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ChrisTV · 01-05-2006, 02:56 AM

There is just something about this story that just seems to haunt me whenever I think about it. With the new Unsolved Mysteries DVD's coming out - I wanted to see if there had been any updates on the case. When I do a google search I find numerous stories - but no new stories / updates. I'm also looking for sites that have the original photo in color and also the 2 additional reported photos as mentioned in numerous stories. If anyone has any info - please reply. Thank you!!

LooksLikeCRicci · 01-05-2006, 03:50 AM

http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/calico_tara.html

Here's a link to the Tara Calico page on The Charley Project. The picture of the young woman in the Polaroid is at the bottom of the page. Additionally, here is a link to an article which shows the entire picture, rather than just the faces of the two people:

http://www.tabloidbaby.com/Book/Companion/bound.html

As far as I know, there have been no updates to the case.

Hope this helps.

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Allierain · 01-06-2006, 09:27 PM

I offered to set up a website (no charge of course) to Tara's family and at first they agreed, but I never heard from them again about it. Too bad, I was really looking forward to doing that project for them. I hope this case is solved some day.

AVERMAN · 02-27-2007, 09:55 PM

It was pretty stupid of the abductors to take pictures of their victims.

Any updates?

treeman · 02-27-2007, 10:59 PM

Yeah it was quite stupid they took the photos although they are either really sick or purposely planted the photo underneath their car to make the victims family squirm even more so i'd imagine!
More likely the second 1 i think.

It's interesting that the boy was still alive even though they captured the girl 5 months later. They could be alive although probably quite unlikely!

-Ben

DarkDante · 02-27-2007, 11:14 PM

Well the boy is actually dead...His name was Michael Henley Jr. and he was found dead in the Zuni Mountains sometime after the segment first aired.

So its 100% not him pictured in the photograph.

SiberianKiss · 02-27-2007, 11:17 PM

why does his body being found eliminate the boy in the picture being Henley? Who's to say that he wasn't kidnapped, murdered, and then later disposed of near where he was abducted after the photo was taken?

DarkDante · 02-27-2007, 11:26 PM

^ Its possible but its also highly unlikely

dynoguy88 · 02-28-2007, 01:02 AM

Maybe this is just me but I never thought the boy in the photograph looked like Michael Henley. Their head shape seems a little different...probably because of the different hair cuts. The boy in the photo also looks like he was a little younger than Henley.

As far as the girl in the photo, I think that is for sure Tara Calico.

SiberianKiss · 02-28-2007, 01:24 AM

yeah it's unlikely, for sure.

I also think the girl is Tara Calico. However, like Awsi Dooger says, the odds are astronomically against it being her. I'd really like to see that second photo. It was found by some construction folks and the photo was the same type available near the same time as the first one. It also had the same background the girl was lying on in the first photo. The third one, I don't need to see although it sounds creepy. They never mentioned where they found it, it was probably sent in to police by a prankster. It was film not available until about a year after the other two photos which have a lot of similarities, so I hear, whether it's Tara or not....both photos were on film avaliable in May/June of '89 and same features in the pictures, person and background. And if it is Tara Calico, what was that photo doing in Florida?

And if it's not her, then who is she? and who is that boy?

Awsi Dooger · 02-28-2007, 07:49 AM

I don't think I said the odds were astronomically against in this case. My position has been that most likely it is not Tara Calico in the photo, but I can't discount it.

There's a longer Tara Calico thread with plenty of interesting analysis. I think DarkDante started that thread.

justins5256 · 02-28-2007, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by SiberianKiss

yeah it's unlikely, for sure.

I also think the girl is Tara Calico. However, like Awsi Dooger says, the odds are astronomically against it being her. I'd really like to see that second photo. It was found by some construction folks and the photo was the same type available near the same time as the first one. It also had the same background the girl was lying on in the first photo. The third one, I don't need to see although it sounds creepy. They never mentioned where they found it, it was probably sent in to police by a prankster.

The other two "Tara Calico photos" have not been released publicly to my knowledge. In my Newsbank research, I found articles suggesting that there were not just three but DOZENS of photos turned into police departments around the country following the publicity of this case. The articles didn't mention the specifics of these other photos, save one that showed a teenage girl being buried alive, but the implication was that they were all hoaxes. I think the three we keep bringing up were the most credible. However, you have to keep in mind that even the FBI was skeptical of the validity of these pictures and that includes the first one.

AVERMAN · 02-28-2007, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SiberianKiss

The third one, I don't need to see although it sounds creepy.

What does the 3rd one consist of?

DarkDante · 02-28-2007, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by justins5256

The other two "Tara Calico photos" have not been released publicly to my knowledge. In my Newsbank research, I found articles suggesting that there were not just three but DOZENS of photos turned into police departments around the country following the publicity of this case. The articles didn't mention the specifics of these other photos, save one that showed a teenage girl being buried alive, but the implication was that they were all hoaxes. I think the three we keep bringing up were the most credible. However, you have to keep in mind that even the FBI was skeptical of the validity of these pictures and that includes the first one.

^ Well the third one was for sure because I've seen it. It displayed a frightened looking woman on a train her hands bound with gauze and she was wearing glasses in which the frames seemed to be too big for her face.

A man was beside her, leering at her with this really goofy look on his face the kind that parents make to their very young children when they are talking "baby-talk" to them which is about the only way I can describe it.

unsolved88 · 02-28-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by DarkDante

^ Well the third one was for sure because I've seen it. It displayed a frightened looking woman on a train her hands bound with gauze and she was wearing glasses in which the frames seemed to be too big for her face.

A man was beside her, leering at her with this really goofy look on his face the kind that parents make to their very young children when they are talking "baby-talk" to them which is about the only way I can describe it.

Do you have a link to the train photo? I'd like to see it.

01-05-2006, 02:56 AM	#1
ChrisTV Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 25, 2004 Posts: 773	Any Tara Calico - Unsolved Mysteries Updates? There is just something about this story that just seems to haunt me whenever I think about it. With the new Unsolved Mysteries DVD's coming out - I wanted to see if there had been any updates on the case. When I do a google search I find numerous stories - but no new stories / updates. I'm also looking for sites that have the original photo in color and also the 2 additional reported photos as mentioned in numerous stories. If anyone has any info - please reply. Thank you!!

02-27-2007, 09:55 PM	#4
AVERMAN Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 241	It was pretty stupid of the abductors to take pictures of their victims. Any updates?
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02-28-2007, 01:02 AM	#9
dynoguy88 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 01, 2000 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 3,675	reply Maybe this is just me but I never thought the boy in the photograph looked like Michael Henley. Their head shape seems a little different...probably because of the different hair cuts. The boy in the photo also looks like he was a little younger than Henley. As far as the girl in the photo, I think that is for sure Tara Calico.

01-05-2006, 03:50 AM	#2
LooksLikeCRicci Likes to live in a clean house Moderator Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2005 Posts: 4,050	http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/c/calico_tara.html Here's a link to the Tara Calico page on The Charley Project. The picture of the young woman in the Polaroid is at the bottom of the page. Additionally, here is a link to an article which shows the entire picture, rather than just the faces of the two people: http://www.tabloidbaby.com/Book/Companion/bound.html As far as I know, there have been no updates to the case. Hope this helps.

01-06-2006, 09:27 PM	#3
Allierain Forum Old Fart Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 30, 2002 Location: Somewhere Posts: 509	I offered to set up a website (no charge of course) to Tara's family and at first they agreed, but I never heard from them again about it. Too bad, I was really looking forward to doing that project for them. I hope this case is solved some day.

02-27-2007, 10:59 PM	#5
treeman -Treeman Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 12, 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 151	Yeah it was quite stupid they took the photos although they are either really sick or purposely planted the photo underneath their car to make the victims family squirm even more so i'd imagine! More likely the second 1 i think. It's interesting that the boy was still alive even though they captured the girl 5 months later. They could be alive although probably quite unlikely! -Ben

02-27-2007, 11:14 PM	#6
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	Well the boy is actually dead...His name was Michael Henley Jr. and he was found dead in the Zuni Mountains sometime after the segment first aired. So its 100% not him pictured in the photograph.

02-27-2007, 11:17 PM	#7
SiberianKiss Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 204	why does his body being found eliminate the boy in the picture being Henley? Who's to say that he wasn't kidnapped, murdered, and then later disposed of near where he was abducted after the photo was taken?

02-27-2007, 11:26 PM	#8
DarkDante Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1,569	^ Its possible but its also highly unlikely

02-28-2007, 01:24 AM	#10
SiberianKiss Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 204	yeah it's unlikely, for sure. I also think the girl is Tara Calico. However, like Awsi Dooger says, the odds are astronomically against it being her. I'd really like to see that second photo. It was found by some construction folks and the photo was the same type available near the same time as the first one. It also had the same background the girl was lying on in the first photo. The third one, I don't need to see although it sounds creepy. They never mentioned where they found it, it was probably sent in to police by a prankster. It was film not available until about a year after the other two photos which have a lot of similarities, so I hear, whether it's Tara or not....both photos were on film avaliable in May/June of '89 and same features in the pictures, person and background. And if it is Tara Calico, what was that photo doing in Florida? And if it's not her, then who is she? and who is that boy?

02-28-2007, 07:49 AM	#11
Awsi Dooger Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2003 Location: Miami Posts: 1,537	I don't think I said the odds were astronomically against in this case. My position has been that most likely it is not Tara Calico in the photo, but I can't discount it. There's a longer Tara Calico thread with plenty of interesting analysis. I think DarkDante started that thread.