Teen girl disappears during bike ride, photo surfaces of woman bound and gagged. Is it Tara Calico?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 8 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Tara Calico, 19, left her Belen, New Mexico, home around 9:30 a.m. She was off for a 34-mile round trip bike ride, on a route she frequently took. Calico was never heard from again, but a picture surfaces of a woman in a van, bound and gagged. Is it Tara Calico? Joining Nancy Grace Today:Bob Buehner - Former Montour County District Attorney, Past President of the PA District Attorneys AssociationDr. Jorey Krawczyn - Police Psychologist, Adjunct Faculty with Saint Leo University; Research Consultant with Blue Wall Institute, Author: Operation S.O.S. - Practical Recommendations to Help “Stop Officer Suicide” bw-institute.comDr. Tim Gallagher - Medical Examiner State of Florida www.pathcaremed.com, Lecturer: University of Florida Medical School Forensic Medicine. Founder/Host: International Forensic Medicine Death Investigation ConferenceSheryl McCollum - Forensic Expert & Cold Case Investigative Research Institute Founder, ColdCaseCrimes.orgMelinda Esquibel - Filmmaker, Podcaster, taracalico.com, Producer and Host: "VANISHED", melindaesquibel.com TIPLINE: Valencia County Sheriff’s Office (505) 866-2400 or The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 1-800-THE-LOST 1-800-843-5678

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0:00.0	I'm Cheryl McCollum, host of the brand new Cold Case Podcast, Zone 7.
0:04.1	We're going to be talking to family members, detectives, prosecutors, and nationally recognized
0:09.1	experts that are in my Zone 7. The group of professionals that I've called on
0:13.6	to help me work hundreds of cases you've heard of and thousands you haven't.
0:18.0	We are going to solve these cases own air together. Listen to Zone 7 on the I Heart Radio app,
0:25.2	the Apple Podcast app, or wherever you listen to your favorite podcast.
0:29.8	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan. I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:34.8	The world that I inhabited gave me insight into things that most of the general public
0:39.6	can't even begin to imagine, always having to view the app normal in the context of the normal,
0:45.7	to make them make sense if you will. When all is said and done, I was the voice of the dead.
0:51.5	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan on the I Heart Radio app,
0:55.9	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:05.8	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:13.6	The FBI now offering $20,000 reward for a teen girl that seemingly
1:20.0	disappears and another question. Was there an image of her, a photo found inadvertently of her
1:30.4	bound and gagged and the back of a vehicle? Is that Tara Calico?
1:37.3	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:52.5	How did it all start? Listen. My name is Michelle Dull. I am Tara Calico's sister and I've
1:58.2	been searching for her since September 20, 1988. We lived in a town called Bolenia, Mexico.
2:05.8	It's a small town. You never were concerned about your neighbors or letting your kids go out and play.
2:12.8	Tara was a very active person. She had been her entire life. From the time she was little, she was
2:19.8	in Peewee cheerleading. She did softball. She was part of the ski club. She loved playing tennis.
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