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Mark, TBD exactly what she said to him in the car on the drive there, but like he seemed to think that she was going to
be at work. She told Sierra that she'd come home because she forgot her badge, which she had with her, we know. But she
told her job something was up with her daughter. And then what they pull from her phones, this is the detail [music]
more than anything else that makes me think Melissa had some kind of plan. Cuz forensic downloads show that both of her
phones they weren't wiped clean at the same time. The older phone that she had, the one that she had already replaced,
that was factory reset at 8:02 a.m. And then her newer phone was wiped at 1:38 p.m. I obsessed over this because
my gut tells me that if someone else wiped the phones, I would think that they would have wiped them both at the
same time, right? I mean, unless they didn't know that she had two phones. Like wiped one thinking it was
the phone, realized their mistake and had to come back and wipe the second one. >> we know that Melissa must have reset
that first phone at home, right? Because remember she's there when Sierra woke up
at around 7:45, right? So the one that she doesn't use, like in my mind, the one she doesn't use or she's not going
to need that day gets reset in the morning. >> get it over with. Then she has her phone
through the day as she's like bringing Sierra lunch, right? You you can't even say someone else has her phone is like
sending these messages. We have her on video bringing Sierra lunch at 1:00. Then Melissa sent her daughter that last
text message at 1:33. And I mapped everything. Like all of that lines up to where if Melissa is at
home when that reset happens at 1:38, then she could have very realistically left then and then been at the spot she
is seen at on Highway 518 on camera at 2:18. That's all the things that make me believe like it had to be her who reset
them. But why did she reset them?

Digital forensic evidence in the disappearance of Melissa Casias shows that her two phones were factory reset at different times on the same day.

Her older phone was wiped at 8:02 a.m., while her newer phone was reset at 1:38 p.m., shortly after she was seen bringing her daughter lunch and sending a final text.

This timeline, combined with surveillance footage placing her on Highway 518 later that afternoon, has led to questions about whether she reset the devices herself.

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Brief Summary

The episode analyzes Melissa's phone resets and timeline before her disappearance, raising questions about her intentions.

Key points

The Phone Mystery. Forensic downloads reveal Melissa's phones were wiped at different times, raising questions about her actions.

Episode highlights

The Phone MysteryForensic downloads reveal Melissa's phones were wiped at different times, raising questions about her actions.“If someone else wiped the phones, they would have wiped them both at the same time, right?”0:49May 1, 2026

Episode quotes

Why did she reset them?

Questioning Melissa's actions regarding her phones.

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