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Tracy Onawa Jones was only 19 years-old when she was found murdered in November 2006. The young woman was working for a traveling magazine sales company at the time of her death. Tracy's employer, Robert Blair, was her boyfriend as well. On November 15th, 2006, Robert dropped Tracy off at a truck stop in Little Rock, Arkansas, so she could sell magazine subscriptions to truckers. She was seen talking to several different people at the truck stop throughout the day, but at one point, she seemingly vanished.
Later that evening, Robert called Tracy to arrange a pickup time, but she did not answer the phone. The following day, Robert searched for Tracy and contacted her loved ones to see if they had heard from her - but his efforts were fruitless. On November 17th, 2006, Robert contacted Little Rock police to report Tracy missing.
Days later, on November 26th, Tracy's body was found lying in a ditch in a semi-wooded area off of Highway 61 in Memphis, Tennessee. Her body was partially nude and had been bound with duct tape. An autopsy confirmed Tracy had been sexually assaulted, stabbed, and beaten. She ultimately died from blunt force trauma to the head.
Investigators later revealed that they do not believe Tracy was killed in the location she was found. However, the coroner was unable to determine a time of death. In fact, certain reports state that Tracy was likely killed closer to November 26th than November 15th. This means Tracy was possibly held against her will for days before she was murdered.
The FBI believes that Tracy's killer is associated with the trucking industry. Not only was she last seen alive at a truck stop, but she was also found along a highway commonly traveled by truckers. It is also not believed that the killer is still in Arkansas. Still, as of today, no suspects or persons of interest have ever been publicly named. Investigators have collected and stored DNA from Tracy's body, but it appears a match has yet to be made.
There is a monetary reward available for anyone with information that could lead to Tracy's killer(s). If you have any information that could help the investigation, please contact the Little Rock FBI Field Office at 1-501-221-9100.
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Sources:
FBI.gov
Lost Voices
The Trucker
Uncovered
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Sources:
FBI.gov
Lost Voices
The Trucker
Uncovered
They need to find out who it is with genealogy, like they have with other cold cases.
ReplyDeleteNot to sound rude but facts need to be told and nobody was still going around selling mag subscriptions in 2006 at a truck stop at that. Come on now. It sounds like her bf dropped her off to go try n sell herself to truckers. It’s known for that. Let’s just call it what it is. Then when he came to pick her up he couldn’t find her. I highly doubt they were in the magazine selling business at at a truck stop that day. But. I could be wrong.
ReplyDeleteI normally don’t comment, but I wanted to respectfully respond because I was actually there and traveled with Tracy during that time.
DeleteI started selling magazines in early 2006 and did that for about two years. Truck stops were absolutely places people sometimes sold because sales could be good and there was easy access to people and ATMs, although it wasn’t our preferred setup and we were generally expected to be in pairs because of safety concerns.
I was in the vehicle the day Tracy was hired and traveled with her afterward. She was doing extremely well in sales and was actually on track for a promotion that week.
From what I personally experienced, the part about her being dropped off to sell and later being seen at the truck stop is not something that was made up or questionable to us — that was our reality at the time.
Once contact was lost, we went back looking for her repeatedly. Everyone was worried, and Rob searched and tried to find her. I can’t speak to anything beyond that, but I did want to clarify that the idea that she wasn’t there selling magazines that day is simply not consistent with what I personally witnessed.