{"id":6374,"date":"2026-03-07T16:25:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/?p=6374"},"modified":"2026-04-05T00:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T00:59:44","slug":"michael-bayne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/michael-bayne\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bayne"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Case Information:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Michael Bayne<\/strong> was 32 years old. He lived in Tempe, Arizona.\u00a0On the morning of\u00a0February 16, 2026, he left his condo.\u00a0In fact, a neighbor&#8217;s camera recorded him leaving.\u00a0However, he did not show up for work the next day.\u00a0Consequently, his family filed a report on February 17.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search &amp; Discovery:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police started an intense search for Michael. Sadly, they found his body on February 20. His remains were in Mesa, Arizona. Specifically, the location was near Center Street and McKellips Road. Additionally, this spot is about 20 minutes from his home. Because of this, Mesa Police took over the case.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"177\"><div id=\"n2-ss-177-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-177\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" data-responsive=\"auto\" class=\"n2-ss-slider n2-ow n2-has-hover n2notransition  \">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-ss-slider-wrapper-inside\">\n        <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-1 n2_ss__touch_element n2-ow\">\n            <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-2 n2-ow\">\n                                                <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-3 n2-ow\">\n\n                    <div class=\"n2-ss-slide-backgrounds n2-ow-all\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background\" data-public-id=\"1\" data-mode=\"blurfit\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-image\" data-blur=\"0\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-x=\"50\" data-y=\"50\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\" style=\"margin:-14px;padding:14px\" data-globalblur=\"7\" data-bgblur=\"7\"><picture 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style=\"background-color: RGBA(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-color\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background\" data-public-id=\"4\" data-mode=\"fill\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-image\" data-blur=\"0\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-x=\"50\" data-y=\"50\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\"><picture class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Michael-01.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"><\/picture><\/div><div data-color=\"RGBA(255,255,255,0)\" style=\"background-color: RGBA(255,255,255,0);\" class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-color\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-4 n2-ow\">\n                        <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1200 550\" data-related-device=\"desktopPortrait\" class=\"n2-ow n2-ss-preserve-size n2-ss-preserve-size--slider n2-ss-slide-limiter\"><\/svg><div data-first=\"1\" data-slide-duration=\"0\" data-id=\"1703\" data-slide-public-id=\"1\" data-title=\"Michael Bayne 2\" class=\"n2-ss-slide n2-ow  n2-ss-slide-1703\"><div role=\"note\" class=\"n2-ss-slide--focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Michael Bayne 2<\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-R5lvHqDxPIXv\" data-sstype=\"slide\" data-pm=\"default\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-slide-duration=\"0\" data-id=\"1704\" data-slide-public-id=\"2\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-title=\"Michael Bayne 4\" class=\"n2-ss-slide n2-ow  n2-ss-slide-1704\"><div role=\"note\" class=\"n2-ss-slide--focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Michael Bayne 4<\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-P9pLBiC1LHAk\" data-sstype=\"slide\" data-pm=\"default\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-slide-duration=\"0\" data-id=\"1709\" data-slide-public-id=\"3\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-title=\"Michael 55\" class=\"n2-ss-slide n2-ow  n2-ss-slide-1709\"><div role=\"note\" class=\"n2-ss-slide--focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Michael 55<\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-1lpCPA24LCPx\" data-sstype=\"slide\" data-pm=\"default\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-slide-duration=\"0\" data-id=\"1711\" data-slide-public-id=\"4\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-title=\"Michael 01\" class=\"n2-ss-slide n2-ow  n2-ss-slide-1711\"><div role=\"note\" class=\"n2-ss-slide--focus\" tabindex=\"-1\">Michael 01<\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-layers-container n2-ss-slide-limiter n2-ow\"><div class=\"n2-ss-layer n2-ow n-uc-gbZhTtbjtv6J\" data-sstype=\"slide\" data-pm=\"default\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-controls n2-ss-slider-controls-absolute-left-center\"><div style=\"--widget-offset:15px;\" class=\"n2-ss-widget n2-style-107cb0e4b96e295f0c4852cfc0854d07-heading nextend-arrow n2-ow-all nextend-arrow-previous  nextend-arrow-animated-fade\" id=\"n2-ss-177-arrow-previous\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"previous arrow\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHdpZHRoPSIzMiIgaGVpZ2h0PSIzMiIgdmlld0JveD0iMCAwIDMyIDMyIj4KICAgIDxwYXRoIGZpbGw9IiNmZmZmZmYiIG9wYWNpdHk9IjAuOCIgZmlsbC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIgogICAgICAgICAgZD0iTTE4Ljk5NTggOC45OTA3YzAtLjQyNC0uMjA0LS43MjMtLjYxLS44OTgtLjQwOS0uMTczLS43NzItLjEwNC0xLjA5My4yMDlsLTcuMDA2IDYuOTc1Yy0uMjAxLjE5OS0uMjk3LjQzNy0uMjg2LjcxNiAwIC4yNjcuMDk2LjQ5OC4yODYuNjg5bDcuMDA2IDcuMDAxYy4zMjEuMzIxLjY4NC4zODkgMS4wOTMuMjA5LjQwNi0uMTc0LjYxLS40ODIuNjEtLjkyMlY4Ljk5MDd6Ii8+Cjwvc3ZnPg==\" alt=\"previous arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-slider-controls n2-ss-slider-controls-absolute-right-center\"><div style=\"--widget-offset:15px;\" class=\"n2-ss-widget n2-style-107cb0e4b96e295f0c4852cfc0854d07-heading nextend-arrow n2-ow-all nextend-arrow-next  nextend-arrow-animated-fade\" id=\"n2-ss-177-arrow-next\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"next arrow\" tabindex=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMzIiIGhlaWdodD0iMzIiIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCAzMiAzMiIgeG1sbnM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cudzMub3JnLzIwMDAvc3ZnIj4KICAgIDxwYXRoIGQ9Ik0xMiA4Ljk5YzAtLjQyMy4yMDQtLjcyMi42MS0uODk3LjQwOC0uMTczLjc3Mi0uMTA0IDEuMDkyLjIxbDcuMDA2IDYuOTc0Yy4yMDIuMi4yOTguNDM3LjI4Ny43MTYgMCAuMjY3LS4wOTYuNDk4LS4yODcuNjlsLTcuMDA2IDdjLS4zMi4zMi0uNjg0LjM5LTEuMDkyLjIxLS40MDYtLjE3NS0uNjEtLjQ4My0uNjEtLjkyM1Y4Ljk5eiIKICAgICAgICAgIGZpbGw9IiNmZmZmZmYiIG9wYWNpdHk9IjAuOCIgZmlsbC1ydWxlPSJldmVub2RkIi8+Cjwvc3ZnPg==\" alt=\"next arrow\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"n2-ss-slider-controls n2-ss-slider-controls-absolute-center-bottom\"><div style=\"--widget-offset:10px;\" class=\"n2-ss-widget n2-ss-control-bullet n2-ow-all n2-ss-control-bullet-horizontal\"><div class=\" nextend-bullet-bar n2-bar-justify-content-center\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"Choose slide to display.\"><div class=\"n2-bullet n2-style-785355f374be86c332d4665aae819858-dot \" style=\"visibility:hidden;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><ss3-loader><\/ss3-loader><\/div><\/div><div class=\"n2_clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investigation Details:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mesa detectives are now leading the investigation. For example, they are waiting for autopsy results. These results will show how he died. Meanwhile, the police are sharing few details. They want to respect Michael&#8217;s family. Moreover, detectives did track his car and phone. Still, they ask the public to be patient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Remembering Michael Bayne:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael was known for his kind heart. Indeed, he had a lot of energy. Many local volunteers helped look for him. Furthermore, Michael lived with Type 1 diabetes. He needed daily medicine to stay healthy. But he left his medicine at home. As a result, his family was very afraid. Ultimately, his death is a huge loss for his friends.<br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-section-smartslider fitvidsignore  n2_clear\" data-ssid=\"176\"><div id=\"n2-ss-176-align\" class=\"n2-ss-align\"><div class=\"n2-padding\"><div id=\"n2-ss-176\" data-creator=\"Smart Slider 3\" data-responsive=\"auto\" class=\"n2-ss-slider n2-ow n2-has-hover n2notransition  \">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"n2-ss-slider-wrapper-inside\">\n        <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-1 n2_ss__touch_element n2-ow\">\n            <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-2 n2-ow\">\n                                                <div class=\"n2-ss-slider-3 n2-ow\">\n\n                    <div class=\"n2-ss-slide-backgrounds n2-ow-all\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background\" data-public-id=\"1\" data-mode=\"fill\"><div class=\"n2-ss-slide-background-image\" data-blur=\"0\" data-opacity=\"100\" data-x=\"50\" data-y=\"50\" data-alt=\"\" data-title=\"\"><picture class=\"skip-lazy\" data-skip-lazy=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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Therefore, the official cause of death is not yet known. So far, police do not suspect foul play. Nevertheless, they will keep looking for answers. Finally, both Tempe and Mesa police are working together.<br><br><strong>Police from both cities continue to coordinate as the investigation moves forward.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">More Missing:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/terhan-gordon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Terhan Gordon\">Terhan Gordon<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/rachel-conger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rachel Conger\">Rachel Conger<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/logan-schiendelman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Logan Schiendelman\">Logan Schiendelman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Located &amp; Safe:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/mara-minott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mara Minott<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/john-lee-roberts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Roberts<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/israel-izzy-murinda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel Izzy Murinda<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Other Resources:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/namus.nij.ojp.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NamUs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/charleyproject.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charley Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/projectcoldcase.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Cold Case<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-6374_618116-3b .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-6374_618116-3b .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-6374_618116-3b\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized surftiva-hide\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MissingBanner-2.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bayne\" class=\"wp-image-6872\" style=\"width:787px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MissingBanner-2.jpg 590w, https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MissingBanner-2-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Information: Michael Bayne was 32 years old. He lived in Tempe, Arizona.\u00a0On the morning of\u00a0February 16, 2026, he left his condo.\u00a0In fact, a neighbor&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-found-deceased"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6374"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14075,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6374\/revisions\/14075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surftiva.com\/missing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}