Kwakuyimini enhle enelanga eBelen, eNew Mexico ngoSepthemba 20, 1988; UTara Calico oneminyaka engu-19 uthathe isinqumo sokuhamba ngebhayisikili nsuku zonke ngabo-9: 30 ekuseni ngalolo suku. Imvamisa uTara wayegibela nonina, uPatty Doel. Kodwa-ke, uDoel wayeka ukugibela noCalico njengoba ezwa ukuthi ubanjwe ngumshayeli.
UDoel welule indodakazi yakhe ukuthi icabange ngokuthwala imaceba, okuyigama lomkhiqizo lohlobo lokuqala lwe-aerosol yokuzivikela eyasungulwa ngu-Alan Lee Litman ngawo-1960, kepha uTara wawunqaba lowombono.
Ukunyamalala kukaTara Calico
UTara Calico ugibele ibhayisikili likanina elibomvana elibomvu iHuffy futhi wagibela umzila wakhe ojwayelekile kuNew Mexico State Road 47. UTara ulethe kuphela uSony Walkman, amahedfoni, neteyipu yekhasethi yaseBoston.
Ngaphambi kokuhamba, uTara utshele umama wakhe ukuthi amlande uma engekho ekhaya emini ngoba unezinhlelo zokudlala ithenisi nesoka lakhe ngo-12: 30. UDoel wavuma futhi ngokungazi wavalelisa okokugcina endodakazini yakhe.
Lapho uTara engabuyi ekhaya ngo-12: 00 ntambama, uDoel waphuma wayomfuna, eshayela indlela ejwayelekile kaTara. Ngemuva kokushayela emuva naphambili kabili, wabona ukuthi akukho phawu lukaTara. Lapho ebuyela ekhaya, futhi uTara wayengekho, uDoel wabiza uMnyango Wezikhulu ZaseValencia County wenza umbiko womuntu olahlekile.
Amaphoyisa athole izingcezu ze-Walkman kaTara Calico, kanye neteyipu yekhasethi, ezazisakazeke eceleni komgwaqo ngokuhamba kosuku. Kodwa uTara nebhayisikili lakhe babengatholakali ndawo. Kwaphela amasonto, abaphenyi befuna indawo. Amaphoyisa endawo nawesifundazwe, kanye namakhulu amavolontiya, angene kule ndawo ngezinyawo, ngamahhashi, ngamasondo amane, nangezindiza. Ubaba wakhe ongamzali, uJohn Doel, ukhumbula ukuthi izimpawu zebhayisikili zazifana nezikhafu, mhlawumbe okukhombisa ukuthi kwakunzima.
Ofakazi bokulahleka kukaTara Calico
Ngaphandle kokuthi akekho noyedwa owazibonela ukuthunjwa, abantu abayisikhombisa kamuva babika ukuthi babona uTara Calico egibela ebheke ekhaya lakhe ngabo-11: 45 ekuseni. Kuthiwa wayegqoke ama-headphone, kanti ofakazi abaningi babona imodeli endala, emhlophe noma ekhanyayo iveni elandela ngemuva kwakhe. Kukholakala ukuthi iloli belidonsa isikebhe. Yilaba kuphela abaphenyi bolwazi ababenalo ezinyangeni eziyi-9 zokuqala ngemuva kokuduka kukaTara Calico kuze kutholakale isithombe esithandekayo endaweni yokupaka esitolo saseFlorida.
Isithombe esingaqondakali sePolaroid
NgoJuni 15, 1989, ngenkathi owesifazane wasePort St. Joe, eFlorida, ethatha umgwaqo u-98 endaweni yokupaka i-Junior Food Store, wabona isithombe se-polaroid esibekwe ku-asphalt sibheke phansi. Isithombe asibonile ngenkathi ethatha i-polaroid besabeka.
Lesi sithombe sikhombisa owesifazane osemncane nomfana beboshwe ngemuva emicamelweni eminingi namashidi. Ukuma kwabo kukhombisa ukuthi izihlakala zabo ziboshwe ngemuva kwabo, ngeteyipu yomgudu emboze imilomo yabo. Zombili zinobuso obushubile ebusweni njengoba zibuka ngqo kukhamera. Ziminyene esikhaleni esincane esikhanyisiwe. Kubonakala sengathi ngemuva komthwebuli wezithombe kungukuphela komthombo wokukhanya. Lesi sithombe kungenzeka sithathwe ngemuva kweveni engenafasitela umnyango waso ohlangothini uvulekile.
Kubizwe amaphoyisa ngaso leso sikhathi, lo wesifazane wabatshela ukuthi ngesikhathi engena esitolo, iveni yezimpahla zakwaToyota engenafasitela ibipakiwe lapho. Uchaze umshayeli weveni njengomuntu oseminyakeni eko-30 enamadevu. Amaphoyisa avimbe umgwaqo, kodwa imoto ayitholakalanga. Izikhulu zasePolaroid zikuqinisekisile ukuthi lesi sithombe bekufanele sithathwe ngemuva kukaMeyi 1989 ngoba uhlobo lwefilimu esetshenzisiwe belusanda kutholakala.
Ngenyanga elandelayo, isithombe sasakazwa ohlelweni "Indaba yamanje." Abangani abebebukele lo mdlalo baxhumane nabakwaDoels ngemuva kokubona ukufana phakathi kukaTara Calico nentombazane esesithombeni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, uMichael Henley, umfana oneminyaka engu-9 owanyamalala eNew Mexico ngoMeyi 1988, wayenezihlobo ezazibuka lesi siqephu futhi wezwa ukuthi umfana wayefana noMichael wabo.
Ukuhlaziywa kwesithombe sePolaroid
AbakwaDoels nabakwaHenleys bahlala phansi nabaphenyi ukuze badlulise isithombe. Bobabili uPatty Doel nonina kaHenley bagomela ukuthi lesi sithombe ngesezingane zabo. UTara wabelana ngesibazi sowesifazane emlenzeni wakhe. EPolaroid, uPatty uphinde waveza ikhophi ebonakalayo yencwadi ayithandayo kaTara, “I-Audrina Yami Emnandi” ngu-VC Andrews.
IScotland Yard ihlaziye lesi sithombe futhi yaphetha ngokuthi lo wesifazane kwakunguTara Calico, kodwa ukuhlaziywa kwesibili yiLos Alamos National Laboratory akuhambisani nombiko weScotland Yard. Ukuhlaziywa kwesithombe se-FBI bekungabonakali.
Amaphoyisa athole uMichael Henley
Ngo-1988, uMichael Henley waduka ngesikhathi ezingela i-turkey noyise cishe ngamakhilomitha angama-75 ukusuka lapho uTara Calico athunjwa khona. Abazali bakhe babenesiqiniseko sokuthi umfana osePolaroid wayeyindodana yabo, kepha manje lokhu sekuthathwa njengokungabaza okukhulu. NgoJuni 1990, izinsalela zikaMichael zatholwa eziNtabeni Zuni cishe amamayela ayi-7 ukusuka lapho anyamalala khona. Kuze kube namuhla, akekho umfana noma intombazane esithombeni esake sakhonjwa kahle.
Amanye ama-polaroid amabili avele eminyakeni edlule, ngokusho kwabanye, obekungaba ngeTara Calico. Esokuqala sitholwe eduze nendawo okwakhiwa kuyo. Kwakuyisithombe esifiphele sentombazane ebonakala inqunu ephethe itheyiphu emlonyeni wayo, indwangu emhlophe eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ngemuva kwakhe, efana nendwangu ebonwe kupolaroid yokuqala (yasekuqaleni). Nayo yathathwa kwifilimu ingatholakali kuze kube ngu-1989.
Isithombe sesibili ngesowesifazane owethukile oboshwe esitimeleni sase-Amtrak (mhlawumbe esishiyiwe), amehlo akhe embozwe nge-gauze kanye nezibuko ezinkulu ezimnyama eziboshiwe, umgibeli wesilisa emgcona esithombeni.
Umama kaTara ukholelwa ukuthi lo onendwangu enemigqa uyindodakazi yakhe kodwa wacabanga ukuthi omunye kungenzeka ukuthi ubengumuntu omubi. Udadewabo kaTara, uMichelle uthe,
“Bebefana ngendlela emangalisayo. Kepha mina, ngeke ngibaqhathe. Kodwa khumbula ukuthi umndeni wethu kuye kwadingeka ukuthi ukhombe ezinye izithombe eziningi futhi konke ngaphandle kwalezo bekuvinjelwe. ”
Iminyaka kamama yethemba nosizi
Ngemuva kokufika eFlorida nomyeni wakhe uJohn, uPatty Doel wabulawa yizinkinga ezivela kohlangothi oluningi ngo-2006. Kodwa-ke, wayehlale ecabanga ngendodakazi yakhe.
UPatty noJohn babegcinela indodakazi yabo igumbi lokulala, beletha izipho zakhe lapho ngokudlula ngoKhisimusi nangezinsuku zokuzalwa. Ngisho ngasekupheleni, uPatty "Wayebona intombazanyana ngebhayisikili bese ekhomba abhale phansi uTara," umngane wakhe wakudala uBillie Payne uyakhumbula. "UJohn wayethi kuye, Cha, akusiye uTara lowo."
Lokhu kusishiya sinemibuzo nanamuhla, ngabe kuzoba neminye imikhondo? Usaphila? Ngabe umndeni uzovalwa? Kusukela namhlanje, isigebengu (s) ngemuva kokunyamalala kweTara Calico, sisagcwele umkhuhlane imfihlakalo esabisayo.
Xhumana uma uneminye imininingwane
Uma uneminye imininingwane ngokunyamalala kukaTara Leigh Calico, sicela uxhumane noMnyango Wezikhulu ZaseValencia County ku-505-865-9604. Ungaxhumana futhi ne-Federal Bureau of Investigation eNew Mexico ku-505-224-2000; I-FBI imemezele umklomelo wama- $ 20,000 ngo-2019 ngolwazi oluthile mayelana nendawo iTara. I-FBI idedele izithombe zokuqhubeka kweminyaka kubonisa ukuthi uTara uzobukeka kanjani njengamanje.
