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Disappearance of Tara Calico · Murder Files Unsealed

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  Speaker 1: Tara Lei Calico is an American woman who vanished near
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  her residence in Blen, New Mexico, on September twentieth, nineteen
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  eighty eight. It is widely suspected that she was abducted.
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  In July nineteen eighty nine, a polaroid image featuring an
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  unidentified young woman and a boy, both appearing to be
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  gagged and restrained, was broadcast to the public after being
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  discovered in a convenience store parking lot in Port Saint Joe, Florida.
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  Friends of the family believed the woman bore a resemblance
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  to Calico and reached out to her mother, who subsequently
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  met with investigators to review the polaroid. After considering factors
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  such as time, growth, and lack of makeup, she became
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  convinced that the woman was her daughter, particularly noting that
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  a scar on the woman's leg matched one that Calico had.
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  Scotland Yard conducted an analysis of the photograph and determined
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  that the woman was indeed Calico. However, a subsequent examination
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  by the Los Alamos National Laboratory reached a different conclusion.
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  An analysis performed by the fby yielded inconclusive results. Disappearance
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  On Tuesday, September twentieth, nineteen eighty eight, at approximately nine
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  thirty a m. Calico departed from her residence to embark
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  on her routine bicycle ride along New Mexico State Road
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  forty seven. This route was one she frequented nearly every morning,
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  often accompanied by her mother, Patty Dole. However, after experiencing
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  what she perceived as being stalked by a motorist, Dole
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  ceased joining Calico on her rides. She suggested that her
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  daughter consider carrying mace for protection, a recommendation that Caliko declined.
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  On the day of her disappearance, Caliko instructed Dole to
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  retrieve her if she had not returned by noon, as
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  she had plans to play tennis with her boyfriend. At
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  twelve thirty. When Kaliko failed to return, Dole began searching
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  along her daughter's usual biking path, but was unable to
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  locate her, prompting her to contact law enforcement. Subsequently, fragments
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  of Calico's Sony Walkman, and a cassette tape were found
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  along the roadway, leading Dole to speculate that Calico may
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  have dropped them to create a trail. Multiple witnesses reported
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  seeing Calico riding her bicycle, which has never been recovered.
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  Although no one directly observed her alleged abduction, several individuals
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  noted a light colored pickup truck, possibly a nineteen fifty
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  three Ford, with a camper shell, closely trailing her photographs.
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  On June fifteenth, nineteen eighty nine, a polaroid image featuring
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  an unidentified young woman and a boy, both restrained with
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  black ducktape and appearing to be bound, was found in
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  the parking lot of a convenience store in Port Saint Joe, Florida.
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  The individual who discovered the photograph reported that it was
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  located in a parking space previously occupied by a white,
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  windowless Toyota cargo van. She described the driver of the
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  van as a man in his thirties with a mustache.
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  Law enforcement established roadblocks in an attempt to locate the vehicle,
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  but the man has never been identified. Polaroid representatives indicated
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  that the photograph must have been taken after May nineteen
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  eighty nine, as the specific film used was not available
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  prior to that date. The image was featured on a
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  Current Affair in July, prompting friends of Duel to reach
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  out after recognizing a resemblance to Calico. Additionally, relatives of
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  Michael Henley, who had vanished in April nineteen eighty eight
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  from New Mexico, also believed the boy in the photograph
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  was him. Both Dole and Henley's parents met with investigators
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  to review the polaroid. Dole expressed her strong belief that
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  the woman was Caliico, noting that a scar on the
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  woman's leg matched one that Caliko had sustained in a
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  car accident. Furthermore, a paperback edition of V. C. Andrews
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  My Sweet Audrina, reportedly one of Kaliko's favorite books, was
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  visible next to the woman. Scotland Yard conducted an analysis
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  of the photo and concluded that the woman was indeed Caliko. However,
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  a subsequent analysis by the Los Alamos National Laboratory reached
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  a different conclusion. An FBI agent examined the individual in
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  the polaroid was Michael. However, the likelihood of identifying the
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  boy in the photograph as Henley is deemed extremely low,
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  as his remains were found in June nineteen ninety in
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  the Zuni Mountains, approximately seven miles from the campsite where
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  he had vanished. And seventy five miles from the location
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  of Calico's disappearance. Authorities suspect that Henley strayed away and
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  ultimately succumbed to exposure. On June thirteenth, twenty twenty three,
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  the Valencia County Sheriff's Office revealed a significant development in
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  the case of a disappearance that occurred in nineteen eighty eight.
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  Sheriff Denise vigil along with other law enforcement officials, addressed
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  the media during a press conference concerning the Calico case.
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  Sheriff Vigils stated, at this juncture, law enforcement is confident
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  that there is adequate evidence to present this investigation to
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  the District Attorney's office for consideration of possible charges. She
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  further noted, at present, the identities and details regarding the
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  persons of interest are protected by a court order and
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  will remain confidential until the court permits