THE GIRL IN THE POLAROID: BOMBSHELL IN SEARCH FOR "POLAROID GIRL" WHO VANISHES ON BIKE

A sophomore at the University of New Mexico, Tara Calico is in school fulltime while working at a bank. At 9:30am on September 20th, Tara takes her mom's pink huffy bike for her daily bike ride, telling her mom she is playing tennis with her boyfriend later so if she isn't home by noon to come looking for her.  An offhand comment her mother takes to heart. When Tara isn't back at 12:05, her mother, Patty, gets in her car to retrace Tara's bike route expecting to see Tara walking on the side of the road with her bike. Driving out to the train tracks where Tara normally turns around to head back home, Patty doesn't see Tara and assumes she missed her and heads back home. Patty calls Tara's boyfriend who says he hasn't seen Tara, then calls police in a panic. Police begin an immediate search for the 19-year-old as her disappearance is out of the ordinary. Her sister, Michele, joins in the search with Tara's friends and boyfriend. A storm is coming, temperature is dropping, friends walking two feet apart, hand in hand across both sides of the roadway looking for any sign of Tara. About 2 and a half miles down the search route, some tire tracks that look spun out are discovered on the side of the road. It looks like there was a scuffle and the bike marks are visible amongst the tire marks from the vehicle. Tara is known to use a distinctive, bright yellow Walkman on her bike ride, and when a broken piece of a bright yellow Walkman is found in the area of the tire marks, her sister Michele believes it is Tara leaving a trail to follow. A cassette tape of the band "Boston" is discovered about three miles from her home on the side of Highway 47. Tara's mother, Patty, identifies the tape as belonging to Tara, saying that is what Tara was listening to on her bike ride. Tara Calico was last seen riding her mother's neon pink Huffy mountain bicycle on Hwy 47 about two miles from her home in Belen. A dirty white or light gray 1953 Ford pickup truck with a white, handmade shell, was following directly behind her, but investigators don't know if the truck has anything to do with the disappearance of Tara Calico. Joining Nancy Grace: Melinda Esquibel -  Tara Calico's Childhood Friend / Filmmaker, Podcaster, Producer and Host of Podcast: “VANISHED”,  which investigates what happened to Tara John Day - Criminal Defense attorney of John Day Law, website: JohnDayLaw.com Dr. John Delatorre - Licensed psychologist and mediator, specializing in forensic psychology, psychological consultant to Project Absents: a non-profit organization that searches for missing persons, resolutionfcs.com, Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre  Chris McDonough - Director at the Cold Case Foundation, Former Homicide Detective, worked over 300 Homicides in 25-year career, Trained the first Native American Homicide Task Force; & Host of YouTube channel, "The Interview Room"  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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