19-year-old Tara Calico left her home in Belon, New Mexico to go for her daily bike ride along State Road 47.

Calico tells her mother to come looking for her if she doesn't return by 12 pm, explaining that she has plans later in the day.

When 12 o'clock comes and Tara doesn't arrive home, her mother takes a drive down State Road 47. We can find no trace of Tara.

Police are contacted, and after a sweep of the area, they discover pieces of Tara's Sony Walkman and a cassette tape.

Several witnesses report spotting Tara riding along the way, but none witness the incident surrounding her disappearance.

Of these witnesses, several report that a light-colored pickup truck with a camper shell appeared to be following her.

Eight months later, a Polaroid photo of a young woman and a boy, both bound and gagged with tape over their mouths, is found in a parking lot in Port St. Joe, Florida.

Tara's mother, Patty Dole, identifies the girl in the photo as her daughter, Tara Calico.

The boy in the photo was believed to be Michael Henley, a nine-year-old who had disappeared from a camping trip with his family in the Zuni Mountains, located in northwest New Mexico, around 75 miles from where Tara disappeared.

Over the course of the next 20 years, more photos are discovered, a body is found, and a new Mexico Sheriff makes a start-o-wing claim that throws the entire case into chaos.

What really happened, and is Tara Calico the girl in the photo? This is the Trace Evidence Podcast, episode 2, the vanishing of Tara Calico.

Welcome to the Trace Evidence Podcast. I'm your host, Steven Pacheco. Before getting into today's episode, I wanted to give a warm thanks to those of you who listened to episode 1, especially those of you who have been kind enough to reach out and send emails and join the Facebook group.

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Once again, I thank you for listening and look forward to hearing from you. Your involvement in this process is a huge part of what drives me to make further episodes, and your thoughts, opinions, and case suggestions have the ability to steer the direction we go next.

This podcast is designed to revolve around interaction. I listen to a great deal of true-pronged podcasts, but I find the ones that are more open to discussion and listener involvement truly grab my attention.

Many of the cases I've learned about over the years stick in my head, and to be able to discuss them with like-minded people, to discuss theories and evidence helps settle the voices that come creeping in at night.

One last note before getting into today's episode. I think people sometimes forget what these cases are all about, and I admit I've been guilty of that myself.

At their core, these are the stories of people, innocent people, threatening people, dangerous people, people like me and you.

There are those who are victims of a terrible crime, those who have perpetrated the crime, and those who are left behind who have to live with the aftermath every day for the rest of their lives.

Parents who have lost children, children who have lost parents, siblings and spouses, friends and neighbors alike whose lives have been changed forever by the trauma of abduction, the menace of murder, the chaos of lies and rumour.

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