The Saskatchewan RCMP and the Washington State Patrol have set up a collaborative project to find Mekayla Bali, who has been missing for six years.
More than six years after the disappearance of Mekayla Bali, the Saskatchewan RCMP is continuing their investigation, seeking the help of the Washington State Patrol, USA.
Mekayla Bali was 16 years old when she disappeared. The girl was last seen on April 12, 2016 in Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
On Wednesday, the two entities announced new Mekayla-branded Homeward Bound trucks in Blaine, Wash.
This cross-border collaboration involves placing photos of Mekayla on tractor-trailers traveling across North America in hopes of generating leads to help locate her.
The Homeward Bound program is a collaboration between the Kam-Way Transportation Company and the Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit of the Washington State Patrol.
Washington State Patrol Chief John R. Batiste hopes this information and awareness campaign will help in the search for Mekayla. Mekayla’s picture on the trucks can attract public attention and generate new tips or observations, he says.
Partnerships in missing persons cases occur regularly across state and Canadian borders, but this is not an automated process.Mr. Batiste said in a press release.
” It takes leadership, outreach and communication to do this. “
Some tracks, still no results
Searches have been conducted in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as in Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, since the girl went missing.
The RCMP received nearly 800 leads from around the world as part of this investigation, said Robert Head, a senior officer in the Saskatchewan RCMP’s Major Crimes Unit.
” All that is needed is an important piece of information to advance the investigation and bring Mekayla back to her family. “
Investigators followed these tips. Mekayla has not yet been found and is considered missing.said Mr. Head to a press release.
According to the RCMP, one of the goals of this campaign is to ensure that the names of missing persons are re-mentioned in the news or exposed to the public in the hope that someone with information or will see it leak.
The Homeward Bound program was started in 2005 by Trooper Renee Padgett.
The organization has already worked on the disappearance of 32 missing children and youth, three of whom have already been found.
Anyone with information about Mekayla’s disappearance is asked to call 1-800-843-5678.
Source: Radio-Canada
