Mekayla Bali: The Disappearance That Has Baffled Investigators | blameitonjorge

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What we learned from all of this, if a friend ever Ever EVER texts and says “I need help” and minutes later says “never mind I figured it out” ASK what was wrong, ask what she figured out, be nubby, be noisy, ASK.

My opinion: she was depressed and turned to the internet/online chats to find help and friendship. She was groomed by someone online and was tricked into human trafficking.

I’m a victim of grooming so I’m pretty sure this is what happened to her. The reason that none of her calls were able to be traced is because she likely called the person through Snapchat or something like that. Groomers love to use those apps because the messages disappear after a certain time frame and nothing is traceable. Kik is also commonly used because it’s mostly anonymous. I’m pretty sure whoever was on the phone with her convinced her to come live with him or visit (yes, groomers often do this) because she was naive, shy, had low self esteem, and was likely depressed. The groomer used this to his advantage and manipulated her. There’s also a high chance that foul play was involved. Such a sad case.

The pattern of her walking in the restaurant definitely suggests that she was being instructed

Going outside and coming right back in suggests she was checking for someone who was supposed to show up for her.

I'm curious why the school didn't call her mother when she didn't show up to any of her classes?? My school immediately calls parents when kids aren't in class

There was just a recent case somewhat similar in Alberta with a 13yr old girl from Edmonton. She was missing for a week before they just found her yesterday (July 2,2022) across the boarder in Oregon. Fortunately she was found , however the man who took her was a 41 year from Oregon. It seems a lot of planning went into this case as well. I'm happy she is found. Not many of these cases end like that. 41 yr old Noah madrano is being charged with ORS.163.225 - KIDNAPPING II -NO BAIL ORS.163.427 - SEXUAL ABUSE I -NO BAIL ORS.163.365 - RAPE II -NO BAIL That case reminded me of this one and this one continues to break my heart. I hope the family gets answers.

It seems appalling to me that it takes 10 months to legally get access to the social media accounts of a missing teen!

It’s pretty obvious to me that she’s using the restaurant WiFi to make audio calls through an app. That would explain why the phone company has no records.

Imagine she just wanted to escape her life... and she successfully did it and she’s looking at this video like..... got em good

My theory: She was talking to a guy and got groomed for human trafficking or she might be in someone’s basement at the moment. The trafficker convinced her he was a good guy and that they would just go on vacation for “a while” to the city – hence she talked about going to the bigger cities –. Last minute (on the day of her disappearance) the guy comes up with an excuse that he is late and that she might even have to take the bus, he advises her to get money at the bank for a bus ticket and some food, knowing she probably wouldn’t ask a friend since he/she would be in school by then. This is where the ‘observing stage’ begins. The guy (or a team) observe Mekayla to make sure she is alone and not followed by anyone. Then another easy excuse that she has to wait at Horton’s and he’ll be there soon. That’s why she still looks at the door in case he comes in. (Notice how she leaves through the backdoor again, I’m almost sure she was instructed to do so, just like at school.) He then keeps her waiting while he (or his team) observe her and look at her behavior. Once satisfied that she is alone and obeyed his earlier instructions, the middle stage begins. The guy (or team) get into position to double check that she is alone by taking control of her actions and telling her what to do: 1) go to school and make sure some friends know she’s going on vacation (Mekayla still thinks she is at this stage), 2) with another excuse like: oh there’s traffic it’ll take a while before I get there, he tells her to go to the bus station to check when the next bus will leave for her destination, which he already knows is 5pm. 3) third instruction: go eat something. His observer(s) have visually confirmed that she is alone. His instructions add security because no cop or federal agent would just let the bait walk around to the criminal’s instructions, that’s far too dangerous. Knowing his grooming worked, he sends her a final instruction to go somewhere (with no cameras). He picks her up…

She was obviously really comfortable asking strangers for help/money/hotel rooms. All she had to do was ask the wrong psychopath.

Unfortunately this seems like a textbook case of grooming.

Bruh as soon as I saw Kik my first thought was ‘she was groomed’.

Watching this video is so eery. I loved this guy’s channel and just happened upon this video today. This case is from my hometown. He did pronounce the locations incorrectly but that’s alright. I went to that school, and every year on the day she disappeared the school does a special prayer for her safe return. Her missing poster hangs on the school board. Our town along with her family holds vigils for her. She has a massive reward for information or her return. I heard rumours from a friend that she ran away on a bus but it is said she never bought a ticket. Definitely an interesting and depressing case. To this day it chills me. Yorkton has little criminal activity, especially missing cases as big as this. This shook us all. This video is done beautifully. Thank you.

The fact that it takes months for investigators to get social media records for missing person cases, where every day could mean the difference between life and death, is just wild.

Never trust anyone that ask you to download kik.

The way it sounds, when she figured she couldn't get a ticket or her contacts fell through, she may have attempted to hitchhike and that's where things went south.

My opinion is: unbeknownst to her, she met a groomer online, ran away to meet up with him, and he either killed her or trafficked her. It's so sad.