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Unsolved September 20, 1988 Missing Person

Tara Leigh Calico

Status Unsolved
Type Missing Person
Date September 20, 1988
Location Valencia County, New Mexico
Victim Age 19
Gender Female

Nineteen-year-old Tara Calico went for a bike ride along Highway 47 and never returned. Her bicycle was never found. A year later, a polaroid photo of a bound young woman and boy was found at a Florida convenience store, possibly depicting Tara, but this was never confirmed. The case remains one of New Mexico's most enduring mysteries.

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