The haunting Polaroid 1989 , a woman pulled off the Route 98 Florida into the parking lot of a food store and found what appeared to be a polaroid photo lying face down on the asphalt . When the woman turned the polaroid over , the picture she saw was harrowing . A young woman and a younger boy lie on their backs on a rumpled pile of mismatched sheets and pillows . Both look directly at the camera with expressions of tense resignation . Their mouths are covered with duct tape , and their postures suggest that their wrists are bound behind them . The space they occupy is cramped and poorly lit . The only source of light seems to come from behind the photographer . The photo could well have been taken in the back of a windowless van with its side door pulled open . They still remain unidentified to this day .