrime.com
Contributing to the research of this report for blinkoncrime.com: Red Ranger, Kate Mills, Candice Bond, Lane Brandt
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Blink has done it again!! Kudo’s. What a team you all make. I sure wouldn’t want to be on the wrong side of the law with you around. I’m so impressed I can hardly stand it.
Hi B,
Erica Henry died in a fatal car wreck, I think she was in the car with a man named Bill http://tinyurl.com/ljcpme
Her family has a website for her here http://tinyurl.com/l5r2ga
Thanks Renan, I am not finding the Bill reference though. There was no obit at her families request.
B
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B, on the family website there are 5 pages of comments and a couple of them reference her being with a man named Bill that night and that they’re in heaven together.
A lot of “Nolle pro sequi” on there - Mr Google tells me that means “Not to pursue”. If that was known in jail circles, he would be wearing what is called a “Rat tag”.
Yep, which made me think he is low level broker, kwim?
B
Blink, all I have to say is WOW! That was awesome. I can’t wait to see what the Ocoee PD reaction will be. I would make sure not to give any of them your address or you might end up missing also. Maybe that is what “ocoee style” is?
I have tremendous respect for LE, always will. I work for Tracy in this case. They are professionals and will react accordingly I have no doubt. Lets support them even though the Honeymoon was a little rocky, shall we?
B
SPEECHLESS.
Although some of them might be parts of plea bargains - Plead to one, the others are dropped. Seems to be the case in most of them, but not the home invasion from 1998, those just went away.
Yeah, but not for everybody, interestingly enough. Ever rob a house with your Dad?
WTH?
B
I Support LE who use their positions and authority to enforce the laws, keep peace and pursue justice. I just hope those on the ocoee force who have these traits will stand up to those who lack them. Tracy and her family deserve to know what happened.
Very, very well put Wendy. It is my understanding that is exactly what is going on. This PD has had a very long and difficult history, I did not feel the need to include that information.
B
Please tell me this is nobody we know from this case:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/seminole_news/071009standoff
B
From the extended Ocasio family, I thank you Blink. Without you, it would had been another dead-end case. God bless You friend!
Blink-
I am awed and humbled…..and my apologies if I’ve ever, ever underestimated what you can accomplish, or the impact you can make due to my own lack of experience. I’ve learned as you continue to amaze me. I know it’s not over yet, but this has got to give you some satisfaction. WAY TO GO!! …amazingly great work.
Thanks for the new break!
Is Cole the “brother” or does he have an actual brother? i didnt think so but cant remember if he actually did?
Colt is his brother from another mother I will say.
B
We all thank you Blink. We want this case to move forward also and bring the right people to justice. Tracy’s family deserves to see whomever did this pay for his/her crime. We also appreciate the fact that you and your teams efforts may get a violent criminal off the streets making it a little safer for everyone.
Thank you for appreciating the contributors, they are invaluable to getting a substantial piece like this out in a timely way.
B
Blink-
In listening to the radio broadcast, you mentioned Paul Hutto’s charges from the April 15th incident are being ‘reviewed’ or held at the state attorney’s office. Above You mention there are no charges pending. 1) Is this Orange County’s State Attorneys office (9th judicial)? 2) And if you able to expand on it….. Do you expect charges are going to be filed against Hutto? (perhaps real late like Hataway’s).
Obviously alot of this isn’t ‘normal’, but is it ‘normal’ in any case for the state attorney’s office to do the actual ‘charging’ and review, or is that in itself another anomaly?
P.S. If there is virtually ‘no record’ of this incident and arrest, given everything listed for the Hutto’s, it tends to make one wonder what else is missing from their records? y’know?
Yep.
B
Blink, you are doing important, serious work. Very commendable.
And btw-
Chicken Little ova heah askt me to send you a message …..’sono spiacente’……and we thought she vas only an urban ‘tard…..sscheesh…
So….Where is Tracy? Where is Jennifer? We all know George ran off, just dunno what he was running from. Running for his life? Running to hide?
All I can say is there is not a single person I have spoken to that believes Chris George is either missing or deceased.
B
Did they pull a “VanDerSloot”? Still waiting for a police search of the Hutto Lakefront and boat.
I would like to see the side scan sonar reports for any water that was searched, Were there any aerials done?
This is S&R 101.
B
well its hard to know whats known ,and what was done and not done by le,good job whoever searched the 911 dispatch for the area that night,has the fbi officially taken the case?internal affairs?-kojak,barnaby jones, howbout batman?
someone mentioned earlier some convience stores and gas stations in the neighborhood,which crew would frequent, which might have cameras ,if i had carte blanche in an idea world, i’d just sit and watch footage,what are the huttos vehicles,did they interchange vehicles,thats why i said scent search,can anyone put her at the hutto house?can anyone put her for sure at hataway’s house.wouldnt scent dogs put able to put her in a hutto vehicle?
Photo’s of Tracy and the case in the link below…many are repeats, but I hadn’t seen the first few pics before.
Keepin’ the faith; and waiting for news; hoping to hear there’s been at least some movement if not a total breakthrough.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-missing-tracy-ocasio-pictures-060209,0,3742457.photogallery
Hi Blink,
My prayers go out to this family. While I was researching this case tonight, I came across two white men, a little younger than Tracy, with the last name of Ocasio. They are both incarcerated on long sentences for violent crimes. Do you know if either of them could be related to Tracy? Sorry about the sensitive question but it seems like an important question to ask since they may have violent associates out of prison.
not to my knowledge, if your referrring to whom I came across early.
B
“I would like to see the side scan sonar reports for any water that was searched, Were there any aerials done?
This is S&R 101.”
B
Still waiting for LE to search John’s Lake… any updates on the Lakefront House and Boat?
Joe Ocasio announced that EquuSearch is coming back!
Though it is a very sad situation that is at hand,I feel that the concerned family and public are spinning their wheels-waiting on the police department to make their next move.
As a community we should unite and search ourselves and put aside
all this waiting. The more we wait the more the willingness to search fades. If it was a police officer missing all of florida would be
on a relentless manhunt- lets not make these things “a summer episode”,
when we can get off our butts and actually go out and search-stop wasting words,and what ifs.
Your amazing in what you report and in what you seem to find out. Its amazing the cops seem to be running around in circles. My question for you my friend is are you ever afraid for your own safety? you do alot of digging more so it seems then the cops.
On another note…..with all the information you get congrats.. Care to help out the Evilness going on at Burr Oak Cemetery In Alsip Illinois. They can use you intelligence there….. Thank care
TY Chi,
Yes, I am vigilant about my safety, as any true crime writer/investigator is. There are also benefits that come with my “real life”. In this case, there are more than a few locals I feel have my back- honestly if it weren’t for them, this case dies on the vine, imo. That is unacceptable to me. This woman, her family, deserve the dignity and grace to bring their child home.
That said, I primarily focus on cases I feel my team or network can have an immediate impact. I have a caseload that I am already having difficulty managing, and I am going to be featuring a new case shortly that will pretty much rule my work for a while. While horrific, the grave issues in Alsip, are not what I would term the best use of my or my team’s skills.
I sincerely hope there is a lot more going on with all branches of Florida law enforcement to find Tracy Ocasio and to apprehended those responsible for her disappearance. The 911 hang up & shots fired calls on the night of her abduction cannot possibly be a coincidence. I would hope someone investigating this crime is working this angle.
I would also like to see the Huttos be treated as the suspects they surely are, instead of the “helpful friends” they’ve been handled as thus far. Law enforcement should be aware they’re being asked to do their very best work on this case. Too many innocent victims go missing without a trace in the Orlando metro area.
Someone in authority should be looking for ways to improve their investigative skills and case resolution percentage. Otherwise, how many more Tracy Ocasios, Jennifer Kesses, Hayleigh Cummings, etc. are there going to be?
Thanks Blink…God Speed…..be safe………………….
I find it incredible there would be no other video camera locations which may have captured Tracy’s car that night. Perhaps LE just isn’t releasing the info, but I hope someone is looking at all the potential places in that area where there are camera’s, even those not so obvious.
I completely agree, why put out the pic of her car following pings, there is several possibilities for footage- Has it been pulled? If they knew 100% where she was based on pings/car, why would they have needed to do that? Lastly, if I see one more person speculate about her cell (sorry not directed at you or even any poster here).. In some of the Tap footage, you can actually see her holding her cell and looking at it in her left hand. Er Go.. not unusual for her to not carry a pocketbook and put phone in pocket, which I fear is what happened to her.
B
Blink, do you know if her boyfriend Derick has been cleared? I haven’t heard anything about him but I know he wasn’t there that night and To went off with another man. If he were the jealous type he might be a POI. I am just worried as you are too that just because JH is such a creep they are not looking at others that might have motives.
Derrick is absolutely not a suspect, but you were right to question.
B
Exactly Blink. My daughter, around the same age, doesn’t carry a purse anywhere. She carries her cell phone, puts her drivers license in her pocket with her keys.
In reference to the following,
“Comment by Marilyn — July 10, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
So….Where is Tracy? Where is Jennifer? We all know George ran off, just dunno what he was running from. Running for his life? Running to hide?
All I can say is there is not a single person I have spoken to that believes Chris George is either missing or deceased.
B”
Thank you for at least mentioning Chris George in your 6/11/09 interview with Dana. I can assure you that Chris’ family believes not only that he is missing but that he is deceased.
How can you assure me of that, exactly? I am wide open for any information on the issue. I have interviewed several witnesses, two of which were with him the night in question; you do realize there is no open missing persons report on this guy, right? If his family believes he is deceased why haven’t they spoken out about the fact that it was not so much as investigated until Hataway was arrested? If your friend was a victim of some sort, I am 1000% behind you, but I have seen only evidence to the contrary.
B
i have taught this man how to drive among many other things to bad your all wrong
What man are you referring to?
B
In reference to, “How can you assure me of that, exactly? I am wide open for any information on the issue. I have interviewed several witnesses, two of which were with him the night in question; you do realize there is no open missing persons report on this guy, right? If his family believes he is deceased why haven’t they spoken out about the fact that it was not so much as investigated until Hataway was arrested? If your friend was a victim of some sort, I am 1000% behind you, but I have seen only evidence to the contrary.
B”
Fair. I will do that. I just want to say I respect the familys’ privacy completely, but I am sincere when I say I have spoken to the same witnesses APD has, as a matter of fact, some they have not, and I will leave it at that, publicly.
B
If you need assurance, you will need to email me privately. Publicly I will say that the Apopka Police Department has been investigating since February 11th. A missing persons report was filed shortly after Chris’ disappearance and has been updated twice. The family has been dealing with the APD, not the media.
Glad to see people coming out of the proverbial ‘woodwork’ to post thoughts and comments involving TRACY OCASIO and others involved in this story. Hoping the ‘unanswered’ people continue posting, let’s help resolve things. Let’s get the truth out there…’whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are good’ ….” Get ‘em out there.
….and keep it going….hope floats…and I dare say it might just be floating here….
FWIW, I also ‘hang my cell’ on my pants pocket sometimes….and go w/o a purse. (at least for now am too cheap to upgrade to a ’slim’ phone or ipod fitting into my pocket)…point being….purse has nothing to do with it. (notice B- I did not mention pings
I’m still trying to get an LOL out of you.
OT…. Blink…briefly as I can, I DO NOT want to distract from Tracy’s story in any way. (so even really truly delete the rest as fit please…)……..
There are 2 new perp stories emerging locally (remember when we conversed over legislation and Nevaeh B. case? and I mentioned local VSP here?). New stories: One involves a 50 yo perp who was allegedly cloroforming (yes, cloroform…….wonder how that one got my attention???) an 11 yo girl and ended up w/ 355 porn pics of this girl on his computer. Making me sick…..he’s getting a trial,(so far) but since he admitted (paraphrasing) to the pictures, and already allegedly admitted he did this because it arroused him and he attempted cloroform to make it easier …..I’m not sure what’s left to prove…..(no words or acromyms worthy enough, ISY ‘kwim)
The other a 30+ yo National Guard who allegedly was ‘having a relationship’ w/ a 13 yo before he shipped out to Iraq. (yes that’s a really sorry story too). I plan to attend court hearings as a ’silent’ witness to these proceedings. I intend to just witness the system for now. Very sensitive situations with unnamed youths involved. (no causing more pain by insensitivity to victims). However, I anticipate from experience the local media will barely cover it, and I fear it will get swept under the rug while they get slaps on the wrists.
Not to disrespect our LE; I’m sure it disgusts them as well, but I already see a need to bring awareness and attention to this w/o insulting LE, or hurting the victims. This will barely see the light of day in our papers. The current social focus, locally (as many places) is busting possible DUI’s at .07 and the scandals of our local school boards (if this lowered my taxes…I might think it more worthy). There is not enough in your face reality of how these cases are handled. Burying head in sand is easier…..
I anticipate needing help; I think the world of what you are already doing. I know you’re too busy with this very worthy cause and the overwhelming amount of missing persons. Also know,I get frustrated unless I start out 50% ahead of the learning curve by studying ahead of time…, I need some help or mentoring as I follow this,…I already know this. Can you recommend?? can SM be a resource for me to bounce things off experienced people?? Are there other resources you can recommend for me? I’ve already got ideas….and know I’ll be ‘feeling’ it out as I go…and if that’s just what I need to do…. ok 2. ty. When U have time. R.
Riddle, I will always recommend SM as a forum with some of the strongest advocates and smarties around and I commend your efforts.
B
Riddle, I applaud you for getting involved in these deplorable cases. I don’t understand how our courts give chance after chance and break after break to pedophiles, especially since this criminal behavior is not rehabilitative.
I agree we must support law enforcement, especially police officers. They’re in constant mortal danger dealing with the criminal class, as well as underpaid, overworked and disrespected. Society is fortunate there are men and women willing to take the job. I wouldn’t be a cop no matter what the recompense.
Having said that though, why are so many of the recent “high profile” cases happening in Florida? Is there something wrong with Florida’s law enforcement and judicial systems which create an environment for criminality to flourish? Or are these cases receiving more scrutiny & publicity than crimes in other states?
I want to thank Blink and the team for their incredible work.
I have written on other articles and my immediate reaction to Jimmy was NO WAY, because I knew him so well and everyone made him into a monster because of his criminal history.
I can’t say for sure if he’s innocent, he should be investigated because you never know and he was last seen with her. However, I cannot believe that LE have pinned Jimmy down as the only suspect when he’s been cooperative and let other should be POI’s go uninvestigated because they became irate when questioned?! Have they heard of the concept of defensive behavior? Unbelievable.
As far as Jimmy’s “brother” Colt, they are not related, as Blink knows. While I look forward to the new interview, and believe that Jimmy probably would call Colt first, I must admit, I take everything Colt says with a HUGE grain of salt.
Again, THANK YOU BLINK, this investigative work has been amazing. I trust your site over the mainstream media for coverage especially now that I am out of state. I join you and others on this site to find the truth, to find Tracy and any other missing persons.
There is another site, whose blogs are under topix.com in which another ex of Hataway posted a few days ago. This girl said that she knows that Hataway can be cruel and dangerous. She, as well as post #39 are lucky ones, that did not get hurt by Hataway. I also believe post # 39 comment about Colt.
Although there are conflicting opinions of James Hataway, he almost certainly is involved in this crime. There are several factors; the current charges pending as a result of his assault and attempted murder of Rachel Clarke, his drug abuse and criminal record, plus, he was with Tracy Ocasio the night she vanished. He is also friends with the other suspects. He has to know what happened to Tracy, at the very least.
Fair, he may be, I cant say for certain yet. However, there is Z E R O evidence to indicate that, and in reality, more exculpatory evidence. It is my understanding he has given detectives his opinion of what may have happened to her, and the rest is all here in black and white.
BTW, he was moved to Orange County Jail, does that tell anyone anything??
B
Here’s what I mean about BS reporting:
http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/seminole_news/071409_Hataway_back_in_Orange_jail
Tracy’s missing date is incorrect, he is NOT back in OC on “drug” charges and they repeated the paragraphs twice. They found a bong on the second search of his house, after he voluntarily let them search it previously. He’s only even there because of the outstanding criminal mischief charge. Get it right people
B
HAHA!! - I guess if you repeat the whole article twice, it will make people think you did twice the work? That is some pretty bad proofreading there…
I am no goddess of grammar or pros, but geez
B
One of the many things that I don’t understand about Jimmy Hataway is…what is the benefit in remaining silent? If he didn’t commit homicide, what exactly is he covering up? In Chris George’s case it’s pretty apparent that he is not responsible for his death but due to the fact that he was with him the last hours of his life, it’s not a big leap to think that he knows something that could unlock this case.
How many of us ever personally know one person that goes missing? The group of friends/acquaintances that Jimmy, Chris and Tracy were connected with know of two in a 15 week period. Someone knows something…this is not just a coincidence and I believe Jimmy is involved at some level. I continue to pray that the truth will surface for Chris, Tracy and of course for Jennifer whether or not her case is connected to these.
Your assuming he has. That is not true.
He was interviewed by Police re: Chris and told them what he knew. You do realize he was not even there with Chris when he ran out of the truck into the woods, right? I am not saying this because someone told me their opinion, I am saying this because it is a fact. I can also tell you Apopka PD has discounted him as a suspect for that, but you’ll notice while they were quick to point the finger at him, they are not so quick to exclude him now that they have evidence of an exculpatory nature.
I dont disagree that overall this group is train wreck, but it has BEEN a trainwreck. The answer to finding Tracy and Chris (if indeed he is missing by nefarious means) is to figure out how this has been going on for as long as it has undetected and unresolved.
I want to be clear, I do not think Jimmy is an “innocent”. No way. You have 2 people that have had recent falling outs with the Huttos and 1 is missing and the other is in the clink dodging the firing squad for every case in a 5 mi radius. Where’s Kojak?
B
I am just blown away at the complete and utter ignorance of the Florida judicial system. It seems like everytime I turn around there is another unsolved murder. I swear our federal government must be stuck on stupid. I love to watch alot of crime investigation shows such as first 48 and crime 360 and it just seems to me that they get their guy quickly and they do it with determination. I know I am not alone when I say that we are all alone when it comes to our safety. I feel enormous sympathy for the famililies of the victims, They are in my thoughts and I hope that one day justice will be served to the ones responsible. I also hope that justice will be served to our justice system. I mean what are they all doing over there arresting pot heads? sitting in parking lots and playing solitare on their in car computers? GIVE ME A BREAK. We pay their salaries for what? My advice to our wonderful justice system is this “Get out there and be somebody and if you cant do your job right then quit”. There are untrained volunteers that work harder at finding the truth.
If Jimmy Hataway is innocent of the murder charge here, he may owe Blink and friends a big kiss when this is all resolved. I am watching to see how it all proceeds without having much real comment. Just wanted to express my appreciation of the thought and work you all are doing. I read several Florida newspapers every day without finding one tenth of the information available here.
I’m concerned that when Hataway is sentenced regarding his current charges that the Judge will be prejudiced by what has transpired in Tracy’s case. I only hope that his “sentence(s)” fit(s) the crime(s) and not because he’s been pointed out as a POI.
Sunday they have to prosecute him first, which depending on which case your referring, is not very strong.
B
I was thinking more about the paraphenalia charge than anything else.
But, and please correct me if I’m wrong, wasn’t he on probation for criminal mischief when he was charged with the paraphernalia charge? And wouldn’t that also be a VOP? I’m not familiar with how the system works regarding these issues.
nope, recently charged.
B
What I want to know is, now that all this information is out there, what is happening because of it? Has there been any information? Has LE done anything different? Does it need more publicty? Have any of the newspapers picked up on it and published stories? I know I am being impatient, but Tracy has been missing for 6 weeks!
Whew, boy, did I get confused. Thanks Blink
Blink-
I have been following your work for a long time- I would never, never want to come up against you in any case you have worked on; your investigations and analysis are pristine. I mentioned your name while waiting to present a motion last week and an attorney friend of yours came clear across the room to find out how I knew you.
That is impact, Lady.
So..I hope you won’t mind now when I call you out. You know 1000% that if Hataway had a dime, or a zealous attorney smart enough to pick out a high profile case with legs, he would be OUT..
You also know that is the key to finding Tracy Ocasio, Chris George and possibly Jenn Kesse. He needs a criminal defense attorney to hold him out of the shark tank long enough to tell what he knows about the real problem: Huttos et al. And dont think Tyler Watters is off the hook by a long shot. What’s your pal Nejame up to?
He needs representation, he needs to get out so the heat can go where it needs to go. With him in the slammer talking to nobody, it’s nothing more than a hamster wheel for these families.
And wouldn’t it be wonderful if a zealous “attorney smart enough to pick out a high profile case with legs” would take the case pro bono? But, we know in the real world that’s not going to happen.
After reading about my cousin tracy dumped beer on some girls head it was out of self defense because tracy would text me right away wrather it was because of something really cool or really bad. The night this happened she texted me that somebody was trying to get physical with her. Somebody was attempting to throw beer into Tracy’s face so the fact that she dumped beer on that brats face was self defence. My cousin never gets physical unless she’s defending her self period.
On memorial day at about 1235am is the last time she texted me and I believe she had a boyfriend at the time whom may have been at the Tap with her the night of the confrontation because he was in her room with her when she called me one night during April which I’m praying wasn’t any of the Hutto bros.
Check your cell records and I can probably tell you who it was.
B
Selectively silent would probably have been more descriptive of the point I was trying to make. I know he has talked to the police but I personally believe he is leaving information critical to the case out of the conversation.
Yes, I am aware that he was not with Chris when the vehicle was wrecked. However, he was with him earlier that same day, they had phone conversations and he was on the scene when the police arrived.
Yes, but he was on the scene the following day, not the night it happened. His myspace comments corroberate this, as well as the cell phone that was used by Watters for help that evening when he was allegedly stranded. He also stopped at the store and bought chips and froze bottled waters the night before to take with them in case he was out in the woods stranded. Are you aware of the Huttos that are in Waterss myspace pic?
In reference to Chris missing by nefarious means…I confess I had to look that one up. I found, “infamous by way of being extremely wicked”. It is my personal opinion that the fact that Chris was doing drugs when he went missing that put a shadow over the investigation. I don’t condone his drug use but I don’t think anyone has the right to take his life and cover it up either. I don’t think his case has been taken seriously by the authorities from the very beginning. I can’t help but wonder if they had done due diligence in investigating Chris’ case that Tracy would still be with us today.
On that we agree Reggie, except I might ask his brother what was in the backpack they gave him. Also, he had a warrant for a construction site trespass, which I believe would put him VOP, no?
Chris has been gone for 22 weeks…there are missing puzzle pieces and I think Jimmy has some if not all of them in his pocket.
My cousin tracey poured beer because the brat was going to hit my cousins face with beer. It was self defense my cousin texted me about the whole thing that happened that night.
While I don’t doubt you, I dont think anyone was judging her, to the contrary, she said in her own words she as trying to be nice
B
ToOcoMoFo’s, it wouldn’t matter if Tracy dumped an entire pitcher of beer on someone. If what happened to Tracy is retaliation for the altercation that night, she didn’t deserve it. No one does. We’re all praying for you, Tracy and the rest of her family through all this. And we’re all hoping that someone gets to the bottom of it soon. If anyone can, Blink can.
Blink, have you been able to ascertain why the Hutto’s have been given break after break for their lawlessness … why they’re not being investigated for Tracy’s disappearance? There have been lots of posts guessing that they’re CI’s, but even CI’s wouldn’t get a pass for kidnapping or (possible/probable) murder …. would they?
NO
And going out on a limb I might suggest going the scholarly route is a waste of time. I imagine there are reasons that are not going to sit right regardless of presentation
B
I’m not disputing that Jimmy’s story to this point is not substantiated to some degree by cell activity, etc. As I mentioned before I don’t believe he is directly responsible for what happened to Chris but I think he knows more than he has revealed.
I have no knowledge of the trip to the store and frozen water bottles. I’d be curious to know if and how the trip to the store and what items were purchased was verified. Preparation to be stranded in the woods…with only chips and water…for Chis that is barely a snack. Though he wasn’t a Boy Scout, that’s not much preparation.
I am aware of the Hutto’s though I am personally thankful that I have never had occasion to meet them.
When you wrote, “except I might ask his brother”, are you referring to Chris’ brother?
I am not aware of a warrant for a construction site trespass, when was it dated? Regarding the VOP…to my knowledge Chris wasn’t on probation.
ok Reggie, fair and open of you, but check the Seminole County site, he did have an open warrant
B
Well I’m tired of seeing my cousin being blogged about through several sites about how she poses for photos how she reacted that night her involveement with self proclaimed “friends” that just happen to be “helping” with her case. It sickens me. I’ve got no degree and I’ve never been in law enforcement only exposed to it and there are so many factors and motives that point right to th butt holes aka huttos and yet their the very peeps that are “helping” detectives what the hell man. I’m not rocket scientist but its like see no evil hear no evil speak no evil.
These butt holes are going to get away with as much as they can for however long they can no doubt about that and that is just sad.
Blink seems to be contributing to my cousin’s case then any other popo out there and its not even her JOB.
If it wasn’t for Blink my cousin’s case would be in the crapper Blink but be a guardian angel in disguise man.
I mean why would they wait so dam long to dig through her texts which I thought they had already looked through?
Have they even searched ALL DNA in her car? Are they considering the
DNA of the Hutto’s? Or the poly toward the Hutto’s? Even Toole’s because I’m sure he’s got some beef with my cousin because he missed his sex affend regist.
Why won’t they look into the 911 calls? Whats up with whoever made the call from the foreclosed home? How and why was the person in that house any way? And Cullen ct court isn’t that far from my cousin’s hood.
Too many Q’s so little time and no answers to some Q’s and not even answers towards others.
If there’s cop(s) involved they should be easy to pin because of identification factors, the computers they use. Someone is covering the Huttos tracks and to do that someone a cop or whoever probably has access to data bases that contain records wrather its to make or clean out files on criminals.
Because files don’t just maintaince themselves.
I’m not trying to accuse anyone or jump to conclusions but I’ve been holding on to these theories for a minute now and I thought I throw them out there.
Blink in terms of the popo digging and maintaining certain files of certain peeps please give me your opinions and/or theories.
Blink what do I check my cell records for? She called me using her cell so what would that dig into?
My apologies for my lack of investigative skills but I don’t know what Seminole County site you are referring to in #59. However, other than a point of curiosity, in what way are you suggesting that a warrant for trespassing would be connected to his disappearance?
Also back to my previous question…when you responded in #55, “except I might ask his brother”, whose brother were you referring to?
a) He did not want to go to jail
b) His brother (CHris’s) was given his backpack
B
I agree with you that Chris did not want to go to jail…does anyone? However, it doesn’t add up to me that he would ditch his SUV (which was still in running condition), discontinue all communication with everyone in his life (including those that had helped him through difficult circumstances before), with no food (except maybe chips and water), no cash unless he had a limited amount in his pocket (even in large bills, which is not likely…how much can one carry?), and no clothes except what he had on his back. The SUV alone would have provided him with shelter and transportation…on foot…in the woods…in the middle of nowhere…that is not a likely scenario in my book.
In addition, if he just ran off into the woods, why did his “friends” move the vehicle, clean it up, and take it back to the scene? Hmmm….
Chris doesn’t have a brother.
You and I agree this is more than bizarre. I cant say if Jimmy knows more than he is telling , but I am confident if he does, he learned it after the fact. However, I will say that my interviews of witnesses lead me to believe that they do not and did not believe that Chris ran into the woods never to be seen again. They believe his parents staged an intervention of sorts and sent him to a rehab. I have no basis to form that opinion so I take it with a grain of salt as they say.
They took the car back and cleaned it out because they were concerned about what was in it and the fact that Chris could be in very big trouble if cops got a hold of it that evening. I think everyone would agree that move was not wise, but again to me points to the fact they did not plan it.
Lastly, if Chris does not have a brother, I would be asking Tyler Watters who he introduced as his bro, because he definately did. And then I would ask him how well he knows the Huttos.
B
Blink, it looks as though Tracy Ocasio’s case isn’t going to be resolved unless local LE expands the investigation to include suspects other than Jimmy Hataway. You mentioned earlier that he had given LE his opinion of what he thought had happened to her. I assume he pointed the finger at others he’s acquainted with and named names.
Is it possible that those suspects named by Jimmy are being surveilled and investigated? I realize we’ve had NO information that would demonstrate this, no searches of the Hutto residences or vehicles, no reported interrogations of them, but perhaps other activities are happening behind the scenes. I don’t want to believe that the disappearance of a vibrant, beautiful young woman is being purposely swept under the rug to protect confidential informants involved in criminal enterprise.
There’s the fate of missing friend, Onda Christopher George, to wonder about. Plus another missing, vibrant, beautiful young woman from the area, Jennifer Kesse.
What is going on in the Orlando metro area?
I read some violent crime statistics recently which showed Florida second only to California in the total number reported (2007). But it’s even worse, because the population of Florida is far less than CA, so the per capita rate is the 4th highest overall. California’s per capita rate is in the teens.
I find this disturbing about the Sunshine State. Floridians should be demanding more from their LE organizations.
Fair- I cant say that as a whole about the entire state. I think OCSO is stellar and their preformance on Caylee/Casey case is to be mirrored. That said, your right about it being up to the people to make a stand within their jurisdiction.
Brand new video of Tracy’s Mom, someone needs to send her to this site because she is 100% convinced that Jimmy is the guy. I’m not saying she is wrong but I wouldn’t say 100% just yet.
http://www.wftv.com/video/20073222/index.html
My heart aches for the this family
B
Regarding the Huttos, it’s interesting that they were in a myspace pic with Waters and you later mention them regarding Chris George and Waters. There seem to be a lot of connections between Tracy and Chris’ cases. I didn’t realize Waters was connected to the Huttos. It’s odd because they are tied to Tracy’s case and through Water’s to Chris’ case. They were also brought up in Chris’ case before Tracy’s disappearance, but it was never followed up on. It seems that there are many aspects in both of these cases that the Apopka and Ocoee PD are not investigating, including this Hutto connection. So much is being ignored and/or overlooked by both police departments, even though the FDLE was brought in. I find it hard to believe that even if the Huttos were CI’s that they could be so blatantly ignored in these cases.
In point of fact, Chris George was not sent to rehab by his family. This was not all just an elaborate cover-up in order to send him off to get help. Nor does Chris have a brother so I too would be interested to know who Tyler said Chris introduced as such.
You mention above that it is more and more bizarre and I have to agree. None of the so-called facts have ever added up in Chris’ case and it would appear the same can be said in regards to Tracy’s case. The fact that both these cases have such similarities and involve the same group of people seems too amazing to be called a mere coincidence.
Completely agree, with one correction, to my knowledge, it was not Chris that introduced someone as his brother, it was Tyler introducing someone as Chris’s brother the day after he went missing.
B
More than bizarre…I agree. Two things that you made reference to that I know for a FACT.
1) Chris does not have a brother…whole, half or step.
2) Chris’ parents did not stage any type of intervention.
I know that you took the intervention idea with a grain of salt but do you really entertain the idea, even to the slightest degree, that the APD would have spent months on an investigation if Chris was in a rehab somewhere…couldn’t they have figured that out early on? I trust that they couldn’t possibly be that inept. Plus what kind of people would Chris’ parents be if they didn’t disclose that information in the beginning rather than file a missing persons report that prompted an investigation? My guess would be either stupid or dishonest. Have you ever interviewed Chris’ parents?
I can see no way to answer you that I would put out publicly, I will email you.
B
In reference to #40, I keep going back and forth. While I never felt threatened by Jimmy, ever, I do feel lucky that I am not involved in this case other than a concerned citizen (who’s closer to the POI than most on this site.)
I met Jimmy in a bar that I worked in AND gave him a ride home that night. We ended up dating for about 6 months. He never hurt me. His dream job is to translate for deaf children. As I said before, Jimmy got into harder drugs at the very end of our relationship and I’m smart enough to know that anything can happen. People can change.
In my very 1st post on this site, I said Jimmy would give any information he had willingly if he was involved. What if he really doesn’t know what happened and he has given all available knowledge? As scary as that is, it could be true. I called Ocoee LE and spoke to a female detective weeks ago. I even offered to try to get him to talk to me while I would be in FL at the end of June. I was asked some pretty personal questions which I answered freely and was told that the lead detective on the case would call me the next day. You guessed it…no follow up. I did not pursue a jail meeting with Jimmy at the advice of my sister who said his lawyer would have advised him to to talk to anyone so my trying would be pointless. My father was very happy I didn’t go (as I’m sure you can imagine).
My dad has been clipping articles for me, apparently the criminal mischief was for punching a vehicle while crossing in a cross walk (dumb). He was then arrested for drug para after search for Tracy. I did not know until today that he was moved to Orange County. Last I had heard was he was in Seminole.
I’m glad I found this site so I can actually get good information about this really strange case.
My bad then. After reviewing the previous posts I now realize who Tyler must have been refering to as his brother, though I don’t know why.
In regards to the Seminole warrant you said that was from 07/08, correct? From what I can tell there is no open warrant for him and had there been he would have been arrested before the missing incident had a chance to occur.
One thing that continues to be reported is that there was no missing person case for Chris before Tracy’s disappearance. I would like to clear this up; Chris was reported as a missing person on February 12th and has been filed as a missing person ever since. Family and friends have been dealing the APD from the start regarding the case.
Thank you for that clarification but I have to ask, then why isnt he listed on their site, or ANY missing person site of any kind? Doesn’t that bother you or anyone else?
Who do you believe Chris intro’d as his bro?
B
Blink… any word on the search resuming for Tracy?
I read an internet rumor posted by someone claiming to be a friend of Chris George and his family. I do not confirm or deny that it is true, I am just saying I read it on a website about a month ago. It said that Chris George had called his father about two months after his disappearance.
He was facing prison time for parole violations when he disappeared. If his parents are harboring him, I agree with you, it is against the law. That being said, his parents live in the wealthiest suburb in Orange county, Windermere. People from Windermere do not often get arrested or go to prison.
I can’t go into detail publicly but the information in Red Ranger’s #71 is way off the mark in all aspects. Nothing personal Red Ranger…you just have some bad information.
A comment on #69 - I’m not familiar with missing person sites but I do know that Chris is listed on the Equusearch site as Christopher George. http://texasequusearch.org/category/missing/active/
Yes, dated 6/12/09, when Mr. Ocasio requested TES , and subsequently LE attended, and provided support and food for one search for Chris. Point is, his story was and is nowhere until then, why?
B
Where exactly would it be if the family wasn’t dealing with the media?
Perhaps thats the problem, if your not dealing with the media who drives MP cases, CUE, AMW, etc, How would one expect the word to get out?
B
The decision has its pros and cons, I don’t see a need to defend it. It is what it is.
With much respect, name a pro-
Name one pro to Chris if he is really missing, as I cant think of one and this is my “sphere”. Find me one resource that says be as quiet as you can when someone you love is missing and I will show you either a charlatan or people that are more afraid of what will come out by raising the issue than finding the individual.
Not to be flip, but as a practical matter, If nobody knows he is missing, who is looking for him??
B
Reggie, I understand that you possibly have some inside information and are unable to publicly disclose it. Is there anything you feel comfortable adding?
I participated in a search for Chris. It was hot and miserable but we trudged on. That being said, the reporting of him vanishing is about as lacking as any missing person case I have ever seen. It was totally off the radar until JH came along. It was not even mentioned then until LE began trying to pin everything since the Lindbergh baby on him. Don’t get me wrong. JH would ooze feces if you squeezed his head. But until Tracy vanished the state attorneys office had put the RC file in the deepest of dumpsters. It only became important when they were unable to find anything but a bong to charge him with.
Add to that the fact that Onda was long gone before JH ever showed up. Reggie, I ask again to say what you are able to to try and make a little sense out of this. Right now it is all square pegs in round hole city.
Red has eloquently (for Red :)) reviewed the issues that we are faced with when we review Chris’s case. Red Ranger - what was the tone that you can share when searching for Chris- and btw, thank you for your service and time in searching for victims.
B
In response to #75, the person that made the decision is the one that would need to have that discussion with you. As I stated, I don’t see a need to defend it.
Understood.
I respect that, but by the same token you ill forgive me if I say there is certainly more to be done in that regard and it becomes part of the equation.
B
Before responding to #76 - I would like to thank you, Red Ranger, for enduring the humid 100+ degree weather to search for Chris. There need to be more options in the English language to express gratitude…thank you simply seems to fall short.
I don’t know that I would classify any information that I share as “inside” there are just some things that I don’t want to share on a public forum.
I totally agree that this case makes no sense but that doesn’t equate to Onda ‘Chris’ George not being a missing person. He is indeed missing and in my estimation probably deceased.
If by totally off the radar you mean that the media wasn’t covering it, you are correct. The family chose to not go that route. However, APD has been investigating it from the time the SUV was found. When Tracy’s story hit the media the reporters did some quick research and soon found that Jimmy was a person of interest in Chris’ case. All media contact that was directed to the family at that point was redirected to the APD.
Even with the light shed on Chris’ case as a result of the media coverage on Tracy’s case, no advances have been made in determining what happened to Chris. Though there are many bits and pieces…things just don’t add up.
Pardon my ignorance of the acronym RC but I don’t know what you are referring to.
It is my understanding as well that Chris was gone before Jimmy showed up. I’ve never stated that I think Jimmy is responsible for Chris’ disappearance only that he likely has more information than he has revealed. Someone knows something…I don’t buy the story that Chris disappeared into thin air…or thick woods for that matter.
I know you weren’t confirming or denying the rumor that you mentioned in #71. The only comment that I will share publicly is that I know for a FACT that Chris has not contacted his father since February 11th 2009.
That is fair and very interesting.
That said, I can tell you for a fact that friends of Chris WERE TOLD Chris reached out to his DAD. Why would they need to say that?
B
I don’t know…maybe the statement has a double meaning. With whom did it originate?
Tyler Watters told a few different people. Tyler is the strongest Hutto connection. Tyler was the last one seen with Chris, and I do know for a fact that he told others Chris called his Dad. Perhaps focusing on TW is the pathway to answers in both cases. Please know I am not critisizing Chris’s family in any way. I respect their right to pursue answers for their son in anyway they see fit. However, that avenue has not worked so far, as you have actually pointed out yourself earlier.
B
re #78
I believe Red is referring to Rachel Clark
Pardon my ignorance of the acronym RC but I don’t know what you are referring to.
RE: #80
Thanks for the clarification!
RE: #79
From my perspective the non-media approach and the media approach have thus far produced the same results…nothing concrete. I am a big proponent of the right to make individual choices and I support both families’ decisions, though they are polar opposites. I also applaud you for the investment that you make in the lives of others.
I agree, with one caveat, none of us would have even heard of Chris’s case if it weren’t for the “media” approach. Secondly, as a result, with witness participation, I am able to invest the effort along with my other resources. It is the worst possible position for a family to be in, and in most cases, they have never had to navigate something so foreign to them.
B
Responding to #69; he has been a missing person within the LE databases since the time of his disappearance. As to the brother, I don’t believe Chris introduced anyone as his brother. Your previous comments implied that Tyler said someone was Chris’ brother and I realized where that misconception may have come from. However, I don’t want to publicly disclose who Tyler likely referred to by that statement, though again he is incorrect because Chris doesn’t have nor referred to anyone as his brother. This is not a case of JH and Colt being “brothers” if that’s what you’re wondering.
I heard the rumor myself that Chris had contacted his father since his disappearance. I didn’t realize it originated with Tyler Waters, but can assure you that the rumor is false. B, you ask in #78 why would they need to say that and from your comments in #79 it seems you answered your own question. If it indeed was Tyler Waters who was telling people that Chris contacted his Dad since he disappeared, and that is certainly not the case, then as you suggested, perhaps as you already stated the pathway to both cases lies with Tyler Waters.
Yes’m
B
i want to confirm that the rumor that Chris contacted his father is FALSE!!!
Understood, but in fairness to readers I cannot vouche for who you are.
B
Blink– In posts #36 and #67 you indicated that you would email me, if you’ve sent an email I haven’t received it.
Done-
B
So….coincidentally, is there perhaps another interesting portfolio in this common denominators jacket as well?
Would appear so-
B
Hey Reggie, I was referring to Rachel Clark. At the time Chris disappeared it was too cool for gators and snakes to be out. There is nowhere he could have run to that would not have been within a mile or two of a road or house. I am not sure of the extent of his injuries in the wreck. It is hard to speculate on any bleeding, internal bleeding etc.
I do know that Apopka LE was very supportive of all search efforts.
I support whatever way his parents want to handle their son’s disappearance. They are privy to information I am not.
It does seem as if a lot of crime roads in Ocoee all lead one way.
I am astounded that post # 68, Hataways ex claims he’d give info if he knew anything. HE KNOWS what happened to Tracy. You are one of the lucky ones that didn’t get hurt. I have seen another ex’s posting telling that he is capable of torture. Be thankful you are here to tell us all about it.
Passion- I know I am lucky, we’re all lucky to stay on this side of the dirt! We do dangerous things all the time, drive cars, walk accross parking lots, go to the ATM, and even go out for a drink. It’s a sad day when you feel like you can’t trust anyone. Someone criticized me for meeting Jimmy in a bar and said I’d be better off in a church picking up “Father Cutie”. Well, like I told her, Father Cutie might be inappropriately playing with children! YOU NEVER KNOW!
The reason I feel my story can be useful is because sometimes there are clues in the pieces that DON’T fit. Follow me for a minute…
At the time I met Jimmy I was 5′4″ 130lbs., fair skin, long, dark brown/auburn hair, a big sports fan, etc….(sound familiar?)
1. I met Jimmy in a bar, so did Ms Clarke and Ms. Ocasio.
2. I gave Jimmy a ride from the bar, so did Ms Clarke and Ms. Ocasio.
3. I ended up dating Jimmy for many months safely, Ms. Clarke was allegedly attacked and Ms. Ocasio is missing.
Which one of these things is not like the others?
As I previously mentioned, the Ocoee PD asked me some personal questions obviously realizing the same scenario I mention above. What was different could be the reason I was never hurt in any way at any time. What was different could lead to information about what happened to Tracy or Rachael. But what is the same can lead to a pattern or dare I say profile of behavior and as we all know, profiles can make or break cases especially in potentially repeat offenders. Think what’s his M.O.?
Trust me, I’m NOT trying to garner attention because I dated Jimmy. I want to help as bad as everyone else but I no longer live in Florida. I continue to rack my brain for any information about Jimmy that could help. I do not know Tracy, Rachael, Chris or Thank God, the Huttos!
Blink-
These layers upon layers of overlapping connections between people in these cases is getting confusing. You mention Watters, Hataway, Ocasio, 2 Huttos, a woman that got into a fight with Tracy, George, Toole and others. Can someone make one of those web diagrams like we used to in school? Because this is beginning to get complicated.
http://m.floridatoday.com/news.jsp?key=73360&rc=ne
Above is a website regarding the fatal accident of Erica Henry mentioned in your article. I have not found any additional info on the other person in the vehicle with Erica.
May not be same Erica in your article. idk
If it is the same Erica, who is the father of her 2 children?
Possibly reaching to far out of the box…
Here is similiar article of the crash.
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2008/4/27/witnesses_sought_in_overnight_fatal_crash.html
Do not want to offend anyone and apologize if I have.
RE: #87
Red Ranger, you make an interesting observation. I had never entertained the idea of Chris sustaining injuries. I still don’t think it is likely since Tyler wasn’t injured and the air bag wasn’t deployed. But your thoughts have spurred other thoughts for me…thank you for sharing.
The APD did do a helicopter fly over the night after Chris’ SUV was found and no body heat was detected, which indicates that he was not in the woods…alive, injured or dead. And as you know, having been a participant, several ground searches were done of the area.
I appreciate your honesty ex gf. I am a believer of faith, not luck. Tracy is not here, and she was last seen with Hataway. He knows where she is at. Her family hurts so deeply, not knowing where she is. I am glad that you are safe, and many other young women as long as Hataway is in jail.
This case saddens me to no end…
Quick question for the ex gf.. And I apologize before hand if I offend you or anyone else on this site but on the night you gave him a ride home after you met did any hanky panky go on? If so did you say yes or no? Did the other woman refuse his advances and he got angry? Was there any heavy drinking or drugs being used that night? Was there steriods involved? ( I have my own personal reason for asking that one
! )
I would think all of these different variables would be important to be able to point out the differences..
Kosmo- No you have not offended me, those were the kind of questions LE asked me when I called. To be honest, yes, there was consensual “hanky panky”. I too wonder if the difference was they said no. There was drinking involved (we met in a bar) but NO drug use to my knowledge. At the time he only drank and smoked pot. I never saw him smoking pot that night and we did not when we got to my house. (another difference there, I did not take him to his house, we went to my house). I am not a pot smoker, though I have before.
Jimmy was into weight lifting but I do not believe he was using steroids. It’s an interesting thought and could explain any violent “snaps” or “roid rage” although I never witnessed any.
Thanks for picking up what I was trying to point out about the differences between my story and the other women’s experiences, that’s exactly what I was trying to get at.
You are quite honest and open and I commend you for that!!!!
I use to be in a situation with a guy that did steroids and have witnessed the full blown rage and it isn’t pretty. The reason I asked that is because SOME “shorter” smaller guys have huge issues with self-confidence and they will do a lot of weight lifting and steriods to make them feel bigger and badder.. and they are very rarely honest about the use of them. They want everyone to think it is all natural.
Thanks again for your honesty.
PLEASE Let this be a break…. (in one of the cases)
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20127601/detail.html
Investigators are considering the discovery of a woman’s body in a rural part of north Orange County a “suspicious death.”
Sheriff’s deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said a jogger smelled an unusual odor in the 4700 block of Ondich Road in north Apopka sometime before 8:20 a.m.
Spokesman Jim Solomons said the body has been there for some time.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-body-found-apopka-072109,0,3344749.story
They are saying the body is not that of Tracy
Who is? Link?
B
I will help you out on this one:)
http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20127601/detail.html
I’m sorry I had clicked on the link in post # 98 so I ‘assummed’ and read right away that they said it wasn’t her so I thought the peeps here knew with out posting a link..
My bad Blink. Sorry Thanks for the help though
They must have some compelling facts at the body discovery site to conclude it’s not Tracy Ocasio.
I have only seen that on the link I provided, I hope that’s a quote.
B
No problem Kosmo! I can’t rule out Jimmy using Steroids, I also dated him around 3 1/2 years ago. I didn’t think he was doing coke while I dated him but he did admit that to me many months after we broke up. It was a difficult admission for him because he knows how much I hate hard drugs. We had kept in touch ever since we broke up but were not close friends, especially after I moved out of state. He sent me a myspace message several months ago asking how I was. I trusted him enough to invite him to my house if he was ever up this way. Guess he won’t be traveling anytime soon!
About the honesty, if everyone involved who knows Tracy or Jimmy or anyone else involved (still waiting on my web diagram
) would just be honest maybe some more information would come to light.
How can they tell that the body is not Tracy’s? The article says that the body has been there for a while. Can they DNA so quickly? I do pray is Tracy, as painful and sad as it is.
It is not Tracy.
B
Teach me to go to the beach and not fire up the lap top….. B, great work as always…. I bow to your hotness, errr, greatness….
heh..?
B
B thanks so much for clarifying the status to #106. It appears some people in here are already ready to give up on my cousin being found ALIVE! How sad and disapointing. Evidently some of us have more faith then others(if the others even have faith at all).
D
respectfully, i dont think that is a fair representation of the readers here- I think we would all love to find Tracy alive, but sadly, I do not believe she is. That said, she needs and deserves to be found for her, and for your family. God Bless.
B
Me and my cousin Tracy’s grandma really strongly feel that Tracy’s alive. She’s a surviver as our grandma said she’s a strong spirit and as long as prayer is behind her I’m sure God will keep a window open for every door that He might temporarily close. His word says when two or more gather there He will be and it also says Ask and it shall be given seek and ye shall find knock and the door shall be open also COR 10:13 - He will never give us more then we can handle. God doesn’t break His promises to us but in return we must do our part. We must have faith and ACT on the faith. Much prayer Much power Little prayer Little power. We must show God the strength of our Faith in Him and in what we know He can do and does in terms of miracles we must.
Greater is He who is in US then he who is in the world people lets reflect this fact through our faith through our prayers!!
Its about time, Yourwork I presume?
Red Ranger: Are you getting “crossed eyed and FISH LIPPED again??? (take your photo PLEASE..and share it!)
Blink, you are doing a truly amazing job (along with RR) You all are a great source for giving strength and hope to the loved ones of these victims. I pray that God will keep leading you (and RR) in the right direction. You are both wonderful, and very caring people. Continued success!
RE#106…… I went to the beach for a week and missed out on all of this. The “hottness” was just to lighten the mood. Sorry to have confused.
Again, as usual, great work, all of you.
Lol, you succeeded and thanks
B
You are most welcome and now I’ll be serious…… well, at least for the time being until I see your posts becoming more stressed…. *grin*
B I believe she is our grandmother believes she is. Have some faith. There’s no signs of her being gone no traces of her having been taken out at all. There’s just the Q where is she? I’m going to hold out that hope and FAITH that she is alive til the day she’s found.
I don’t expect you to understand because this is not your cousin/sister.
Sometimes it saddens me to be related to #105. But never the less at least I was raised to have and keep faith regardless of odds and the way things appear.
I meant my reply towards posting 105 by the way sorry for the mix up.
I also apologize to #106 I typed faster then my thoughts were coming out.
I will never be one to hamper one’s faith, I hope your right.
B
B I’d like to ask you why to you think she is no longer with us? Is there something you may know that I don’t? Just yes or no since I know no details can be released. -but sadly, I do not believe she is-
No, and again, it is not my intention or desire to ever change a person’s opinion or faith system. One thing, as a very impatient person I have learned the hard way in these cases from a friend and mentor of mine, is that the answers (in this case Tracy’s location) come to us on God’s time. Not ours, as much as we would prefer the opposite. Praying for Tracy and her family.
B
#113 D. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family, I can’t even imagine what is must be like to have a beloved family member be missing. Please be assured that tracy has a far reaching voice in blink.
Any word on when the Colt interview will be posted? As much as I dislike him, I would like to see what he told you. Not sure, holding for now as the investigation progresses.
B
Apopka PD stated that when they arrived at the scene they saw 3 men in the woods by Chris’ Suzuki. The 3rd man that has not been identified to the media was the person that Tyler referred to as “Chris’ brother”. That 3rd person was whom Tyler called and who met Jimmy and Tyler to look for Chris. The identity of that 3rd person shouldn’t be such a mystery if the APD approached the 3 of them. I know that only Tyler and Jimmy were taken in for questioning..I wonder why the 3rd person was not…
I know who the 3rd person was, and it was my understanding he was at the station for questioning the evening of the 12th. When according to your info did they call him?
B
Tyler called him the morning after the incident happened.
Understood, thanks, do you know why?
B
When Tyler said he called Chris’ brother to meet him and Jimmy to look for Chris, that 3rd person at the scene was who Tyler was referring to as Chris’ brother. I was only aware of Tyler and Jimmy being taken in as there was no discussion of the 3rd person from the Apopka Police Officers at the time the 2 were released from questioning.
From what I understand Tyler was calling to tell him what happened the night before, and the person he was talking to asked exactly where the location of the truck was (I heard Tyler telling the directions) and told Tyler he wanted to meet up with them (Tyler and Jimmy) to help look for Chris. That was also the time that Tyler told us that what Chris had done was not uncommon. Supposedly Chris had taken off a few times on binges of sorts. From the way Tyler said, it was not “unexpected” behavior from Chris, which seemed unfortunate…
Understood, thanks. Here is my question- why didnt Tyler just drive the truck home that evening?
B
I don’t know. Maybe he thought Chris would go back to his truck during the night.
Tyler didn’t seem to be trying to “hide” anything. Even though they brought the truck back the next day it never seemed like the purpose in doing so was to ever hide what happened to Chris. Dumb decision in moving the truck I think but it didn’t seem malicious towards Chris’ disappearance as Tyler described
Do you know who called Chris over earlier in the day in the fist place? Was that Tyler or Jimmy? How long did they know Chris?
B
Tyler called Chris over. Chris told me he met Tyler in a bar maybe a month or so before that day.
Was it your opinion that Jimmy was meeting Chris for the first time then? Did Tyler call him from phone X or Jimmy’s that your aware of?
B
I think I remember Chris saying he met Tyler through someone.
I don’t remember Tyler ever “introducing” Chris to anyone but for most of the time Chris talked to Tyler, not really Jimmy too much. It didn’t seem like Jimmy knew Chris before that day. I just assumed Tyler used phone X, never seeing Tyler borrow Jimmy’s phone or any other phone.
Thanks for letting me know Blink. I am just jonesing for more information on this investigation but I do understand that some things may need to be witheld to prevent causing problems with the investigation. I hope they discover whomever is responsible and more importantly, find Tracy and Chris, hopefully alive and well! Keep up the good work, I look forward to any information you can provide.
Boo thanks I appreciate your words Blink thanks I appreciate your words also. Yea I won’t lie its been beyond a challenge each day to get up and do normal things to work to sleep to eat to think. I haven’t eaten much if anything at all in the last two months. I don’t know what sleep or peace of mind is anymore. If I get lucky enough to fall asleep I dream about my cousin Tracy and just wake up sobing.
When I first found out I just didnt want to believe it was her. The last night we chatted via text I told her to be careful because I had a bad feeling about that particular night now I know why I felt the way I did.
I feel so guilty because she had been asking me to hang out with her in Florida and I kept delaying it because I was getting myself stable our entire relationship was via phone we knew each other when we were kids and Tracy and myself were the first two grand kids our grandma got to witness.
If I had been there and hung out with her she might still be here today.
I hesitated letting myself be loved by family because I never know what family was because my mom kept me away and the one person(my cousin)that really wanted me to learn how to let myself be loved by family is lost and possibly gone.
I should have been there with her that night should have done many things. I’m always going to owe my cousin and her family an apology which won’t even be close to good enough.
Please everybody pray pray for a miracle please my cousin Tracy Ocasio is truly one of a kind as friend and as family.
I’m missin her more then words could express.
My cousin Tracy Ocasio as friend a sister a daughter a cousin we have all come to respect
As an angel if infact she has become such we never did expect
We were all gifted with her presence in many ways which we all
reminisce in each of our days
We have a treasure who’s worth is beyond measure
She’s the spark in the party she’s the magic that makes people come
alive
Her spirit makes ours revive
Tracy wrather near or far with us or with God you’ll always be my
north star
one of the accomplices was at the search that day -the same that was with tracy the night of her disappearance-dark hair-tattoo’s.
yet no one seems to question her. her excuses of passing out drunk at the bar-thinking she was drugged are just to keep her out of the radar-please check into this
a thanks for the 411 (deleted by blink- D, I am not going to put any email address of any member of the family on here )please email me if you know anything else at all you need not give your identity I just want my cousin back. No revenge just my cousin found. Period.
Please whoever else thinks or does know anything please please try not to let fear keep the truth from coming forward please put yourselves in our family’s shoes.
To A
Thank you for whatever 411 you provide and thank you for whatever future 411 you provide God will reward you more then you know.
I will always keep in my prayers those who were willing to help us find my cousin Tracy.
B do you have any new information at all? Its been said that a tipster saw my cousin’s car the night she went missing. Do you know anymore then we do about it besides what the media noted about the sighting?
Do you know anything about an attempted abduction case in New York regarding a seasonal worker that may have been in florida that night and travelled else where? This stuff I read on a news article.
Im just desparate for hope any kind of hope Im really freakin desparate.
This crap has been making me close to insane with frustration.
So whatever you can hand out to me I’d really appreciate.
D
I apologize in advance but all I can say is I have a team of 4 on it, and we are convinced it involves the circle of individuals already mentioned. Im sorry I dont have more right now, but when we do, you’ll see it here.
B
Solid lead renews hope for Tracy Ocasio’s family
Tipster spotted Tracy Ocasio’s car near a wooded area the day she went missing
http://tiny.cc/ReOfC
Does anyone know if there’s going to be a search in the area where Tracy’s car was seen parked? Whether by LE or the public?
I commend the tipster for coming forward. Fear must keep a lot of folks from talking in Ocoee. I am glad this fella had the courage and nobleness to come forth. Thanks to whoever he is. I will remember him in my prayers.
please do look into this tip -and apply preasure where needed-
as miss ocasio was abandoned in her time of need
you must look at her “close friend”
Any news from the search this weekend?
RE 135
At one point, search teams were also going to search an area of interest in the case of Missing Ocoee woman Tracy Ocasio. They have since decided to call off that search, saying the Kesse search area is so large they wont have the time or resources to search another area.
http://www.wftv.com/news/20247612/detail.html
as i am sure ,you would think ,this case has got to be top priority in this community,i dont know the personality of this particular neighborhood , but at some point if these cases arent solved ,this is not a safe community,and the people of the community need to start demanding answers from elected officials.
certainly cold cases are part of every community,but this is three,(youd at least what to know what where onda,and possbile likely connection to jenk(if not more:two bodies found since tracy disappeared)
Well, the way I see it, this community has 3 unsolved mp cases and 2 recent homicides also unsolved. Thats a hell of a hole in the ledger if you ask me.
B
The search resulted in no new clues, however, it appears that they are still working on a new search for Tracy:
http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2009/8/2/Kesse_Ocasio_search_ends_with_no_new_clues.html
Hope the link works.
Here is another article from the local newspaper…
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-tracy-ocasio-missing-search-080309,0,3497486.story
Re #137 - Agreed! When are people going to be outraged? What do we need at this point, Oprah?! I know people make jokes about Nancy Grace - but we are at that point - we need a national bullhorn to draw attention to the fact to these cases and get LE moving and shaking!
Also, didn’t someone on your site suggest Lake Apopka long ago? Has that been searched yet? What happened to that contributer? (”Duder”?)
They are searching for Tracy today in the area where her car was seen:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-tracy-ocasio-search-080509,0,685365.story
Yes LuckyLou, I am outraged! You can’t imagine the anguish and dispair that we, the family members feel. Can you imagine writing to the Mayor of Ocoee, and he in turn sends the letter not to another public official, but to a personal family member of the missing person, in order to shut you up?! It happened to me, and it sickened me. Our family is tip-toeing around, so that this town cops don’t get their feelings hurt. I will never put foot in Ocoee.
Yes LuckyLou. I did in fact suggest searching Lake Apopka at the beginning of all of this. As far as what happened to me, I’ve just felt more useful in other places doing different things rather than posting on this particular blog. I’ve still been paying close attention to this site, though. Unfortunately, it’s too late to search the lake itself (as in the actual water), but it’s good to see they’re searching at least parts of the areas surrounding the lake.
This case really inrigues me. I know we all have our “faves” (not that we want any of these things to ever happen to anyone) but this one just gets me. So many twists and turns and players.
B, when will you release the interview with Chris, (I think that’s who you said)?
To the family, I am so sorry you are living through this, no one can imagine what it’s like unless they have been through it too. May the love of God bless and wash over all of you. I don’t think you know how many unknown faces out here are praying and searching for answers every day. I wish you Peace………….
Not Chris, Chris George is missing from Apopka since 2/11/09. It is with Colt, which I am witholding for time being.
B
Colt…. that’s who I meant. The old brain just can’t recall sometimes. Thanks, B.
Looking at the Huttos’ crimes, I am curious about the details of the various battery, false imprisonment, kidnapping and stalking charges.
I am thinking that, if one of the males did do it, they might have developed a signature of sorts, even if they aren’t aware of it.
I would want to know the habits of all of these men. If they have a preference for certain hair colors or body types or certain types of violence against women and whether their crimes were done solo or always in groups, what kind of drugs they take and how they act when they are on various drugs, etc.
The Hutto’s crimes seem to have begun around 1998, I am also curious if there are other young women from the area missing since then, other than Kesse and O’Casio.
As far as the Hataway case goes, if he started with fantasy pretending to break his girlfriend’s neck, then, moved to taking meth and trying to actually break women’s necks. I am guessing that he was rehearsing and trying to get his courage up, similar to the guy who shot the women in the gym.
I wish they had charged him with attempted murder.
I have not heard that Jimmy was taking meth. Is this confirmed?
As to #149- I can say that I am of similar height, weight and hair color as Tracy. I dated Jimmy a few years ago after meeting him in a bar AND taking him home from the bar. Nothing bad ever happened to me. We dated for about 6 months and I did not notice any violent behavior. The Jimmy I knew only smoked pot and drank and he could get sloppy drunk. I know he got in a few bar fights and was even stabbed 4 times after such a fight (shortly after we broke up) I did not see any violence toward women, especially not me.
I have stated before, people can change…especially when drugs are involved. Even so, I can’t see the fundamentals of a person changing that dramatically.
The claim was written by someone on one of these pages, who gave his first and last name, but isn’t verified as a real source YET. Though I am hopeful that, if he is real, he will come forward, because if the witness who did come forward is a cocaine addict, it would be nice to have someone not in prison come forward.
The person claimed to know Jimmy and said that Jimmy laughed to him about the Clarke case back near when it happened, saying that Jimmy said he didn’t remember much about the incident, because he was on meth when it happened.
ex gf, very curious about the details from your situation with him.
Don’t answer unless you want to, but I am wondering things like:
How did you end up taking him home from the bar? Did he offer pot or perhaps offer to buy you drinks in exchange for a ride? Or did he just flirt with you at the bar and the ride came up at the end?
Where did smoke pot back then - at home? in the car? outside in some secluded place? at a particular friend’s house or just whereever it happened to be convenient?
Curious about whether he had any friends nearby whose house he might have ended up in the middle of the night.
I met him at a bar in Seminole County, we met, had a lot laughs and I wanted to continue hanging out. I drove him to my house and we listened to the entire Mitch Hedburg comedy CD. I do not smoke pot and I don’t think it even came up that night although he may have asked at some point. We ended up dating for around 6 months and he mainly smoked at his house (in Longwood, FL at the time). He would smoke at friends houses or where he knew he wouldn’t get busted. He never smoked at my house or in my car. He could go for long periods without smoking but he was a daily user.
He drove for a little while but did not have a proper tag on his vehicle (he once used a boat plate) and got busted by either Longwood PD or Seminole County but I don’t think they charged him with anything because he played dumb and he promised to park the vehicle. He would not drive that vehicle again after that for fear of going to jail.
We split up shortly after he started hanging around with the Neo-nazi types you’ve seen in some pics. I never got along with them and felt that they were trying to sway Jimmy into drugs and fights (which they did..cocaine). I never liked Colt or McSaki (those are the only names I remember, McSaki was half Japanese and half Irish so that was they name they gave him.)
He had a lot of friends. I remember meeting Greg Toole several times but I think I knew him from the bar I worked in even before I met Jimmy. It is possible though I honestly don’t remember who was at the bar when I met Jimmy.
Charisse, I don’t mind the questions. My story may confirm or disprove some behaviors or “habits” people are speculating. If you find some of my other posts you can see some of the examples I’ve given especially #89.
I want to find out what happened to these missing persons. I also would like to know if I’m just lucky (as many fellow posters have claimed) or if Jimmy is still the man I knew that wouldn’t hurt a woman and is innocent.
AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU BLINK, RR AND TEAM FOR THE RESEARCH AND ALL YOU GUYS DO! Thank you as well for the forum to share even the slightest detail or possible scenario with others.
Sorry I meant it is possible that Toole was with Jimmy when I met him. He may have introduced us but I really can’t remember.
ex-girlfriend, thanks.
For being honest and open. You answered a lot of my questions and I appreciate it.
My heart breaks for the families of these missing girls, but…well, I guess I’ll say it, but it might not be popular.
My heart also breaks for the people who grow up to become perpetrators.
I am not saying that I condone their behavior, but there are pathways to get there, just like everything else in life.
Some common environmental factors are often things like poverty, child abuse, lack of strong parental figures, mental illness, high crime neighborhoods - with rough peer pressure, and addiction.
Years ago, I saw a study of how many prisoners had been abused as children and a separate study of how many of prisoners had addiction problems and were under the influence of a mind-altering substance during the perpetration of the crime and in both studies the numbers were so high that it was utterly startling. (I can’t remember the exact number, so I won’t give it, but it was very high.)
When I think about the fact that 1 out of 3 girls and 1 out of 5 boys are sexually abused as kids, not including other types of abuse and neglect…. and that 90% of young people admit to at least exposing themselves to drugs… there are a whole lot of powder kegs out there.
Combine those things with porn addiction and you add gasoline to the bonfire. A few years back, a study of college library computers was done and, across the country, nearly 75% of searches were for adult porn and nearly 25% were for kiddy porn. Only about 1% was for education. So, yeah, porn addiction and what I call “evil fantasy” (fantasy about controlling people/hurting people, etc.)is a HUGE societal problem!
I don’t know how these cycles can be broken, but I do have compassion for the people who are caught in the midst of it.
If Jimmy didn’t couldn’t drive, because of poverty, and if he lives in a drug fringe neighborhood, and had a history of abuse by a parent, and heavily uses alcohol and drugs, and is into “evil fantasy” and has bad influence friends… it doesn’t excuse any crime he may have committed, but I do have compassion about the path he was on that got him there.
I see your point, it’s just hard to imagine the possiblity and/or probablility that Jimmy could ever go that far. Add to that the other “characters” in this twisted play of events and their backgrounds and it just gets weirder. I truely hope that LE is following Blink’s lead and looking into the Hutto’s etc.
Side note, I was in FL for the weekend and my mom told me she called Crimeline and told them to check out this site.
lol, tell your Mom Blink says thanks. They have known to click on the site now and again
B
What are the chances that Jimmy and Tracy made a pit stop, at Jimmy’s request, for maybe a drug pickup or something, that went horribly wrong and out of Jimmy’s hands. Perhaps he returned alone in her car? Are the police protecting a crime or drug ring that is perhaps larger than life? All very bizarre. I pray something new turns up soon. I read that Tracy’s phone made a call at 4:30am the morning she went missing. Does any one know who was called? Can verizon identify the tower the call was made from aand a radius from which to search?
Reminder, Crimeline is completely annonymous, they do not have caller ID, they are polite and professional and all information goes into a data base for police to research the leads. They gave my mom a case number to use as a reference if she comes up with any more information.
PLEASE…If someone is out there, and knows something that could be useful in finding these missing people, call 1-800-423-8447 (TIPS).
Hello,
Following the cell tower information: A0.21 mile radius from the cell tower just south og Jimmy’s place overlaps Ocoee Cemetery.
-j
http://i28.tinypic.com/287df0n.jpg
Possible Item of Interest found in woods……..
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/orl-bk-tracy-ocasio-missing-082709,0,4622149.story
DNA not Tracy’s boot
Is there any connection between Hataway and the rape/battery at Longwood Mulligans in Late March 2009?
Not that I am aware of, he was not in Longwood in March, of that I am sure. You have a link?
B
http://www.wesh.com/newsarchive/19030579/detail.html
The Ocasio’s do not believe Paul Hutto is a suspect
http://www.wftv.com/news/21281668/detail.html
Some of the Ocasio’s extended family members believe that Paul Hutto had everything to do with Tracy gone missing. These ugly punks think they got away with murder, but someday their turn will come up, and they will pay dearly. Thanks Blink for keeping Tracy’s unsolved dissapearance alive.
Tracy your out there you’ve got to be if anybody reading this knows anything about her or if she may at all get a chance in hearing or reading what is put on the net about her please remember that your mom dad brother and cousin Dee love you very much and we will never stop looking for you ever. Good or bad like uncle Joe says we want you home period.
I love you Tracy I always have even when I was missing I thought about you all the time in good times and in bad times I thought of you who’d ever thought that you’d end up missing like I was for years.
I have an idea now how how you must have felt.
It hurts to close my eye’s because I see you always when I close my eye’s and then when I open them your not there or no where to be found.
Whoever has her if someone does even if you escape the justice of man you’ll never escape the justice of God no body escapes His justice ever.
People of Ocoee please help find Tracy this could have happen to anyone’s else kid in Ocoee God forbid if it had happen to a kid that belonged to a big wig in that town everybody would be hard on the case night and day each day until the kid or young adult was found.
Please don’t let our Tracy be swept under rug like nothing happened God rewards people who help others just as He punishes those who hurt others. Please people of Ocoee do on to others to on to Tracy as you would want others or our family to do on to you.