MUS-2026-0656
Archive card
MUS-2026-0656
Missing person
- Incident
- 1998
- Indexed
- Nov 4, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- See coverage below
- Location
- Eclectic AL
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Traci Pittman Kegley, 30, newly divorced and due to start a new job the next day, was last seen on April 26, 1998, after leaving her parents' home in Eclectic, Alabama, with her toddler daughter and stopping at a gas station. Her white Geo Storm was found abandoned on a rural Elmore County road, engine idling, with her daughter still strapped inside and her personal belongings left behind. Police believe she was murdered, but no remains have been recovered and no one has been charged. In 2019 a tip prompted a multi agency search of a 300 acre wooded property, with no reported recovery.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- Apr 26, 1998
Last seen leaving Eclectic and at a gas station at US 231 and Redland Road.
- Apr 26, 1998
Her Geo Storm is found abandoned with her 2-year-old daughter unharmed inside.
- 2019
A tip prompts a multi agency search of a 300 acre rural property. No recovery is reported.
Key people
The people in the file.
30, mother of a 2-year-old daughter. Last seen in Elmore County on April 26, 1998.
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Investigating agency
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