the idea of her daughter being alone in the car like that breaks my heart. What a tragedy for her to grow up without her mum, losing her in such a bizarre, sudden fashion.
This reminds me of a case in New Jersey of Gail F. Shollar she was carjacked while food shopping with her 3 year old daughter. She begged the attacker not to harm her daughter and managed to convince them to let her drop her off in front of a closed daycare. I’m wondering if in this case she convinced her kidnapper to leave her safe in the car where she would be found.
Or he didnt see the child. The driver that found her said he only did bc she moved. Maybe she was sleeping in the back and the kidnapper convinced Traci to get out of the car without getting a closer look inside (couldve pretended to need medical help or sth) else they would've maybe taken the money to.
This made me think of a case local to me. Alexis Morales of South Bend, IN, was found murdered with her infant son, Messiah, left abandoned but alive in the car with her body. Her murder remains unsolved. If anybody reads this, please take a moment to look up and share Alexis's story.
This happened in my state! It's unusual to hear cases out of Alabama, thank you for covering this! Our state government doesn't do much right, but it's amazing to see how much care is still being put into her case.
Happened literally where I live! I myself had googled missing people to know of this case. Scary that I've never heard of her being from tiny Eclectic till now. As from searching her name says she's from Wetumpka Alabama.
I'm relieved at least that whoever harmed Traci did not harm her daughter too, but it's still really sad. Hope they find out what happened to her one day very soon.
These types of cold cases where there is no body found or much evidence...and they just disappear is extra heartbreaking. No answers, no anything for the family is just beyond sad. I pray for this family. The Randy Leach cold case is one you might want to do. He was 17 and never came home from a graduation party in 1986(or around that time frame)Him or his car have never been found. He was an only child. His dad passed away 2 yrs ago. His mom is still searching. His parents have never had cooperation with the police. This was in Kansas. It's the saddest story ever. I pray someday some answers will be given to his mom.
@@salems_gigi6309 my eyes somehow skipped over the word had, and my brain interpreted it as *cooperated with the police,* but I see what they mean now. Thanks :) My comprehension skills are usually top notch lol
I wonder if a police officer was in that area on that night or if someone was impersonating a police officer. That would be the only reason I would pull over on the side of the road without car issues.
Or a hitchhiker/ someone pretending to need help. The hitchhiker is less likely with a child in the car but if there was someone lying on the side of the road or flagging me down obviously needing help I would pull over as well. That would for me at least also explain why tracy would leave the toddler alone with the radio running you dont want your child to see sth like that. Maybe the abductor/ murderer never even noticed the child in the backseat if she didnt move.
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It's pretty neat that GIS was used to help search for Traci. Sometimes I forget how versatile it really is. Hope her family will get answers soon. 21:35
It's so frustrating that there are so many assumptions and unknowns. We don't know if the ex-husband should be a suspect, we don't know if the bones were human or what they were. But my first thought when I heard that the radio was on and the window was cracked, was that whoever stopped her is someone she knew. Think about a mom having a baby in the car and then she runs into someone she knows. She cracks the window and puts on the radio and stand outside the car talking maybe smoking a cigarette whatever. I feel like it's possibly someone she knows I wish we could look into the husband more too.
There's no electricity in a car (unless its an electric car) it would have been power from the battery. Pretty good battery though, running all night without dying. Were there lights on? If not, that poor child alone overnight in the dark! Such a bizarre case.
Stories like this fascinate me. Just nuts how people just disappear. Someone must know something! You might be interested in the Nicola Payne case from the UK too. Very similar.
I have an interesting idea for you - feature the stories of Indigenous children in Canada separated from their families during what they called the Sixties Scoop.
As you say the evidence against the 3 must be thin but by saying come and see us before we come see you, to me means they want one to come forward to claim the prize of reduced sentence/charges for informing and giving evidence against the others. I would not be suprised if there is a lot of movement in this case soon.
I feel like this case will be solved but also that people need to come forward with information. If there were potentially 3 people involved then that's so many people in their lives who could know or suspect something. I hope they can find a way to speak up ❤.
Traci would be the same age as my dad if she were still here. Also just awful that it happened with her daughter still in the car. I hope this can be solved.
It's VERY ODD that the 🚗 battery didn't die from the radio being on like that bc my husband fell asleep in my car for 4hrs with the radio on & when I tried to start it I got nothing. (He was in the passenger seat & we were in a shelter at the time where women had their own rooms & men shared a large room & I was still asleep) The ex-husband could still be at the center of this even if he didn't do it as it seems the welfare of the 2yr old was kept in mind but just speculating. N she was seen arguing with 3ppl & 3ppl are suspects so I think most might draw a conclusion to that right? For her families sake I hope they find out what happened!
Anyone know why there were so many dead deer and deer carcasses all over that land? I’m not from the South, but that seems really weird to me. Is that normal there?
in deer country, deer are easily stunned and when scared will run into the road or just freeze, and this is common knowledge. hitting a deer can completely fuck your car, ive seen two of my parents cars totalled by a deer. If they are hit, there isn't much you can do. Also, deer country is also hunting country, so some people will shoot a deer then realize they can't bring it home. Deer are also similar to horses in that a foot injury can make them completely helpless to predators and cause them to be unable to really walk or run, so in places like a road with trenches around it, you can see deer that tripped and hurt themselves sometimes. Overall, deer just die pretty regularly, and because of that there's a lot of regulation to make sure they aren't overhunted or anything. edit: however, that many dead deer in one area is probably a sign of a predator or irresponsible hunter in the area, or the results of something like a wild fire or a disease in deer
It doesn’t make sense to me that the car key would be turned halfway all night, the battery would have died very quickly. If you leave an inside light on for a few hours the battery dies, not to mention a radio..
Not in my car. Overnight radio and some interior light used to be a thing off and on for me and my girlfriend in the 80's, as long as the weather is not cold plenty of juice left in the morning, if you leave other stuff on though you got problems. Guess it depends how big your battery is.
I appreciate the detail. I don't like serial killers, singular killers, rapists, or criminals in general. I have a super mild fascination with their mental health and how it contributed to the cases I watch, but it can never be enough to get me as into true crime as I am. I'm not dressin saying there is anything wrong with that, with being fascinated by the inner workings of the mind of someone capable of something they couldn't ever dream of working, I'm just not one of them. See, I love mysteries and puzzles. I love cleaner tricks investigate and detective come up with to catch these monsters. I like knowing there are people out there, whom have a penchant for good do strong that they are able to outsmart some of the cleverest evil minds sometimes quite literally of all time. So when you show us the details of their intelligence, as Austin Powers would say it, it's "my bag baby, yeah." Lol. Side note, what's your favorite house bread? Mine are gypsy vanner friesian. Soooooooooooooo pretty!
i feel like the person who potentially did this was either some bitter jilted lover or someone masquerading as a hitchhiker that tricked traci into thinking they needed help
when do you ever hear Americans calling British / Aus / NZ mothers "mums"? They would say mom because that's in their lexicon. What a bizarre silly thing to point out. Would you have prefered the use of a mimicked American accent throughout the video too?
@@RealElongatedMuskrat yeah I totally would have liked to have heard put on a accent, and yeah I think the yanks should say mum when talking about places where it's used
the idea of her daughter being alone in the car like that breaks my heart. What a tragedy for her to grow up without her mum, losing her in such a bizarre, sudden fashion.
This reminds me of a case in New Jersey of Gail F. Shollar she was carjacked while food shopping with her 3 year old daughter. She begged the attacker not to harm her daughter and managed to convince them to let her drop her off in front of a closed daycare.
I’m wondering if in this case she convinced her kidnapper to leave her safe in the car where she would be found.
Very plausible
Or he didnt see the child. The driver that found her said he only did bc she moved. Maybe she was sleeping in the back and the kidnapper convinced Traci to get out of the car without getting a closer look inside (couldve pretended to need medical help or sth) else they would've maybe taken the money to.
I had never heard of this case before. Thank heavens the little girl was found by a decent human.❤
This made me think of a case local to me. Alexis Morales of South Bend, IN, was found murdered with her infant son, Messiah, left abandoned but alive in the car with her body. Her murder remains unsolved. If anybody reads this, please take a moment to look up and share Alexis's story.
I appreciate that you give attention to lesser known cases!
Thank you!!
This happened in my state! It's unusual to hear cases out of Alabama, thank you for covering this! Our state government doesn't do much right, but it's amazing to see how much care is still being put into her case.
Happened literally where I live! I myself had googled missing people to know of this case. Scary that I've never heard of her being from tiny Eclectic till now. As from searching her name says she's from Wetumpka Alabama.
I'm relieved at least that whoever harmed Traci did not harm her daughter too, but it's still really sad. Hope they find out what happened to her one day very soon.
The dedication of the people involved in helping did certainly bring a tear to my eye
It sounds like the ignition had been left on for the radio and possibly a heater to work x
These types of cold cases where there is no body found or much evidence...and they just disappear is extra heartbreaking. No answers, no anything for the family is just beyond sad. I pray for this family.
The Randy Leach cold case is one you might want to do. He was 17 and never came home from a graduation party in 1986(or around that time frame)Him or his car have never been found. He was an only child. His dad passed away 2 yrs ago. His mom is still searching. His parents have never had cooperation with the police. This was in Kansas. It's the saddest story ever. I pray someday some answers will be given to his mom.
Wait. Mom wants answers but *has never cooperated with police?!?* 🧐 what? Why?!
@@GenXfrom75I believe they meant the police were not cooperating with the parents, not the other way around
@@salems_gigi6309 my eyes somehow skipped over the word had, and my brain interpreted it as *cooperated with the police,* but I see what they mean now. Thanks :) My comprehension skills are usually top notch lol
I wonder if a police officer was in that area on that night or if someone was impersonating a police officer. That would be the only reason I would pull over on the side of the road without car issues.
Or a hitchhiker/ someone pretending to need help. The hitchhiker is less likely with a child in the car but if there was someone lying on the side of the road or flagging me down obviously needing help I would pull over as well. That would for me at least also explain why tracy would leave the toddler alone with the radio running you dont want your child to see sth like that. Maybe the abductor/ murderer never even noticed the child in the backseat if she didnt move.
She could have pulled over to help someone who appeared to have broken down.
11:30 -- Have these articles perhaps been removed at the request of the police in an attempt to hold-back evidence in an ongoing investigation?
You’ve been my favourite true crime TH-camr for years! Thanks for another informative & thorough video.
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i hope there's answers found soon for the family
Same ❤️
nice to see agencies caring
It's pretty neat that GIS was used to help search for Traci. Sometimes I forget how versatile it really is. Hope her family will get answers soon. 21:35
It's so frustrating that there are so many assumptions and unknowns. We don't know if the ex-husband should be a suspect, we don't know if the bones were human or what they were. But my first thought when I heard that the radio was on and the window was cracked, was that whoever stopped her is someone she knew. Think about a mom having a baby in the car and then she runs into someone she knows. She cracks the window and puts on the radio and stand outside the car talking maybe smoking a cigarette whatever. I feel like it's possibly someone she knows I wish we could look into the husband more too.
A lot of people in the area think it was her ex
I've just noticed your niffler pop figure on the bookshelf, I have the same one on my bookshelf too! 💜
I feel terrible for this family, I hope they get the answers they deserve.
What a mystery so thanks for telling her story.
There's no electricity in a car (unless its an electric car) it would have been power from the battery. Pretty good battery though, running all night without dying. Were there lights on? If not, that poor child alone overnight in the dark! Such a bizarre case.
Stories like this fascinate me. Just nuts how people just disappear. Someone must know something!
You might be interested in the Nicola Payne case from the UK too. Very similar.
I have an interesting idea for you - feature the stories of Indigenous children in Canada separated from their families during what they called the Sixties Scoop.
As you say the evidence against the 3 must be thin but by saying come and see us before we come see you, to me means they want one to come forward to claim the prize of reduced sentence/charges for informing and giving evidence against the others. I would not be suprised if there is a lot of movement in this case soon.
thank you for covering these smaller cases!
Great 😊 coverage
Awesome vid as always !!!
I feel like this case will be solved but also that people need to come forward with information. If there were potentially 3 people involved then that's so many people in their lives who could know or suspect something. I hope they can find a way to speak up ❤.
This cases hits so close to home I’m from and live in alabama this was a year before i was born
Thanks!
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Traci would be the same age as my dad if she were still here. Also just awful that it happened with her daughter still in the car. I hope this can be solved.
This is one of the only cases I think is definitely solvable.
I agree!
Oooh I’m so early! Love spending my day off with you Georgia!
Yay! Thank you!
It's VERY ODD that the 🚗 battery didn't die from the radio being on like that bc my husband fell asleep in my car for 4hrs with the radio on & when I tried to start it I got nothing. (He was in the passenger seat & we were in a shelter at the time where women had their own rooms & men shared a large room & I was still asleep) The ex-husband could still be at the center of this even if he didn't do it as it seems the welfare of the 2yr old was kept in mind but just speculating. N she was seen arguing with 3ppl & 3ppl are suspects so I think most might draw a conclusion to that right? For her families sake I hope they find out what happened!
Anyone know why there were so many dead deer and deer carcasses all over that land? I’m not from the South, but that seems really weird to me. Is that normal there?
I wondered that as well, I’m from Missouri and I’ve never heard of such happenings.
in deer country, deer are easily stunned and when scared will run into the road or just freeze, and this is common knowledge. hitting a deer can completely fuck your car, ive seen two of my parents cars totalled by a deer. If they are hit, there isn't much you can do.
Also, deer country is also hunting country, so some people will shoot a deer then realize they can't bring it home.
Deer are also similar to horses in that a foot injury can make them completely helpless to predators and cause them to be unable to really walk or run, so in places like a road with trenches around it, you can see deer that tripped and hurt themselves sometimes.
Overall, deer just die pretty regularly, and because of that there's a lot of regulation to make sure they aren't overhunted or anything.
edit: however, that many dead deer in one area is probably a sign of a predator or irresponsible hunter in the area, or the results of something like a wild fire or a disease in deer
Unless it was waste from the people that owned the property , dumping carcasses etc after cutting it up etc.
Just gross people dumping them
What a strange case.
trace evidence covered this about 4 years ago i think dont quote me thats how i heard about her case thank u for doing a up to date video on her
Great video
Such a sad case 😢
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I don’t think I’ve ever heard of this case before.hopefully it’ll be solved soon
Trace Evidence did an episode on her case.
@@lynncrf I’ll check it out
That’s so weird how she just vanished and her daughter was just found in the car not harmed most unusual case I’ve heard of
My god, that poor child
It doesn’t make sense to me that the car key would be turned halfway all night, the battery would have died very quickly. If you leave an inside light on for a few hours the battery dies, not to mention a radio..
Not in my car. Overnight radio and some interior light used to be a thing off and on for me and my girlfriend in the 80's, as long as the weather is not cold plenty of juice left in the morning, if you leave other stuff on though you got problems. Guess it depends how big your battery is.
@@walterblanc9708 good to know!
I appreciate the detail. I don't like serial killers, singular killers, rapists, or criminals in general. I have a super mild fascination with their mental health and how it contributed to the cases I watch, but it can never be enough to get me as into true crime as I am. I'm not dressin saying there is anything wrong with that, with being fascinated by the inner workings of the mind of someone capable of something they couldn't ever dream of working, I'm just not one of them.
See, I love mysteries and puzzles. I love cleaner tricks investigate and detective come up with to catch these monsters. I like knowing there are people out there, whom have a penchant for good do strong that they are able to outsmart some of the cleverest evil minds sometimes quite literally of all time. So when you show us the details of their intelligence, as Austin Powers would say it, it's "my bag baby, yeah." Lol.
Side note, what's your favorite house bread? Mine are gypsy vanner friesian. Soooooooooooooo pretty!
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Excellent!
Why/how were there that many deer bones!?
My guess is whoever lives on that property is a hunter. Know idea why they would leave the bones around and not just dispose of them.
Large wooded area off limits to most humans, a haven for Deer, over decades many many die. Bones accumulate and i imagine lots in the same locations.
Do we know what happened to the deer there? Sounds so strange
i feel like the person who potentially did this was either some bitter jilted lover or someone masquerading as a hitchhiker that tricked traci into thinking they needed help
Why was there so much dead deer?
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It sounds like a hook up going wrong and they didn't know the baby was in the car
she was american so she was a MOM not a MUM
Yes because that is the thing to focus on here 10/10
when do you ever hear Americans calling British / Aus / NZ mothers "mums"? They would say mom because that's in their lexicon. What a bizarre silly thing to point out. Would you have prefered the use of a mimicked American accent throughout the video too?
@@RealElongatedMuskrat yeah I totally would have liked to have heard put on a accent, and yeah I think the yanks should say mum when talking about places where it's used
so not the point
@@georgiamarie_ I glad you came to my way of thinking
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