The driver looked to be about in his thirties and had a mustache. The woman who found the photo immediately called police and notified them that she has seen a white Toyota van parked in the spot where the polaroid was found just before she got there. Both are bound by their wrists and have duct tape over their mouths. The photo showed a teenage girl and young boy lying on sheets and a pillow in the back a van. Joe, Florida, nearly 1500 miles away from where she had gone missing. Nearly nine months after Tara Calico’s disappearance on June 15, 1989, a polaroid picture was discovered in the parking lot of a convenience store in Port St. David and Patty waited desperately for answers to her daughters whereabouts but there was no forthcoming evidence. Police had suspected that she may have run away from home, but her family denied as she was described to be a cheerful girl beaming with enthusiasm. Pieces of Tara’s Walkman and a cassette tape were found but there was still no trace of her or her bike. A few people recollected seeing Tara riding along the stretch and seeing a light-colored pickup truck almost driving along with her as she was cycling. Nobody was able to locate Tara or her bike and nobody who was questioned witnessed any type of kidnapping or accident. She then contacted the police and there was a search party put together. That afternoon, Patty drove up and down the route and did not catch any sign of her daughter. Noon came and went and Tara Calico never returned home. Nothing bad had ever happened over the years that she rode down the same stretch. However, Tara continued and denied her mothers suggestion that she carries mace with her. On the morning of her disappearance, Tara made a joke to her mom about coming to look for her if she wasn’t back by noon for her date with her boyfriend. ![]() ![]() This made Tara nervous and discouraged to continue the daily bike riding tradition. There was an incident not too long before Tara’s disappearance where a car had been driving aggressively and gotten close to her, passing her intentionally several times. She would typically go with her mother, Patty, but she had been skipping the rides lately and still allowed Tara to go because of their familiarity with the route. ![]() On the morning of September 20, 1988, when Tara was 19 years old, she left her home in Valencia County, NM to go on her daily bike ride along the same route that she took everyday. Tara Calico was born on Februin Belen, New Mexico to her parents David Calico and Patty Doel.
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