S2 Ep93: Tara Calico: The Polaroid and the Cover-up (Part 2)

Published: Sept. 30, 2022, 5:44 a.m.

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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\\u2019t 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\\u2019s disappearance is considered to be an enduring mystery, but reportedly for those who live in Tara\\u2019s hometown of Belen New Mexico, it\\u2019s not a mystery at all. In fact, according to Melinda Esquibel, a former classmate of Tara\\u2019s and podcast host, \\u201cWhat 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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