An FBI analysis of the photo was inconclusive. Scotland Yard analyzed the photo and concluded that the woman was Calico, but a second analysis by the Los Alamos National Laboratory disagreed. Andrews' My Sweet Audrina, said to be one of Calico's favorite books, can be seen lying next to the woman. She also noted that a scar on the woman's leg was identical to one Calico had received in a car accident. Doel said she was "convinced" it was her daughter after taking "time, growth and lack of makeup" into consideration.
Doel and Henley's parents both met with investigators and examined the Polaroid. Relatives of Michael Henley, also of New Mexico, who had disappeared in April 1988, saw the episode and said they believed he was the boy in the photo. The photo was broadcast on A Current Affair in July, and Doel was contacted by friends who had seen the show and thought the woman resembled Calico. According to Polaroid officials, the picture had to have been taken after May 1989 because the particular film used in the photograph was not available until then. She said that the van was being driven by a man with a mustache believed to be in his 30s police set up roadblocks to intercept the vehicle, but the man has never been identified. The woman who found the photo said that it was in a parking space where a white windowless Toyota cargo van had been parked when she arrived at the store. On June 15, 1989, a Polaroid photo of an unidentified young woman and a boy, both gagged and seemingly bound, was discovered in the parking lot of a convenience store in Port St. No one witnessed her presumed abduction, although several witnesses observed a light-colored pickup truck (possibly a 1953 Ford) with a camper shell following her. Several people saw Calico riding her bicycle, which has never been found. Doel believed that she might have dropped them in an attempt to mark her trail. Pieces of Calico's Sony Walkman and a cassette tape were discovered along the road. When her daughter did not return, Doel went searching for her along Tara's usual bike route but could not find her she then contacted the police. On the morning of Calico's disappearance, she had told Doel to come and get her if she was not home by noon, as she had plans to play tennis with her boyfriend at 12:30. She advised Tara to think about carrying mace, but Tara rejected the idea. However, Doel stopped riding with Calico after she felt she had been stalked by a motorist. She rode that route almost every morning and was sometimes accompanied by her mother, Patty Doel. On Tuesday, September 20, 1988, Calico left her home at about 9:30 am to go on her daily bike ride along New Mexico State Road 47.
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