The Disappearance of Mekayla Bali: Secrets, Sightings, and Silence
Crime Salad
BLACKCAT | Realm
4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Ashley and Ricky trace Mekayla’s final hours through security footage, phone records, and witness accounts that reveal a series of strange and unsettling moments. From cryptic texts and untraceable calls to online connections that may have lured her away, the timeline raises chilling questions about what really happened that day.
Was Mekayla planning to run away? Was she groomed by someone she met online? Or did she encounter something far more sinister?
Join us as we explore the key theories, police findings, and heartbreaking search led by her mother, Paula Bali, who continues to fight for answers nearly nine years later.
If You Have Any Information About the Disappearance of Mekayla Bali
Contact the F Division RCMP Historical Case Unit:
1-833-502-6861
1-639-625-4111
[email protected]
Reach Crime Stoppers (Anonymous Tips):
1-800-222-TIPS (8477)
Submit a tip online
Contact the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains:
[email protected]
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, CrimeSide listeners. I'm Ashley. |
| 0:08.0 | And I'm Ricky. |
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| 0:49.2 | All right, so let's get into it. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, we're telling a story that is filled with quiet, uneasy moments, unexplained behaviors, |
| 1:03.3 | and questions that have haunted everyone who's looked into this case involving a 16-year-old |
| 1:08.5 | girl named Michaela Bali, who vanished in broad daylight. |
| 1:12.9 | Anyone who studied the surveillance footage from that spring day in 2016, they can sense it. |
| 1:19.2 | Something about Michaela's movements feel off. Like she's hiding something or running away from |
| 1:24.9 | something. Her final hours on April 12th are frozen in time. |
| 1:29.6 | A breadcrumb trail of text, sightings, and transactions have puzzled investigators for nearly |
| 1:34.8 | a decade. And today, we're retracing those steps, examining the evidence and exploring the |
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