It turns out Rebekah Martinez is not missing at all. Quite the contrary, actually, she’s on a popular nationally televised show: The Bachelor, which you might have heard of.
When posting this week’s cover story to Facebook, we asked if any of our readers recognized any of the 35 people currently listed as missing from Humboldt County on the California Department of Justice’s website. Astute readers said, yes, they definitely did and pointed to Martinez, who appears to be a burgeoning reality television star. (Hat tip to you, Amy Bonner O’Brien!)
After some googling returned some Instagram images that appeared very similar to Martinez’s photo on the missing persons page, we reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. That prompted an email from Public Information Officer Samantha Karges to the deputy who initially took Martinez’s missing persons report, noting the similarity in images and asking if Martinez was still listed as missing.
Ten minutes later, the deputy emailed Karges back: “I just got off the phone with Rebekah. She is in fact the same person. She has been removed from (the Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit).”
Responding to some follow up questions, Karges told the Journal via email that Martinez was reported missing at 1:06 a.m. on Nov. 18 by her mother. “Martinez had reportedly come to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm. Her mother hadn’t heard from her since Nov. 12, 2017,” Karges wrote.
There’s not a lot of information on the Attorney General’s website. It just says Martinez was last seen Nov. 12, 2017, and the case is being investigated by the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. It’s interesting to note that Martinez has been active on Instagram throughout the time she was reported as missing. She posted Sept. 17 to tell followers she was “giving up” her phone and social media for several weeks, but she started posting again Nov. 23, some 11 days after she was apparently reported missing. It’s also worth noting that there are lots of similarities between Martinez’s profile on the Bachelor website, which went up Jan. 1, and her missing persons report on the AG’s website.
So it appears Martinez is doing fine, and our Humboldt 35 is down to 33. (We reported yesterday about a call we received from an avid North Coast Journal reader who was shocked to find his name on this week’s cover.)
To see more of Martinez, tune into The Bachelor Mondays at 8 p.m. on ABC.
Editor’s note: This story was updated from a previous version to include additional information. Find a full update to this story here.
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Seriously mom?! I could be gone for 6 months before my mother would file a missing persons report. My coworkers would report me first.
Reads as if the daughter and mom had a gig going on…toyed with cops, played everyone…..
Is Bekah Rebekah A DACA Dreamer? Or, just a Bachelor Barbie Dreamer? Or, both?? She floats around, crawls, hides away, etc…. “In the great wide open”….right down the middle…..the weakest point in the link for observation…… ridiculousness…..
Marijuana grow ho to race car model citizen wannabe wife…ya, seems a bit Collusive the mother and daughter hoaxters…….
And the Sheriff’s Department…..what a bumbling, idiotic set of events to get caught up in……nobody really did crud for a missing person report…… that’s eery…..along with the first glance in pic……kinda looked like Eureka Councilwoman Natalie Arroyo at first……short hair look and certain style, maybe a gene or two to boot……amazing those familiarities in humans…..inbredism from Adam and Eve? Or, just universalistic evolution?
Twice in a week, someone looks like someone but is not that someone and is someone else……discount double check…..
7 dislikes but no comments associated with those dislikes….. Sheesh a seven headed, 70 finger cry baby who got no nuts to say nada….
Bekah Martinez was rejected by Arie Luyendyk Jr. on Monday’s episode of The Bachelor.
The 22-year-old nanny was left sobbing after the former race car driver ditched her during a cringeworthy group date.
‘It’s hard for me to accept that this is over,’ bawled the California native as she left.
Response: Strong men don’t like weak women who lie and manipulate others just to get on a reality show…..
Now Becah is a nanny…… The twists and turns in this mother daughter hoax…… Nanny for a dope grower when not trimming weed for that dope grower…..
Becah is still a girl, and a very dumb one to boot, needs to grow up, maybe go to a love counselor or hitch a ride on the love train ……boats are too contaminated these days with germs….