Right now I can't find the boy's Doe Network page, but here is the girl's:
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/66uffl.html
The Doe Network:
Case File 66UFFL
Colour photo here:
Unidentified Female Last seen on June 15, 1989 in Port St. Joe, Gulf County, Florida.
Vital Statistics
* Estimated age: 15 - 16 years old
* Approximate Height and Weight: 5'0"
* Distinguishing Characteristics: Brown hair and blue eyes.
Case History
On June 15, 1989, a Polaroid photo of this girl bound and gagged was found in a Port St. Joe, FL convenience store parking lot by a customer. The photo also showed an unidentified boy, also bound. The photo was found where a white, late 1980's Toyota cargo van with no windows had previously been parked. This unidentified teenage girl was also seen on the beach in Port St. Joe, Florida on June 15, 1989. She was accompanied by several older caucasian males, who appeared to be ordering the girl along the beachfront. It is not known if this girl was being held against her will by these individuals or if the incident was staged. Investigators are still trying to ascertain the girl's identity, which would allow them to close the case or investigate further.
A tattered copy of "My Sweet Audrina" by V.C. Andrews, a lastic cup and a squirt gun are also visible in the photo. Polaroid officials say the picture was taken with film not available until May 1989. Two other photos have surfaced over the years. The first was found near a residential construction site in Montecito, California. The haunting Polaroid, taken on film not available until June 1989, shows the blurry image of a girl's face, her mouth again covered with tape, her hairline exhibiting that same cowlick at the right temple. Behind her is light-blue striped fabric similar to that on the pillow in the Toyota van photo. Another Polaroid, this one taken on film not available until February 1990, shows a woman loosely bound in gauze, her eyes covered with more gauze and large black-framed glasses. A man is sitting next to her on a passenger seat of an Amtrak train.
There have been speculations that the girl in this case file is Tara Calico who disappeared from New Mexico in 1988.
Investigators
If you have any information concerning this girl's identity, please contact:
Port St. Joe Police Department
850-229-8265
You may remain anonymous when submitting information to any agency.
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From http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/mpccn/calico.html
"A copy of the V. C. Andrews novel My Sweet Audrina, a plastic cup, and a squirt gun are also visible in the photo. There is apparently a phone number written on the spine of the book, but some of the digits are unreadable. Experts say it could be 300 possible numbers, 57 of which are valid."
"The Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) examined the photo and cannot determine whether the girl is Calico or the boy Henley, but experts at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Arizona believes the girl is Calico. The girl has a similar hairline and ear to Calico's, and a mark on her calf similar to a scar Calico got in a car crash."
Bumping post with all the details and pic.
I don't think it's someone messing around at all. The kids look tired, the girl has unkept hair, the bed is messy. They both look a little sweaty or like it's humid in there. I think if they were messing around there would at least be a glint in their eye. A hidden smile...something. The boy looks distressed in his brow.
I still don't Know if this is a sex trafficking thing, but it's not innocent.
Same nose, same eyes, same hair
They are probably brother and sister
I think they were just messing around.
But wasn't this pic widely publicized back then. If they were just fooling around, wouldn't they or their parents come forward? This is the reason that I always lean towards this pic being real!
Given the fact that the girl was wearing a shirt that supposedly had Disney characters on it that could give all the more credense to it being a group of tourists on vacation.
Thanks. I'm wondering if the Egghead shirt could be any type of clue? Egghead was a computer software company and that would have been something fairly unique for the '80's. Chances are that girl would have been associated with someone who had connections with Egghead in order to get that shirt. And if that person worked with computer software they likely would have been privy to the upcoming internet boom. Wondering if the group of people were just setting up bondage type scenes to compile photos up to get subscribers to view them once the internet took off? Even though the two kids in that photo were underage it still wouldn't be against the law to take a photo like that since no nudity was in it would it?
This makes me wonder: could the boy and girl have been lured, raped, and photographed, before being released, and they were too afraid to come forward?
Nah. Egghead Software was very big in the '80s after the home PC market took off. McDonald's big. They sold more Microsoft products than anyone else. My Windows 3.1 copy was purchased there. My father used to take me to Egghead Software frequently. I even had a few Egghead Software shirts as a kid. I think I bought it from there or was given, I don't remember. I think my father still has his Egghead Software coffee mug. I recall a story about a coupon ad for a new Egghead Software retail store that you got a free floppy disk for showing up. They advertised so much and it paid off. IIRC their retail business crumbled when the internet became a thing.Thanks. I'm wondering if the Egghead shirt could be any type of clue? Egghead was a computer software company and that would have been something fairly unique for the '80's. Chances are that girl would have been associated with someone who had connections with Egghead in order to get that shirt. And if that person worked with computer software they likely would have been privy to the upcoming internet boom. Wondering if the group of people were just setting up bondage type scenes to compile photos up to get subscribers to view them once the internet took off? Even though the two kids in that photo were underage it still wouldn't be against the law to take a photo like that since no nudity was in it would it?
Nah. Egghead Software was very big in the '80s after the home PC market took off. McDonald's big. They sold more Microsoft products than anyone else. My Windows 3.1 copy was purchased there. My father used to take me to Egghead Software frequently. I even had a few Egghead Software shirts as a kid. I think I bought it from there or was given, I don't remember. I think my father still has his Egghead Software coffee mug. I recall a story about a coupon ad for a new Egghead Software retail store that you got a free floppy disk for showing up. They advertised so much and it paid off. IIRC their retail business crumbled when the internet became a thing.