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Gangreen · 06-25-2006, 01:33 AM

Does anyone know where to find those two photos online?

Beardsley_Mantooth · 06-25-2006, 04:27 AM

Hmmm I dont believe they were ever realeased to the public, or at least that is my understanding

But I would think any leads would greatly help the case, especially the photo from the train that supposidly shows her next to a man might possibly open some leads if the public could see it.

Gosh this story was just so bizarre and sad on so many levels and I hadnt thought about it in quiet some time before coming here. A lot of these cases dont really hit home as hard because you rarely see the aftermath, but the photo from the hotel room really gave the case an even more distinct feeling of reality some times lacking in a recreation. I hope that make sense?

Gangreen · 06-25-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Beardsley_Mantooth

Hmmm I dont believe they were ever realeased to the public, or at least that is my understanding

But I would think any leads would greatly help the case, especially the photo from the train that supposidly shows her next to a man might possibly open some leads if the public could see it.

Gosh this story was just so bizarre and sad on so many levels and I hadnt thought about it in quiet some time before coming here. A lot of these cases dont really hit home as hard because you rarely see the aftermath, but the photo from the hotel room really gave the case an even more distinct feeling of reality some times lacking in a recreation. I hope that make sense?

What hotel room photo? ive only seen the van photo

Beardsley_Mantooth · 06-25-2006, 04:37 PM

hahah I made a mistake in my post last night, that should read van photo

So yes it would be the same photo you're thinking of.

crystaldawn · 06-25-2006, 04:47 PM

Yes I also read somewhere that the other two photos were never released. It also seemed to say that police didn't think the other two photos were credible (I don't think even Tara's mother thought they were) so its just as well they were never released although for curiousity's sake I wouldn't mind seeing them. I believe they described one of them as a girl having duct tape across her eyes and she appeared to be sitting on a train. Its terrible that there are such cruel people out there who would try to add to this family's misery by manufacturing misleading photos.

Beardsley_Mantooth · 06-25-2006, 05:01 PM

I wouldnt mind seeing them either crystaldawn, after all the disscussion of this case and so much talk of the two other photos just out curiosity I would like to see them now. From what I was reading last night, I got a sense that the second photo was a blurry close up of her face, same duct tape over her mouth and stripped pillow was seen behind her head. Taras mother remarked that she thought the third photo was cruel joke, apparently it shows a girl with gauze over both eyes, wrists also bound by gauze, wearing dark rimmed glasses and sitting next to man on a train whos trying to make a scary face. I would think even if this photo turned out to be a joke it might help the case by releasing it and possibly getting an ID on the man and opening up a new lead. Or perhaps the photo is just so over the top that its an obvious joke and just a waist of time. Regardless I agree, if somebody is trying to pull off a joke its beyond sick and cruel and I find it very sad that people like that do exist and would take pleasure in tormenting this poor family.

UMLongtimefan · 06-25-2006, 10:59 PM

The release photo was enough of a bummer for me.... I'm with crystaldawn on this one its sad that people that would take that photo are here with us in this world.

crochetbuff · 06-04-2007, 05:29 PM

Patty Doel waited for Tara until the day she died
By Joline Gutierrez Krueger (Contact)
Thursday, June 8, 2006

Every girl, every woman, everyone who rode past on a bike was always Tara Calico.

Nearly 18 years since the freckle-faced 19-year-old failed to return from a bike ride near her Rio Communities home, and still it was always Tara.

Her mother, Patty Doel, imagined it was Tara, anyway. She always believed Tara would return on that neon pink bike, would have survived whatever snatched her up that warm September 1988 morning.

"Tara was always coming back," said her stepfather, John Doel. "Patty was looking for Tara right to the end."

The end came May 11. Patty Doel, 64, died of complications from a series of strokes in Port Charlotte, Fla.

They moved there nearly three years ago to a home John built on the water just for Patty. It was her dream home. It was a new start, but it had been agonizing to leave.

There was always the chance Tara would come back to the family home on Brugg Street, southeast of Belen, two miles from where bike tracks and remnants of the cassette tape she was listening to that day were found.

"If she were to come home, I could not ever tell her we gave up on her," Patty told me then.

Tara, then a very organized and active University of New Mexico sophomore, had gone off the morning of Sept. 20, 1988, like she always did for a 17-mile bike ride along an empty stretch of N.M. 47.

She worried about another flat tire delaying her plans for a tennis match with a boyfriend at 12:30 p.m.

"If I'm not back at noon, come get me," she told her mother.

Patty Doel left the house at 12:05 p.m. to look for her.

She looked for nearly 18 years.

The Doels organized search parties, sought media attention from local newspapers and national shows including "Oprah," "America's Most Wanted" and "48 Hours."

They were deputized so that they could conduct their own investigations, mailed out 200,000 fliers and photos of Tara, contacted law enforcement agencies around the world, prayed.

The case of Tara Calico became one of the most infamous missing persons cases in the nation, long before Elizabeth Smart, Chandra Levy or Robbie Romero.

And Patty Doel became a force of nature, hurling all her grit and passion into a heartbreaking search that her husband said eventually contributed to her failing health.

"She wanted, she needed to make a change, to put all this behind," he said in a phone call from Port Charlotte. "So we moved here."

For two years, they made a go of letting go in Port Charlotte. But neighbor Linda Killinger said Patty could never completely do that.

"She never gave up hope that Tara would return," she said.

A year or two after the move, the strokes came, each one taking another piece of Patty Doel. Her legs, her speech, her swallowing. She communicated by a message board until her loss of cognitive abilities made that impossible, too.

"We spent our golden years going to the doctors and the hospitals," John said.

Patty, a once-hardy woman now whittled down to 94 pounds, spent her last days looking out onto the waterway near their home. Each time a bike rider would pass, her disintegrating mind thought: Tara.

"I'd have to try to explain to her that it wasn't Tara, that it was a person too old or too young," John said.

Two months ago, FBI agents came around to take another blood sample from Patty. The sample will be analyzed for its mitochondrial DNA sequencing then stored in the National Missing Persons DNA Database should Tara ever be located, dead or alive.

Patty had always refused to get rid of all Tara's Christmas and birthday gifts that accumulated in the years since the disappearance. Back in New Mexico, the gifts were kept atop Tara's bed.

The gifts are still waiting in Florida.

Tara would be 37 now. She is still missing. And now, so is her mother

crochetbuff · 06-04-2007, 05:31 PM

http://www.forthelost.org/acantrell.html

Antreas Chester Cantrell

Last seen on January 16, 1988 in Shasta Lake in Shasta County, California

kamy · 06-04-2007, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by crochetbuff

http://www.forthelost.org/acantrell.html

Antreas Chester Cantrell

Last seen on January 16, 1988 in Shasta Lake in Shasta County, California

Incredible....looks like a possible match to me.

justins5256 · 06-04-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by crochetbuff

http://www.forthelost.org/acantrell.html

Antreas Chester Cantrell

Last seen on January 16, 1988 in Shasta Lake in Shasta County, California

There is some reason to believe it's not him. I can't remember. Ask DarkDante.

Big3sCompanyFan · 06-05-2007, 03:59 AM

Tara ALWAYS went for a bike ride on an EMPTY stretch of N.M. 47?

That's risky to say the least since you'd biking all alone and if something were to happen to you then no one would see it.

Any sick predator could've staked the area out and noticed that Tara rode there all the time and then could've just been hiding in wait one day and just grabbed her!

This was not a good idea for Tara to have done this regularly and if she did do it she should've gone in a group or at least 1 other person. Also back then they didn't have cell phones plus you might not even be able to get a signal there even if they did.

mozartpc27 · 06-05-2007, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by justins5256

There is some reason to believe it's not him. I can't remember. Ask DarkDante.

Well, the fact that the boy was on a boat that capsized over 3,000 miles away from where the photo was recovered and was never seen again does strongly suggest that he likely drowned that day...

Kane · 06-06-2007, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Big3sCompanyFan

Tara ALWAYS went for a bike ride on an EMPTY stretch of N.M. 47?

That's risky to say the least since you'd biking all alone and if something were to happen to you then no one would see it.

It's the type of case that would make someone afraid to be in an area like that alone. I myself am afraid to be in such an area by myself, especially if it's the type of area where you could go for miles without seeing another person.

It kind of reminds me of movies like Duel and The Hitcher.

SiberianKiss · 06-06-2007, 05:42 PM

I'm very interested to see the other two photos as well especially the second one. The reason is because there are supposedly a lot of similarities to the infamous first pic.

The first one, the film was not available until May 1989. And in the second one the film was no available until June 1989. Very close time line here.

Both pictures had the girl lying on similar blue-striped fabric.

There are also characteristics of Tara in the second photo such as the lazy eye and cowlick on the side.

Her mother believed the second one was also of her. She didn't think the third one was. Also it's worth noting, the scientists at Los Alamos believed the girl in the first picture was Tara Calico. And the photograph was taken in the back of a white Toyota cargo van with no windows, manufactured in the late 80's. The photo was found right where a white Toyota cargo van was parked a few minutes earlier.

I'd like to see the third one but only because everyone said it's so damn creepy. I think everyone dismissed it as a hoax though. Notice how a location was given as to where the first and second photos were found but not the third one. After the pictures hit the news, somebody likely sent in a prank photo.

I do find the similarities between the first two photos awfully interesting.

06-25-2006, 01:33 AM	#1
Gangreen Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 09, 2005 Posts: 65	Tara Calico 2nd and 3rd photo Does anyone know where to find those two photos online?

06-04-2007, 05:29 PM	#8
crochetbuff Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 16, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 545	Tara's Mom Died Patty Doel waited for Tara until the day she died By Joline Gutierrez Krueger (Contact) Thursday, June 8, 2006 Every girl, every woman, everyone who rode past on a bike was always Tara Calico. Nearly 18 years since the freckle-faced 19-year-old failed to return from a bike ride near her Rio Communities home, and still it was always Tara. Her mother, Patty Doel, imagined it was Tara, anyway. She always believed Tara would return on that neon pink bike, would have survived whatever snatched her up that warm September 1988 morning. "Tara was always coming back," said her stepfather, John Doel. "Patty was looking for Tara right to the end." The end came May 11. Patty Doel, 64, died of complications from a series of strokes in Port Charlotte, Fla. They moved there nearly three years ago to a home John built on the water just for Patty. It was her dream home. It was a new start, but it had been agonizing to leave. There was always the chance Tara would come back to the family home on Brugg Street, southeast of Belen, two miles from where bike tracks and remnants of the cassette tape she was listening to that day were found. "If she were to come home, I could not ever tell her we gave up on her," Patty told me then. Tara, then a very organized and active University of New Mexico sophomore, had gone off the morning of Sept. 20, 1988, like she always did for a 17-mile bike ride along an empty stretch of N.M. 47. She worried about another flat tire delaying her plans for a tennis match with a boyfriend at 12:30 p.m. "If I'm not back at noon, come get me," she told her mother. Patty Doel left the house at 12:05 p.m. to look for her. She looked for nearly 18 years. The Doels organized search parties, sought media attention from local newspapers and national shows including "Oprah," "America's Most Wanted" and "48 Hours." They were deputized so that they could conduct their own investigations, mailed out 200,000 fliers and photos of Tara, contacted law enforcement agencies around the world, prayed. The case of Tara Calico became one of the most infamous missing persons cases in the nation, long before Elizabeth Smart, Chandra Levy or Robbie Romero. And Patty Doel became a force of nature, hurling all her grit and passion into a heartbreaking search that her husband said eventually contributed to her failing health. "She wanted, she needed to make a change, to put all this behind," he said in a phone call from Port Charlotte. "So we moved here." For two years, they made a go of letting go in Port Charlotte. But neighbor Linda Killinger said Patty could never completely do that. "She never gave up hope that Tara would return," she said. A year or two after the move, the strokes came, each one taking another piece of Patty Doel. Her legs, her speech, her swallowing. She communicated by a message board until her loss of cognitive abilities made that impossible, too. "We spent our golden years going to the doctors and the hospitals," John said. Patty, a once-hardy woman now whittled down to 94 pounds, spent her last days looking out onto the waterway near their home. Each time a bike rider would pass, her disintegrating mind thought: Tara. "I'd have to try to explain to her that it wasn't Tara, that it was a person too old or too young," John said. Two months ago, FBI agents came around to take another blood sample from Patty. The sample will be analyzed for its mitochondrial DNA sequencing then stored in the National Missing Persons DNA Database should Tara ever be located, dead or alive. Patty had always refused to get rid of all Tara's Christmas and birthday gifts that accumulated in the years since the disappearance. Back in New Mexico, the gifts were kept atop Tara's bed. The gifts are still waiting in Florida. Tara would be 37 now. She is still missing. And now, so is her mother

06-04-2007, 05:31 PM	#9
crochetbuff Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 16, 2007 Location: USA Posts: 545	Boy in Picture?? http://www.forthelost.org/acantrell.html Antreas Chester Cantrell Last seen on January 16, 1988 in Shasta Lake in Shasta County, California

06-25-2006, 04:27 AM	#2
Beardsley_Mantooth Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 25	Hmmm I dont believe they were ever realeased to the public, or at least that is my understanding But I would think any leads would greatly help the case, especially the photo from the train that supposidly shows her next to a man might possibly open some leads if the public could see it. Gosh this story was just so bizarre and sad on so many levels and I hadnt thought about it in quiet some time before coming here. A lot of these cases dont really hit home as hard because you rarely see the aftermath, but the photo from the hotel room really gave the case an even more distinct feeling of reality some times lacking in a recreation. I hope that make sense?

06-25-2006, 04:37 PM	#4
Beardsley_Mantooth Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 25	hahah I made a mistake in my post last night, that should read van photo So yes it would be the same photo you're thinking of.

06-25-2006, 04:47 PM	#5
crystaldawn Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 17, 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 4,261	Yes I also read somewhere that the other two photos were never released. It also seemed to say that police didn't think the other two photos were credible (I don't think even Tara's mother thought they were) so its just as well they were never released although for curiousity's sake I wouldn't mind seeing them. I believe they described one of them as a girl having duct tape across her eyes and she appeared to be sitting on a train. Its terrible that there are such cruel people out there who would try to add to this family's misery by manufacturing misleading photos.

06-25-2006, 05:01 PM	#6
Beardsley_Mantooth Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2006 Location: Maine Posts: 25	I wouldnt mind seeing them either crystaldawn, after all the disscussion of this case and so much talk of the two other photos just out curiosity I would like to see them now. From what I was reading last night, I got a sense that the second photo was a blurry close up of her face, same duct tape over her mouth and stripped pillow was seen behind her head. Taras mother remarked that she thought the third photo was cruel joke, apparently it shows a girl with gauze over both eyes, wrists also bound by gauze, wearing dark rimmed glasses and sitting next to man on a train whos trying to make a scary face. I would think even if this photo turned out to be a joke it might help the case by releasing it and possibly getting an ID on the man and opening up a new lead. Or perhaps the photo is just so over the top that its an obvious joke and just a waist of time. Regardless I agree, if somebody is trying to pull off a joke its beyond sick and cruel and I find it very sad that people like that do exist and would take pleasure in tormenting this poor family.

06-25-2006, 10:59 PM	#7
UMLongtimefan Member Frequent Poster Join Date: May 08, 2006 Location: ??? Posts: 161	The release photo was enough of a bummer for me.... I'm with crystaldawn on this one its sad that people that would take that photo are here with us in this world.

06-05-2007, 03:59 AM	#12
Big3sCompanyFan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 16, 2003 Posts: 2,493	Tara ALWAYS went for a bike ride on an EMPTY stretch of N.M. 47? That's risky to say the least since you'd biking all alone and if something were to happen to you then no one would see it. Any sick predator could've staked the area out and noticed that Tara rode there all the time and then could've just been hiding in wait one day and just grabbed her! This was not a good idea for Tara to have done this regularly and if she did do it she should've gone in a group or at least 1 other person. Also back then they didn't have cell phones plus you might not even be able to get a signal there even if they did.

06-06-2007, 05:42 PM	#15
SiberianKiss Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 08, 2006 Posts: 204	I'm very interested to see the other two photos as well especially the second one. The reason is because there are supposedly a lot of similarities to the infamous first pic. The first one, the film was not available until May 1989. And in the second one the film was no available until June 1989. Very close time line here. Both pictures had the girl lying on similar blue-striped fabric. There are also characteristics of Tara in the second photo such as the lazy eye and cowlick on the side. Her mother believed the second one was also of her. She didn't think the third one was. Also it's worth noting, the scientists at Los Alamos believed the girl in the first picture was Tara Calico. And the photograph was taken in the back of a white Toyota cargo van with no windows, manufactured in the late 80's. The photo was found right where a white Toyota cargo van was parked a few minutes earlier. I'd like to see the third one but only because everyone said it's so damn creepy. I think everyone dismissed it as a hoax though. Notice how a location was given as to where the first and second photos were found but not the third one. After the pictures hit the news, somebody likely sent in a prank photo. I do find the similarities between the first two photos awfully interesting.