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Apr 2025
38m 27s

Teen’s Strange Behavior Before Disappear...

Breanna Heim
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On April 12, 2016, 16-year-old Mekayla Bali vanished without a trace from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. What began as a seemingly ordinary day quickly turned into a baffling mystery that has haunted her family, friends, and investigators for years. Surveillance footage captured Mekayla at various locations around town, but what happened after she left a local bus depot remains unknown.


In this weeks episode of Hot On The Case we dive into the timeline of Mekayla’s last known movements, explore the theories surrounding her disappearance, and examine the ongoing efforts to find her. Was she running away? Was she meeting someone? Or did something more sinister happen?


If you have any information about Mekayla Bali’s whereabouts, please contact crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) from anywhere in North America or online at 222Tips.com


#TrueCrime #Unsolved #MekaylaBali

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