Renegade
Nov 6, 2016
On June 14, 1995, Tracie Denise Vicent, mother of five, vanished without a trace. The last person to report seeing her alive was her boyfriend Tyrone Verso Hill, an alleged pimp and drug dealer who was also the father of four of Tracies children. Hill told police that the two argued at their home in Mountain View, and that Tracie left on foot, telling him she would return.
Two weeks would pass before Tracie Denise Vicent was reported missing.
Tracie Vicent was born November 22, 1968, and came to Alaska from Florida as a teen. A pretty girl with brown hair and big hazel eyes, Tracie soon caught the eye of Tyrone Verso Hill, a man 12 years her senior. Like many alleged pimps and predators, he initially wooed the teenager with gifts, eventually developing a hold over her that he reinforced using both violence and the fact that he was the father of their four children. Indeed, reports after Tracies disappearance all say that she was a mother who loved her children and would not leave them, a fact that Tyrone Hill used to manipulate her into staying with him. Tyrone would also reportedly get Tracie addicted to drugsand force her into a life of prostitution.
Tyrone Verso Hills rap sheet is a long one, including charges for drugs, assault, domestic violence, first degree robbery, hit and run, and violating a restraining order. Once Tracie Vicent was in his grasp, he became more like a jailer than her boyfriend, reportedly keeping the young woman confined to their apartment and refusing to let her leave unless accompanied by a handler.
Given that Tyrone Hill was so controlling of Tracie Vicent, it seems quite odd that he would just allow her to leave on foot after an argument. It furthermore seems very strange that a man like Hill would wait two weeks to report her missingunless he knows more about her disappearance than he is admitting.
In addition, we must remember that when Tracie Vicent disappeared, she left behind four children in Alaska. Given her tumultuous relationship with Tyrone Hilland his reported propensity toward violenceit doesnt seem very likely that she would abandon her children to such a man by choice.
Tyrone Verso Hill has always maintained that he does not know what happened to Tracie Vicent, although his version of events has varied over the years. And given that we have found records of Lisa A. Hill, an alias Tracie Vicent used, working as an escort at the notorious Escort Mall that housed Oasis/Trapline/Playmates plus three known arrests for prostitution in the 18 months before her disappearance, we find once again that status as a sex worker seems to result in less scrutiny from authorities in a missing persons case like this one. Tracie Denise Vicents life was precious, as are the five children she left behind. Those children are adults now, and still dont know what happened to their mother. Tracies children will never forget their motherand they deserve answers.
