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Tara Calico Missing Person Case

Last seen in Belen, New Mexico on Sep 20, 1988

Victim Details

Dec 12, 2008

Nov 01, 2022

Tara

Calico

56

19

67 inches

115 lbs

120 lbs

White / Caucasian

Female

Sep 20, 1988

Belen

New Mexico

Valencia County

19790

Valencia County Sheriff's Office

Los Lunas

New Mexico

Valencia County

87031

Joseph Rowland

Sergeant

543 Luna Avenue, New Mexico

5058662400

County

Law Enforcement

20161005875

Valencia County Sheriff's Office

4297

Brown

Hazel

Hazel

No

06/23/2026


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Tara Calico, a 19-year-old University of New Mexico student, disappeared on September 20, 1988, while on her routine 36-mile bike ride near her home in Belen, New Mexico. She left her house around 9:30 a.m., riding her mother’s pink Huffy bike along Highway 47. Despite plans to return home by noon, she never arrived, prompting her mother, Patty Doel, to begin searching for her shortly after. Evidence later found along the route, including part of Tara's Walkman and a cassette tape, sugges ...
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Last Seen: Sep 20, 1988

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