Mekayla Bali: The Disappearance That Has Baffled Investigators | blameitonjorge

[Music] on April 12th 2016 16-year-old Michaela Bali vanished from the face of the Earth her friends lastar at Sacred Heart High School in Yorktown cachua where she said she would be going on a vacation to Regina while this may seem to be a straightforward case on the surface the circumstances surrounding her disappearance continue to baffle investigators this day on Twitter the Michaela Bali family still posts regularly hoping that their daughter will one day appear despite the many tips and a full police investigation nobody knows what happened to Michaela [Music] Bali Milla was a pretty normal girl she was a big fan of The Hunger Games and fantasy video games like League of Legends her Hobbies also included playing the violin and photography Michaela was raised by single parents according to her mother she was quiet sweet shy and a voracious reader although not very adventurous or outgoing despite being a quiet girl she was popular in her community her friends described her as a good listener bal's friends say she didn't smoke although she frequented the smoke pit doors a rear entrance of the school where the smokers often hung out she wasn't into drugs either although there was an occasion where she showed her friends some pills and claimed that they were opio oxy Coden police investigations later discovered that the pills were actually Accutane a medication Baldi had been using to treat acne we don't have any evidence to suggest that drugs were a factor in this police said at the time of her disappearance Michaela was single earlier that year she had dated an old boyfriend and they remained friends after the breakup her friend Shelby claims that she also connected with a few people online at least four but that the communications were usually shortlived however on the day of her disappearance it's widely suspected that she was in contact with someone the only issue is that she used anonymous apps to communicate with people online meaning that the police could not Trace any of the calls she made or the text that she sent on that faithful day as a consequence they have to rely on the people she contacted to provide the [Music] details the time leading up to April 12th the day of Michaela's disappearance includes some interesting events to point out a few months prior in February Michaela received a bouquet of roses at school she never told anyone who sent them one of her friends Hannah claims that it was odd that the flowers came in a plain cardboard box apparently the flower delivery had been from an online order unfortunately despite identifying the sender police never revealed that information to the public fol frequently talked about moving to a bigger city and mentioned specific places like Saskatoon and Regina the day prior on April 11th she talked about leaving town to go on a vacation her friends didn't take her seriously at the time later that day according to her teacher she seemed upset during class after class she texted her friend oxa asking if she could take her to the bank the next day and that it was important Bali later called customer service at TD Bank three times checked her balance and transferred $25 in the evening she contacted an ex-boyfriend Shelby and another friend named Amy Amy later police that Bali mentioned a man named Christopher who would be coming to satuan meter we now know that they never met in satuan however police did end up eventually investigating Christopher the investigations by the Royal Canadian mountain police or the RCMP regarding Michaela bali's disappearance have been quite thorough the RCMP recovered footage of Michaela's movements the day she disappeared where where they last saw her at the STC bus depot in Yorktown at 1:45 p. m. they have interviewed anyone close to Michaela and even investigated her bank activity phone records and social media but to no avail one of the greatest setbacks in this investigation is the method Michaela used to communicate with people online much of the time it was through social media like Snapchat or Instagram for police to obtain records of social media interactions they must go through tedious legal processes that take many months however Bali also used an app called Kick which has some dark history police claim that the app has been used by kidnappers to groom young women due to the nature of the app where people can talk to each other without any filters or approval systems like friend requests before we go into any further details it'd be a good idea to look at a timeline of events during that day fortunately the missing children Society of Canada and CBC News have provided a thorough overview of bali's day before her disappearance according to CBC News bali's movements were described as erratic she walked to various stores around town appeared to be looking for someone and tried to get money all while claiming that it was for a vacation to Regina so let's go over what happened here's a bullet list of the timeline of bali's movements from that day this information was taken directly from the missing children's Society of Canada websites at 6:41 a.

m. Bali texted her friend oxa again asking if she could take Bali to the bank apparently she had been claiming that she had $5,000 police said bank statements showed that Bali had nowhere near that amount Oxo responded that the bank wouldn't be open until 8:00 in the morning and didn't take her Michaela's grandmother said she dropped Michaela off at school at around 8:20 a. m.

police verified Wi-Fi records that showed bal's phone connected to the school network at around 8:08 a. m. by 8:26 she had left the school through a back entrance shortly thereafter Michaela's movements were captured by a surveillance camera at the super CA convenience store where she was seen walking along the railroad road tracks around 8:51 a.

m. Michaela arrived at the local TD Bank camera footage shows her talking on the phone as she waits for the doors to open at 8:55 a. m.

when a worker opens the shutters she ends the call and approaches the teller to withdraw $55 it's important to note with Tellis data from cell phone towers police are able to see the sending and receiving party of calls and messages but the phone company does not retain the actual message what's weird is that the phone call Michaela made in front of the bank didn't register at all in fact none of the calls she made that day were registered police had to wait 10 months to access her social media accounts through their proper legal channels but we're not sure if they ever got a hold of her messages on the kick app after the bank Michaela headed east towards Terry's pawn and bargain arriving at 9:00 a. m. police spoke to the owner Terry hen who claimed she tried to pawn a silver ring apparently the value of the Ring was too low hen said that she didn't seem bothered and that she simply left the store and headed south about 15 minutes later surveillance footage captured Michaela at of combined Tim horens and Wendy's it was at this location where some strange things happened she bought a drink and sat in a booth with her backpack next to her during the investigation one of Michaela's friends had told police that Michaela usually carried a purse to school not a backpack this is a clear indication that she left her home that day with the intent to leave Yorkton in the footage Michaela can be seen turning every now and then looking at the entrance at 9:23 a.

m. Michaela leaves the restaurant through one of its two exits [Music] then returns to leave through the other [Music] exit she enters Tim hn/ Wendy's at 949 a. m.

while talking on her cell phone another call that police weren't able to trace and their invest tigation this time around she sat at a booth facing the door after ending her call she waited s messages browsed her phone and intermittently checked through the window at 102 a. m. she texted her friend Shelby hey I need help over the next 30 minutes Michaela is on and off her phone during which time she texted Shelby again saying never mind I figured it out in the same time frame she left the restaurant again only to immediately return and sit in the same booth at 10:39 a.

m. footage shows her looking around during a call 4 minutes later she gets off the phone and approaches an older lady sitting at a nearby table the police later discovered that Michaela had asked the lady for help with renting a hotel room in fact one of the key pieces to solving this mystery is understanding why Michaela was asking the lady for help unfortunately the lady claimed she didn't know the reason whether Michaela needed the money for the room or just an adult to make the transaction the lady refused she didn't know where Michaela wanted to rent the room either after asking the lady for help Michaela returns to her Booth makes another call and leaves the restaurant while talking on the phone there is a gap of time where Michaela's whereabouts are [Music] Unknown about an hour later Michaela sent Shelby a text I'll see you at lunch at 11:59 a. m.

Michaela had returned to Sacred Heart High School where she met with two students Ali Clarkson and janic buckle she told them that she was going to take a bus for vacation to Regina police investigation reveals that she may have been carrying two phones at the time less than 5 minutes after meeting the two students Michaela leaves the school [Music] Michaela went to a bus depot after leaving Sacred Heart High School where an employee remembered seeing her around noon the employee said Michaela wanted to know what time the bus was leaving she was told 5:00 p. m. and then decided to not buy a ticket she was then spotted at a nearby restaurant called Trail shop where she purchased a meal unfortunately there are not many cameras in this area and her movements Beyond this point are unknown nearly 4 hours later at 3:40 p.

m. Michaela's grandmother was waiting to pick her up from school 20 minutes later Michaela misses her violin rehearsal roughly another 4 hours later Michaela is officially reported missing by 7:00 a. m.