That all changed when they spotted fragments of a broken Sony Walkman on the side of the road, and a pink Huffy bike thrown into a ditch, close to a secluded campground around 20 miles from Tara’s home. The problem, however, was that Tara was an adult, and despite her family and friends telling authorities she wouldn’t run away, police said there’s nothing they could do. Patty suspected foul play, and thought her daughter dropped the Boston tape purposely, to leave a clue. According to family and friends, there was no reason that Tara would simply vanish without telling anyone. Patty immediately called the police, and so began an exhaustive search for Tara, a successful college student at University of New Mexico at Valencia (UM). A lump rose in her throat when she saw a Boston cassette tape lying on the shoulder of the rugged street. Feeling a twinge of panic, Patty slowed down her car down to a creep, and edged toward the ditches. 47, and circled around Rio Communities, but saw no sign of Tara. To ease her worries, Patty drove around the area. Tara talked to her mother, Patty Doel, before leaving, and playfully said, “If you don’t hear from me by noon, come look for me.” When noon passed and Tara failed to return home, Patty felt a bit anxious, but hoped her daughter was simply running a bit behind schedule. She had a tennis date at noon with her boyfriend, yet it would be the last time her family would see Tara. She was out on a 17-mile cycling trek, planning to circle railroad tracks and the Rio Communities golf course before returning to her parent’s home in Belen, New Mexico. It was 9:30 A.M., and the fall weather made it a perfect morning to get some fresh air and exercise. Investigators did not suspect foul play and concluded Michael was not the boy in the Polaroid.On September 20, 1988, 19-year-old Tara Calico was in a great, even expansive mood as she pedaled away from home on a pink Huffy mountain bike, while listening to a cassette tape of Boston on her Sony Walkman.
Dental records confirmed it was Michael's body, and that the boy had likely succumbed to hypothermia. However, on June 22, 1990, a rancher found skeletal remains in the Zuni Mountains. After the meeting, the parents determined that their children were in the picture. Joe, FL, to examine the Polaroid and talk to police. It didn't take long for investigators to see a potential connection in the disappearances.Ĭalico's mother and the Henleys went to Port St. Cibola National Park, where Michael went missing, is roughly 45 miles from Belen, NM, where Calico vanished. In fact, his mother stated that she was nearly certain it was Michael in the picture. In July 1989, when A Current Affair aired an episode showing the photograph of the two people gagged in an enclosed space, Michael's parents saw the show and thought the little boy in the photo resembled their son. Once the storm subsided, 400 people assisted in the search, but the only clue they discovered was a small footprint in the snow. Michael's father immediately reported the boy missing, but a snowstorm had taken over the area, preventing a thorough search for him. They were preparing to hunt wild turkey, but while setting up the camp, Michael disappeared. On April 21, 1988, several months before Calico went missing, 9-year-old Michael Henley went on a hunting trip with his father and a family friend in the Zuni Mountains of New Mexico. The disappearance of Tara Calico and the suspicious Polaroid are both unsolved mysteries which, for more than 30 years, have left investigators, family members, and citizens questioning everything and mourning a young woman's tragic disappearance. Many infamous crime scene photos have shocked the public, and this particular picture is also alarming because of its ambiguity: were the people shown in the picture slain victims? The people in the photograph appear distressed, but it is unclear if this is truly the case or simply the result of a sinister prank. It wasn't just the kidnapping that shook citizens - there was a photograph discovered in a Florida parking lot located roughly 1,600 miles away from where Calico had disappeared. The photo featured a boy and young woman, and many believe the woman to be Calico.
The case never reached a resolution, but it remains open and under federal investigation. After leaving on a bicycle ride, 19-year-old Calico, from Belen, NM, disappeared on September 20, 1988. Prior to the highly publicized kidnappings of Elizabeth Smart and Amanda Berry, Tara Calico's bizarre disappearance rocked the southwestern United States.
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