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'Body' In Freezer Was Actually Animal Bones

Posted: 8:15 pm EDT August 26, 2009Updated: 6:15 am EDT August 27, 2009

Police say a Crimeline tip leading them to the possible body of missing woman Tracy Ocasio turned out to be a false alarm.

Ocoee officers swarmed an abandoned animal barn in Winter Garden off Avalon Road Wednesday evening. They'd received a Crimeline tip that there was something in an industrial freezer on the site. The tip alluded to Tracy Ocasio.

Police found something wrapped in bags, smelling of ammonia in the freezer. A representative from the Medical Examiner's office opened the bags and determined they were full of animal bones, shortly after 10:00pm.

Tracy Ocasio disappeared May 26th after leaving a Metrowest bar with a man named James Hataway. Hataway has been called the main person of interest in her disappearance but has not been charged in connection with the crime. He is in jail on charges related to other crimes.

Ocasio's parents told WFTV.com Wednesday night they'd been notified of the discovery but did not want to comment, saying they'd been down roads such as this before.

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