Makayla Fay Meave Byers, 30, of Macomb, Oklahoma, was a teacher’s aide and a mother in a blended family of six children. She was last seen on September 15, 2023; her husband reported her missing the next day, saying she left to meet another man and got into a white pickup truck. A five-day search ended when a cousin found her body on September 20, 2023, wrapped in old carpet and hidden inside a drainage culvert about 2,000 feet from the family home. An autopsy showed two gunshot wounds to the head.

Investigators focused on her husband after learning Makayla had asked for a divorce and moved into a shed on the property. A search of the couple’s land turned up a .22 rifle and Makayla’s blood on the husband’s work boots; texts were reported that allegedly suggested motive, and detectives say her SIM card was later used to fabricate a conversation. Authorities allege she was shot in the shed and her body was moved to the culvert.

Anyone who knew Makayla or has information about her last movements is asked to come forward.