In a devastating new twist in the disappearance of Kayla Scott, investigators have confirmed that a voicemail — believed to have been left after she vanished — was deleted remotely before detectives could retrieve it.
According to a police source close to the case, the message appeared on Kayla’s call log nearly four hours after her last known location pinged, but the file was missing when authorities accessed her phone under warrant.
“We could see it existed,” said one digital-forensics analyst. “We could see the timestamp, the duration, even the phone number — but the audio was gone. Wiped clean.”
The voicemail, lasting one minute and twelve seconds, is now at the center of an urgent effort by cyber-crime specialists to recover the data from encrypted backups. Investigators have not disclosed who placed the call, but confirmed it was from a number in her contact list.
“It’s personal,” said Detective Elise Warren, lead investigator. “Someone who knew her. Someone she trusted.”
Family members say they’re haunted by the thought of what the message might have said — and who might have erased it.
“That could’ve been her reaching out,” her brother told reporters. “If she left that message, it means she was still alive.”
Police continue to analyze the digital trail surrounding the deletion, calling it “the most critical missing piece” of the case so far.
