Oct 5, 2026 · 17 min · 8 segments
🕵️♀️ 5 Solved True Crime Cases Dive into these gripping true crime stories where justice was served. From chilling mysteries to shocking revelations, each case is a testament to resilience and…
Mikayla Faye Byers was born on June 15th, 1993, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Michael Kevin Downs and Barbara Sue Harper.
She was described as a happy and bubbly individual who enjoyed music and loved to sing.
By the age of 30, Mikayla was living with her husband, Frank Byers, in McComb, Oklahoma, and was the adoptive mother to two kids and a stepmother to four young girls.
Unfortunately, Frank and Mikayla's marriage had deteriorated and, in 2023, divorce papers were filed.
While they moved into separate homes, those homes were located on the same 10-acre property.
Then, in the fall of 2023, she strangely disappeared.
At 7:00 AM on Saturday, September 16th, Frank called Mikayla's sister, Andrea Mev, hysterical and crying and screaming that Mikayla had gone on a date with a bald man in a white truck the day before and hadn't returned.
Andrea was initially concerned, thinking her sister had a good night out and would probably show up to her shift later at the family restaurant, but just to be sure, she tried calling herself, but received no answer.
She continued trying to reach Mikayla, and by noon she was worried, but by 1:00 PM she was really worried.
When she failed to show up at the family restaurant that afternoon, her mother, Barbara, immediately noticed.
That's when Frank called the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office and reported her missing.
My wife's been missing since late last night.
She left at 5:30-ish, roughly 5:40, and the last time that anyone has heard from her has been at 8:00 PM.
And your name? My name is Frank Byers, B-Y-E-R-S.
What's her name? Her name is Mikayla, uh, Byers.
Five days after she was last seen, on September 20th, 2023, Mikayla's cousin, Amber Davis, and a friend were conducting their own search for Mikayla when they stumbled on her body, hidden inside a drainage culvert that ran under Hamilton Road, near Prospect Road, and the property where Frank and Mikayla lived.
She'd been shot to death and wrapped in an old, water-logged piece of carpet.
When investigators searched the home, they discovered a pair of boots with blood on them inside his bedroom.
They also located a .22 caliber rifle and matching shell casings stamped with the letter F, which was later identified as the murder weapon.
Inside one of the bedrooms, officers found a bullet lodged in the wall with Mikayla's hair attached to it.
Blood was also found on the floor, on bed sheets, and among broken glass, clear signs that a violent struggle had taken place.
One of the most telling pieces of physical evidence came from a neighbor, who told police that Frank had borrowed the very piece of carpet Mikayla was later found wrapped in.
Investigators then uncovered surveillance footage from Walmart, showing Frank purchasing bleach, ammonia, and a mop on the same day he contacted Andrea and claimed Mikayla had failed to return from her date.
A forensic review of both Mikayla's phone and Frank's phone revealed that her SIM card had been removed and placed into another device.
Mikayla Faye Byers was born on June 15th, 1993, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Michael Kevin Downs and Barbara Sue Harper.
She was described as a happy and bubbly individual who enjoyed music and loved to sing.
By the age of 30, Mikayla was living with her husband, Frank Byers, in McComb, Oklahoma, and was the adoptive mother to two kids and a stepmother to four young girls.
Unfortunately, Frank and Mikayla's marriage had deteriorated and, in 2023, divorce papers were filed.
While they moved into separate homes, those homes were located on the same 10-acre property.
Then, in the fall of 2023, she strangely disappeared.
At 7:00 AM on Saturday, September 16th, Frank called Mikayla's sister, Andrea Mev, hysterical and crying and screaming that Mikayla had gone on a date with a bald man in a white truck the day before and hadn't returned.
Andrea was initially concerned, thinking her sister had a good night out and would probably show up to her shift later at the family restaurant, but just to be sure, she tried calling herself, but received no answer.
She continued trying to reach Mikayla, and by noon she was worried, but by 1:00 PM she was really worried.
When she failed to show up at the family restaurant that afternoon, her mother, Barbara, immediately noticed.
That's when Frank called the Pottawattamie County Sheriff's Office and reported her missing.
My wife's been missing since late last night.
She left at 5:30-ish, roughly 5:40, and the last time that anyone has heard from her has been at 8:00 PM.
And your name? My name is Frank Byers, B-Y-E-R-S.
What's her name? Her name is Mikayla, uh, Byers.
Five days after she was last seen, on September 20th, 2023, Mikayla's cousin, Amber Davis, and a friend were conducting their own search for Mikayla when they stumbled on her body, hidden inside a drainage culvert that ran under Hamilton Road, near Prospect Road, and the property where Frank and Mikayla lived.
She'd been shot to death and wrapped in an old, water-logged piece of carpet.
When investigators searched the home, they discovered a pair of boots with blood on them inside his bedroom.
They also located a .22 caliber rifle and matching shell casings stamped with the letter F, which was later identified as the murder weapon.
Inside one of the bedrooms, officers found a bullet lodged in the wall with Mikayla's hair attached to it.
Blood was also found on the floor, on bed sheets, and among broken glass, clear signs that a violent struggle had taken place.
One of the most telling pieces of physical evidence came from a neighbor, who told police that Frank had borrowed the very piece of carpet Mikayla was later found wrapped in.
Investigators then uncovered surveillance footage from Walmart, showing Frank purchasing bleach, ammonia, and a mop on the same day he contacted Andrea and claimed Mikayla had failed to return from her date.
A forensic review of both Mikayla's phone and Frank's phone revealed that her SIM card had been removed and placed into another device.
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