S2 Ep92: Tara Calico: The Girl on the Bike (Part 1)

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🗓️ 23 September 2022

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At around 9:30 on the morning of September 20th, 1988, 19-year-old Tara Calico left her New Mexico home and set out for her daily 17-mile bike ride along highway 47. Before leaving, she playfully asked her mother, Patty Doel, to come and get her if she wasn’t back by noon, because Tara had a lot of other things to do that day, and she needed to be kept on schedule. Tara did not return by noon, in fact, Tara Calico would never come home again, leaving behind multiple eyewitnesses who had seen her that morning, and very few clues as to what had happened to her, including pieces of her walkman and suspicious-looking bike tracks. Tara’s disappearance is considered to be an enduring mystery, but reportedly for those who live in Tara’s hometown of Belen New Mexico, it’s not a mystery at all. In fact, according to Melinda Esquibel, a former classmate of Tara’s and podcast host, “What makes the town charming is the same thing that makes it kind of scary. That you will go to great lengths to protect your own."

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0:00.0	At around 9.30 on the morning of September 20, 1988, 19-year-old Tara Calico left her
0:21.8	new Mexico home and set out for her daily 17-mile bike ride along Highway 47.
0:28.8	After leaving, she playfully asked her mother, Patty Doyle, to come and get her if she wasn't
0:33.6	back by noon.
0:34.9	Because Tara had a lot of other things to do that day, and she needed to be kept on
0:39.6	schedule.
0:40.6	Tara did not return by noon.
0:42.6	In fact, Tara Calico would never come home again, leaving behind multiple eye witnesses
0:48.4	who had seen her that morning very few clues to what had happened to her, including pieces
0:54.2	of her walkman and suspicious looking bike tracks.
0:57.5	Tara's disappearance is considered to be an enduring mystery, but reportedly for those
1:02.6	who live in Tara's hometown of Bellin, New Mexico, it's not a mystery at all.
1:07.6	In fact, according to Melinda Escaval, a former classmate of Tara's and podcast host,
1:13.4	quote,
1:14.4	what makes the town charming is the same thing that makes it kind of scary, that you will
1:19.0	go to great lengths to protect your own.
1:22.4	And quote,
1:29.4	Hello, everybody.
1:38.9	Welcome back to Crime Weekly.
1:39.9	I'm Stephanie Harlow.
1:41.6	And I'm Derek Lovasser.
1:42.8	So we're diving into a new case today.
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