Vanished: The Tara Calico Story

On September 20, 1988 at the age of 19, Tara Calico, the promising University of New Mexico student disappeared about 150 yards from the Rio Communities golf course near her home in Belen, New Mexico. Up until 5 years ago her case was believed to be a kidnapping and received extensive coverage on 48 hours, A Current Affair, Unsolved Mysteries, America's Most Wanted, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. On June 15th, 1989, a Polaroid of an unidentified young woman and a boy, bound and gagged in the back of a van was found in a parking lot at a convenience store in Port St. Joe, Florida. There has been much speculation on whether the young lady in the photo is Tara Calico, in which her mother, Patty Doel, believed it was. After the photo was found the case on Tara Calico had seem to have gone cold. In September 2008, the 20th anniversary of Tara's disappearance, the Valencia County News Bulletin published an article stating that Rene Rivera, Sherriff of Valencia County, knew what happened to Tara Calico. Rivera states, he knows the names of the boys now men that that committed the crime and the parents that covered it up, but without a body or her pink bike he cannot bring this case to trial We follow the director, Melinda Esquibel, as she starts to uncover the truth about what happened to her former classmate and friend, and the danger that soon follows in telling a secret that has been buried for twenty three years.