Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

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Xavier Gerald Tarrand
Tarrand, date, approximate 2014
Date Missing 01/15/2014
Missing From
Groveland, Florida
Missing Classification Endangered Missing
Sex Male
Race
Black
Date of Birth 01/14/1990 (32)
Age 24 years old
Height and Weight 5'11, 150 - 180 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description An orange and yellow Reese's Pieces jacket or a yellow and brown M&Ms jacket, a white size 2XL t-shirt, a white sleeveless undershirt, size 34 blue jeans, size 9.5 or 10 orange Nike sneakers or red and white sneakers, and a red hat.
Associated Vehicle(s) Black four-door 1997 Honda Accord with the Florida license plate number 236KPV (accounted for)
Markings and/or Distinguishing Characteristics African-American male. Black hair, brown eyes. Tarrand's nickname is Dudda. He has the following tattoos: the words "Self Made" on his chest, the words "Free Rat" on his right hand, and "Rat $" on his left hand.
Details of Disappearance Tarrand was last seen in Groveland, Florida at 7:00 p.m. on January 15, 2014, the day after his twenty-fourth birthday. His cousin dropped him off at the RaceTrac gas station at the intersection of State Roads 50 and 33, near his home.
Tarrand told his cousin he had something to do and would return in fifteen minutes. He got into a black four-door 1997 Honda Accord with the Florida license plate number 236KPV. There was at least one other person, an African-American male, in the car.
About thirty or forty minutes later, Tarrand called his cousin and asked him to pick him up at the RaceTrac station in three minutes. When his cousin arrived, however, Tarrand wasn't there. Calls to his cellular phone went to voicemail after his disappearance, and eventually either the phone was turned off or the battery died.
Over the next several days, some of his belongings were found dumped off Highway 50 in Ocoee, Florida. The car he got into, which had been reported stolen, was found and burned at a landfill in Apopka, Florida on January 20; it had bullet holes in it.
Tarrand's disappearance caused problems between his gang, the Groveland Boys aka the Stuckey Boys, and another gang, the Zellwood Boys, which ultimately led to the shooting death of Justin Russell in February 2014. Travis Leomontez Miller was convicted of second-degree murder in Russell's death. Miller was Tarrand's nephew, and Russell was Miller's second cousin.
Tarrand lived with his grandmother at the time of his disappearance, and kept in daily contact with his family. His mother stated he was having problems with another man at the time of his disappearance, and she thinks this man was involved in his .
He is considered missing under suspicious circumstances and his remains unsolved.
Investigating Agency
Lake County Sheriff's Office
352-343-2101
Groveland Police Department
352-429-4166
Other
Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Florida Arrests
Black and Missing but Not Forgotten
Fox 35 Orlando
NamUs
Xavier Tarrand's Facebook Page
The Daily Commercial
Lake County Sheriff's Office
The Orlando Sentinel

Missing Person Photos

A missing person is a person who has disappeared and whose status as alive or dead cannot be confirmed as their location and condition are unknown. A person may go missing through a voluntary disappearance, or else due to an accident, crime, death in a location where they cannot be found (such as at sea), or many other reasons. In most parts of the world, a missing person will usually be found quickly. While criminal abductions are some of the most widely reported missing person cases, these account for only 2 to 5 percent of missing children in Europe. By contrast, some missing person cases remain unresolved for many years. Laws related to these cases are often complex since, in many jurisdictions, relatives and third parties may not deal with a person's assets until their death is considered proven by law and a formal death certificate issued. The situation, uncertainties, and lack of closure or a funeral resulting when a person goes missing may be extremely painful with long-lasting effects on family and friends. A number of organizations seek to connect, share best practices, and disseminate information and images of missing children to improve the effectiveness of missing children investigations, including the International Commission on Missing Persons, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), as well as national organizations, including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in the US, Missing People in the UK, Child Focus in Belgium, and The Smile of the Child in Greece.

Resources for Missing Persons

According to current statistics, 4,000 people in the United States go missing every day. Sometimes a child suddenly vanishes from the bus stop or the local park or even from their own yard or bedroom. Or a teenager doesn�t return home after a walk to the neighborhood grocery store or a bike ride or a party with friends. Other times, an adult is mysteriously absent from their job or neighbors haven�t seen them for several days, and family and friends haven�t heard from them either.

Missing Person Case Updates with Photos