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Woman accused of killing a man who tried to end date after realizing he had been ‘catfished,’ police say
KBTX ^ | 5/8/2026 | Ben Bradley and Akim Powell

Posted on 05/22/2026 6:43:38 PM PDT by simpson96

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - A woman in Arizona is accused of killing a man who tried to end a date early after realizing he had been “catfished,” police said.

Mikela Antresa Bahe, 30, is facing multiple charges, including second-degree murder, in the death of 52-year-old Norris L. Taft.

Police said Taft was found seriously injured in the parking lot of an apartment complex just after 4 p.m. Sunday, May 3, and later died at a hospital.

Investigators said surveillance video showed a woman getting into a dark-colored SUV as Taft walked in front of it, apparently trying to get the driver to stop.

The SUV then accelerated, hit Taft and briefly dragged him underneath before speeding away, police said.

Detectives said a family member told them Taft had met a woman on the app MocoSpace and was on his way to pick her up.

The relative said Taft later texted that he had been “catfished” because the woman did not look like her profile photo, and he was trying to end the date.

Police say video and purchase history from businesses the pair visited, including a dispensary and a gas station, helped identify the woman as Bahe.

Court documents said Bahe admitted she was with Taft for part of the weekend but claimed she could not remember what happened between leaving the dispensary and the next morning.

Authorities say Bahe later called a family member and said she “f***** up” and would be going to prison, then stopped answering detectives’ questions.

She was booked into the Maricopa County jail on charges including second-degree murder, leaving the scene of an accident and theft of means of transportation.

Investigators say they tracked Bahe after the incident, including boarding a Phoenix Sky Harbor shuttle bus to Flagstaff the next day.

She was taken into custody on Wednesday with help from Flagstaff police and brought back to Phoenix.


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To: simpson96

in her case he was Carped!


21 posted on 05/22/2026 7:29:13 PM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: T.B. Yoits
Women do this all the time.

Most of the social media apps have filters now where a person can apply the filter(s) and make themselves look much nicer.
Most women seem to think that this is a normal part of posting photos and they do it all the time. One of my wife's friends does it.

If you call them out on it, they get very upset.


22 posted on 05/22/2026 7:34:22 PM PDT by chud
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To: simpson96

Bahe is a Navajo name. She looks it.


23 posted on 05/22/2026 7:35:41 PM PDT by Migraine
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To: simpson96
Mikela wrote a simple prompt to Grok: "Grok, make me a ravishing babe that Norris will pay good money for, er, love."

You can see why Norris was disappointed.


24 posted on 05/22/2026 7:45:44 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Migraine

If she goes for a racial abuse by him defence she might get off. He was on my stolen land!


25 posted on 05/22/2026 7:46:01 PM PDT by xp38
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To: xp38

Of course him being black complicates it a bit.


26 posted on 05/22/2026 7:47:29 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Red Badger

Swallowed a lot of aggression... along with a lot of pizzas


27 posted on 05/22/2026 7:52:26 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Yep. Ask any young woman that you know - a family member, friend of a family member, whatever - if they know how to use filters on photos. They'll enthusiastically respond "yes" and offer to show you how to do it.
The internet is fake, y'all.
And it's a dangerous world out there.

28 posted on 05/22/2026 7:54:05 PM PDT by chud
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To: chud

Now it’s a five second prompt. Nothing to it.


29 posted on 05/22/2026 7:55:10 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: RckyRaCoCo

30 posted on 05/22/2026 7:56:49 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
dating apps
31 posted on 05/22/2026 7:57:55 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (there are demons out there, and they look like people)
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To: simpson96
I'd never stoop to such tactics to attract women.
We should present our natural selves like I do here:

BradPittYoungPic

But using just a little filtering or Photoshop isn't wrong.
You can barely tell any difference at all!

BitSillyInnet

32 posted on 05/22/2026 8:07:31 PM PDT by MikelTackNailer (If you merely LOOK the fool people won't take you seriously.)
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To: Red Badger
F'n Groupered!

Grouper fish can grow quite large, with the giant grouper reaching lengths of up to 9.8 feet and weights exceeding 882 pounds, while the goliath grouper can grow up to 8 feet long and weigh as much as 800 pounds.

33 posted on 05/22/2026 8:09:06 PM PDT by Mastador1
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34 posted on 05/22/2026 8:10:35 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: chud
They really don't get that someone would be angry about the deception.



35 posted on 05/22/2026 8:28:27 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Jim W N
Them again, Yogi.

Behe is a Navajo name. She looks it and the fact she was trying to escape toward Flagstaff (nearer to the big rez) reinforces it.

36 posted on 05/22/2026 8:45:51 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: T.B. Yoits

You mean men are getting desparate,more than usual...


37 posted on 05/22/2026 9:04:05 PM PDT by cherry
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To: simpson96

Dude looks (looked) like Mike Tomlin


38 posted on 05/22/2026 9:08:35 PM PDT by Palio di Siena (Kralik…..you get the wallet)
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To: simpson96

she seems nice


39 posted on 05/22/2026 9:17:43 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: T.B. Yoits

I’d still be cool with that


40 posted on 05/22/2026 9:19:47 PM PDT by cport (How can political capital be spent on a bunch of ingrates)
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