Tania Cruz is a victim of serial killer Trace Lambert. A survival sex worker, she was transported by Country Jones to meet Lambert in an arranged rendezvous. She later called her sister Daria crying, saying she'd be kidnapped and raped. Lambert arrived and said she wouldn't be saved no matter how much she screamed, causing her to scream over the phone before the call was cut off.
Tania was raped, tortured, and murdered in Lambert's hideout, which kept the remains of numerous other women, including Tanya's friend Beauty Hanley. Because of the condition of her remains from such extensive violence, the coroner had Daria bring a photo of her from happier times where she wasn't so scarred and broken. She then positively identified Tanya on a morgue slab before rushing out in distraught grief. (SVU: "They'd Already Disappeared")