“She Looked Like a Ghost”: California Teen Goes Out Partying and Vanishes into the Desert

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Coming back to this case again after several months, and I think I actually have a super plausible theory as to exactly what might have happened that night. I actually heard this from a comment on another video. They think that before Karlie left to go to the "party", the parents and step mom gave her something that was laced before she left, so that when she was smoking at the party, it would activate and cause her to have her episode. Then, when they brought her home, Melissa recorded her to show her what she was like on drugs, with the intent to show her how much they messed with her head like she had said. The whole thing was a set up to get Karlie to freak out and essentially scare herself from smoking again, after her long break, but it ended up going too far and accidentally killing her that night. That would explain why they didn't take her to the hospital, why Melissa texted Donald about the pot being laced, as a way to make it seem like the "laced" drug had come from the party, and why they're acting all strange and scrambling their stories because they're guilty of letting her die. It was Melissa that was seen walking around the next morning. It was just a plan that had gone terribly wrong, and now they came up with the missing story to get the suspicions off of them. That's also why there are so many discrepancies between stories.

Could still be wrong but when you think about it, it certainly sounds very obvious. I really hope more people read this because it's the most believable theory I've heard yet.

Like Carlie was literally crying out for help if my child was acting super paranoid you bet your rear end my next stop woulf be the ER especially if my child asked me if i was. Going to call 911 and if something happens to me will u call 911 thats a freaking cry for help the stepmom could of prevented this in so many ways

I’ve been following this case for a long time and I don’t buy the stepmoms story for what I understand. There were some problems in the later times of the relationship with the stepmom.

Why is Annie under this channel??????

It been a very long time that she’s been missing, idk if she’s been found yet

it could have been the drink that was laced

The stepmother can't react like her mother because she's not. The urgency and pain of the real mother is evident. This is such a sad case. The one footprint is really suspicious, also. How could there be only one? I live in the desert and the sand is also dusty and fine. I don't see how conditions could exist that produce one footprint but no others. It seems impossible.

I disagree she did not leave the house the step mother did something and the dad to this child covered the wife crime right away when u don't take someone to the hospital that means evil will show up a d the step mom and dad will be found out

Parents are suspicious

U sound to valley

I love bishop. I visit there 4-6 times a year

Did they do a DNA?

I dnt believe this lady this is a false story.

No one is talking about the main problem that lead to this drugs and destruction of the family we need to fix this and return to traditional values.

It’s not pseudoscience

The dad and step mom appear to not be playing with a full deck. Also, their story is ridiculous. That girl needed medical help. Dad, being a drunk left his responsibility to his wife who likely, did not care that her step daughter was missing. Sinister…… they did something to that child.

Undoubtedly, not undoubtably, which isn't a word.

We know the dad’s reaction to the son’s use, so her paranoia of how they would react to her smoking again after being sober for a month is a bit logical on her part. Her fear of her family makes sense because of it. Plus I always look at words and terminology used by people. The step mom’s terminology was very interesting and condescending in a way. I’ll be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised if her family did know where she was. Plus if those panties were found so quickly in an area that was already searched near a last seen spot 3 months after she went missing. I think the last tip could be more plausible than the underwear tip.

If nothing else, someone should have been AWAKE with here the entire time. Extremely sad case.

Love Annie Elise so much, she's by far my favorite true crime podcaster and YouTuber, I just love how she brings the stories to life and put focus on the victims

I don’t understand how helicopters found nothing.. but yet there is blood near by? Did she come back ?

Very sad and heartbreaking for the family and beau.