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

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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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[Midwesterner53]

Ghetto slang?

[Georgia Girl 2]

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[frank ballenger]

Amazing. Glad you, like me, were blessed with a long marriage. I met my dear wife in the library where I worked, by the way, Library Lady. In love with her from 1973 to her passing in 2022. Like the Music Man I answered “have you decided what you want to take out” ——with her.

[OldMissileer]

Most of the social media apps have filters now where a person can apply the filter(s) and make themselves look much nicer.

I'm so old this kind of stuff could not happen, and back then I don't know of any women who would have done such if it had bee possible. I see these things all the time while I scroll social media and I wonder why it is so prevalent. It is lying, plain and simple.

Thank goodness I met my wife almost 48 years ago and we have been married for over 44 years. She has such a great complexion she only ever wore a bit of eye liner and still doesn't have to use makeup to this day.

[OldMissileer]

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