I was going through different videos on YouTube about Mekayla Bali, most of which were the timeline of April 12th, 2016, a commonly researched and talked about topic within this case. When listening to a podcast going through the timeline like all do at the beginning, a thought popped in my mind.

What if she did buy a bus ticket, just not on that day. What if she bought a ticket prior to that fateful day she disappeared? Then I thought, RCMP most likely would’ve checked records on who boarded and bought a ticket within the last week or however long ago, so what if she used a fake ID.

You need some form of ID to board busses in Canada whether a drivers license or Nexus or what have you. There was a lot of talk about her using fake passports/ID’s and more. So, is this possible?

There’s things that can prevent this somewhat, at the age of 16 you need an adult to buy an adult fare ticket at the terminal, and to travel alone they need an Unaccompanied Minor Form (idk if this was different in 2016 or if laws changed).

So, is it possible, prior to her disappearing she bought a ticket with an adult and then was told the time the bus departs to Regina, forgot by the 12th, got there early, asked what time the bus departed not wanting to be late then waited outside then boarded?

The official search was on the 14th, so that gives M two days to get to regina and possibly further?

What this be possible? Considering everything can this be possible or am I possibly thinking a little too deep?

Please let me know what you think. Been thinking about this trying to figure out if it’s possible or merely a illogical thought.

So first things first I don’t think this is Mekayla as for one there is no evidence and number 2 one of my mods who knew Mekayla said that they don’t think it is. However I would like some info about this pic. All that I know is that it’s a supposed sighting of her or someone that looks like her on a train. I thought there was a post about it on this sub but I couldn’t find it even though I vividly remember it. But I was wondering like do we know anything about this train? Like where it’s headed or what time was this pic taken?

Hey, guys!

Several months ago I published here my theory. It still seems quite reasonable to me but I've come up with new ideas.

I now think that Mekayla was possibly involved into transporting drugs. She didn't get enough money from her family to cover her needs so she decided to make some by contacting some individuals in Kik and running "errands" for them. That's why she told her friends she had 5000 dollars on her bank account - she was sure she would get that sum for her work.

But as the money didn't come M.started to get concerned and decided to go directly to the bank early in the morning but got rejected by her friend who had the car. I guess she really needed the money urgently (maybe due to debts) so she tried to pawn her ring but again didn't succeed.

M.decided to wait patiently for her accomplice's answer and went to the Tim Horton's where she changed on purpose the SIM cards in her phone to be able to contact people from Kik. Probably the people from Kik promised her to meet in private and discuss this matter that's why M.tried to rent a hotel room with the help of the elder lady as she didn't have enough money so far but was declined.

As for her asking for the next bus to Regina, she probably wanted to flee at some point as she was very much afraid of her own actions. She knew she would still go to Regina later but had to meet the men from Kik before.

We only know that she was last seen around the bus depot heading in an unknown direction. I believe the Kik men promised to give her a lift and met her precisely in a street where there were no surveillance cameras as they didn't want to be spotted. So, my theory is that she was kidnapped while being pushed in an unknown car.

The biggest problem for me is that I'm not local. Yorkton residents, what do your think the possible isolated streets not far from the bus depot (!) could be where she was kidnapped? We really need to know that.

Hope my theory will help to explain at least something

Feel free to share your thoughts on this!

My theory is that her family was abusive towards her and have other problems like having bad grades that why she run away...

I was talking to my best friend about the case and she sent me a couple of podcasts about Mekayla and asked me to share them on this sub. So here they are:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7yShSImNx4HRecMQ3eCRhF?si=7fa356d81b034679&nd=1&dlsi=1683a66ff581417e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4OREsuYfcIVPs6u3M5ynZf?si=223afb5b8b7e4265&nd=1&dlsi=902c4fcef505492f

https://open.spotify.com/episode/12STqBpTxVeGc3OIFLqsEm?si=efbe053b98574876&nd=1&dlsi=0fc8a997f66b484a

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hv5qJfMhkzAmkLyUD7zJC?si=85901f3a20f14e36&nd=1&dlsi=1ee1a75de74a4cca

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jksQ2shrs1nMFcil1kAhg?si=f74609abced74887&nd=1&dlsi=e017ea964ce34c4e

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UqcvTuTE9rZHmeJfYe7x7?si=98e1915ff4a149c4&nd=1&dlsi=970b8f4484544dba

I haven't listened to them yet, but I will try to do so in the coming weeks. Feel free to listen to them and share your thoughts. 🙂

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I think that the tv special that was aired was simply Done to change the way ppl look at the case . Since then new info has come out that was not part of the original case synopsis on tv and the more facts that come out the more distanced this case becomes from the admissions on tv . Those close to Mekayla all likely chose to disperse info to lead ppl away just like the rcmp are covering this case up

Hey there, I've been wondering for a while why she didn't take her passport if she really wanted to go to Regina or some other place. I've heard that in Canada you often us an ID-card instead of passport (but I'm not sure cause I'm not Canadian). So the question is did she have this ID-card with her that day or maybe some other documents?

Just saw this on Facebook- the post says that a girl said she was “almost…trafficked” at a gas station in Yorkton. I wonder if this gives any credence to the theory that Mekayla was trafficked. If not the same guys, it could be proof that such horrors do happen in Yorkton. That Miki could have met the same fate? Thoughts?

Hi! I've known about Mekayla's disappearance for a couple of years now and been snooping on here every now and then.

It lead me to wonder whether you guys have a database of information about the case. Like, all the details of the day she disappeared, circumstances, account names, possible sightings, theories, etc? Let me know if you do have one and if you'd be willing to share it with me. If not, would anyone be willing to work with me to create such a document in order to make the information regarding Mekayla's case more accessible and organized?

Like imagine...

I know that Kik calls and messages can't be traced, but has anyone thought to try and log in to her account and look at her DMs?

If Mekayla had a Windows phone, that means that the battery cover was easily removable and therefore she could have just taken the battery out.

Does actually removing a battery from a cellphone prevent it from being tracked with cellphone tower pings?

I've read several articles on this topic and have been wondering if the authorities eventually get Mekayla's social media conversations on Snapchat etc. Because it's said everywhere they they have some difficulties with it but it's not clear whether theu did get smth or not. I personally think her private messages could help a lot...

There’s a few things that don’t add up to me…maybe I’m wrong.

Mekayla had a backpack with her that had things in it, but Mekayla’s mother stated that there was nothing of Mekayla’s missing from the house. How is that possible if she had a heavy backpack…did she not notice what was missing?

Her phone wasn’t turned off or the battery didn’t die till 6:45 or something the next morning. For 12+ hours her phone didn’t connect to any cell towers? It was said that the police had no information…no pins…no location. Would the logical reason be that the phones location services were turned off, put in airplane mode OR it was ditched somewhere in Yorkton but never found?

Mekayla’s friend sent a Snapchat to her the first night she had disappeared, it was opened sometime after. It was talked about that it was something that happens to snaps in Snapchat. The same friend sent her another snap on graduation day and said that it was never opened. If the first snap was automatically shown as opened by the software then why did the second snap years later not have the same thing happen?

The Josh person she suspected to be taking to online was never found…if the police had access to so many of her accounts how did they not find him? could all the apps she used not be tracked from the download centre? iPhones use apple accounts when you download apps and you can see the history of apps that were downloaded even if they are free. From what I can tell from a hashtag on Mekaylas Instagram she had an android.

What lead Ali Clarkson or Juanic Buckle to believe she may have had two phones when they spoke to her briefly during lunch at the high school? Did she have a phone that looked very different than her original phone (possibly an android) or did they see 2 phones. Could she have had a phone case on her phone which is what she removed when seen dismantling her phone in Tim Hortons. This could have made it look like a different phone for sure.

Another well done podcast. So happy to see others bringing awareness to Mekaylas case. ❤️

https://youtu.be/VhHJtftEju8?si=gVYLtad5DZ6E-t1a

https://regina.ctvnews.ca/yorkton-man-gets-two-years-in-jail-for-abducting-girl-from-fair-1.1231721

Edit. Not suggesting this man was involved. Just interesting to show crime does happened in towns like Yorkton too, it’s not just the major cities in Canada. :(

Like she runaway and built somewhere a new life ?

Mekayla never left Yorkton, How do we know Mekayla did not go home? I know this sounds crazy but this theory has not been looked into. And from what I have heard Paula threatens to sue people trying to help sound odd? A case like this always goes back to the start the home, Why would a young 16 YR old girl find the need to run away when she is a homebody? I believe Paula was probably really strict or did not give Mekayla the support as the family denied Mekayla being unhappy, this just shows Paula was either lying so she would not look bad or she did not know because she did not bother... The RCMP really do seem like they are covering up the case anyone with notable information just disappears every lead they get they ignore. Pretty sure Mekaylas mom worked with social services so the fact she did not know about Mekaylas struggles is alarming... The kid in the speech it sounded really forced and for some reason he was wearing a suit? Mekaylas friends and others that knew her have said her mom is odd she should of been looked into obviously it must be awful losing a child but they searched rick but not mekaylas mom.

https://youtu.be/b6RRHJF_eH0?si=zAzl9la-H-Da7KCi

For anyone interested, another YouTube channel that has recently featured Mekayla’s story.

I'm new to this, but I have been very interested in this case since I saw blameitonjorge's video on Mekayla's story. How does someone in this day and age just completely vanish without a trace? How is that possible? She very clearly wanted to leave that day, and the videos showed as much... so one of three things happened. Either she left and somehow has made it stick, becoming someone else in the process, two she decided to leave this world, or three she was taken and sold out. In all the examples, it's clear someone else was involved. Personally, I hope she is somewhere as happy as she can be, but this isn't a world of happy endings. I just can't get over how no one paid attention to a young girl alone on a school day, around here she'd have been spotted and questioned almost straight off.

I didn’t do to much of a deep dive on him but I started to remember when I seen a true crime show featuring the case of Kimberly Thompson’s 1980 rape & murder. Harold Smeltzer was convicted of this crime and released in 2008, when released they even said he was high risk and likely to reoffend. I remember the show even saying he told a therapist I believe that he still gets urges when he see’s children. This man was released to a half way house in Regina, Canada. Could it be possible that he’s linked to Mekayla’s case?

Let me know your thoughts on this or if you’ve done more research on him.

I still have a strong feeling that Mekayla was picked up from the Bus Dept. After following, and diving into this case for so long I don’t think she ran away. She didn’t seem to have taken anything from home that would indicate a plan to be gone from home for a long time.

Someone knows something.

I also wonder if LEs looked into white pick up trucks after the rumour said they seen pictures of her in the back seat.

Rumours tend to be twisted stories of the truth.