Cold cases don’t fade.They linger — in evidence boxes, in family memories, and in the unanswered questions that echo for decades.

Across Canada, thousands of unsolved murders and unidentified remains sat untouched, waiting for something that didn’t exist yet:science powerful enough to reveal the truth.

Today, that science is here.

Investigative genetic genealogy — IGG — is rewriting the past.

This is Science Solves: Cracking Canada’s Cold Cases.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and come on a journey where we explore the breakthroughs, the heartbreak, and the humanity behind the cases that refused to be forgotten.

In February 2008, 24‑year‑old Marilyn Bergeron walked out of her parents’ home in Quebec City and vanished. Hours earlier, she’d been captured on surveillance looking over her shoulder, nervous, unsettled — and far from anywhere she should have been.

But the real mystery doesn’t start in Quebec City. It starts in Montreal.

What happened in Montreal?And how did it lead to her disappearance?

Join the Squad and listen to Crime Squad podcast as we explore one of Quebec’s most chilling unsolved mysteries.

Sixteen‑year‑old Mekayla Bali vanished in broad daylight from Yorkton, Saskatchewan on April 12th, 2016 — leaving behind one of Canada’s most haunting and perplexing missing‑person cases. Surveillance footage, phone records, and witness accounts capture her final known movements: a morning filled with strange detours, cryptic messages, and interactions that raised more questions than answers.

Nearly a decade later, the mystery remains unsolved. Was Mekayla trying to meet someone? Was she lured by an online connection? Or did she encounter something far more sinister?

This episode traces her timeline, explores key theories, and highlights the tireless efforts of her mother, Paula Bali, who continues to fight for answers and keep Mekayla’s story alive.

A case filled with contradictions, heartbreak, and hope — and one that still needs a voice.

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