Tinze was last seen on October 27, 1984 in Tampa, Florida. She left her Hillsborough County, Florida home that day to go to the laundromat; that was the last time her family saw her. At some point in the evening, she went to a female friend's home and they went out for drinks at the Char-Pal Lounge in the 3700 block of east Busch Avenue in Tampa. At the bar, Lucinda began talking to a man named Larry Moore. He told her he owned a sign making and cleaning business and offered her a job, and she agreed to start work in two days. Lucinda's friend left the bar, leaving her behind with Moore. In the early hours of the next morning, Moore and another man were found asleep in their vehicle on the roadside. Tinze was not with them and she was never seen again.