The Bachelor's Bekah M Was On Missing Persons List Until Fan Recognized Her

This season of The Bachelor keeps getting more and more crazy. 

It's been 22 seasons, but this is definitely a first for Bachelor Nation! The most-talked about contestant: Bekah Martinez, the 22-year-old nanny living in Los Angeles, has been making headlines for her 14 year age difference with The Bachelor's Arie Luyendyk. However now she is making news for being recently removed from a missing persons list in California after someone recognized her from the show! 

Here's what happened: The North Coast Journal asked its readers if anyone recognized a list of 35 people missing from Humboldt County on the California Department of Justice’s website. Someone of Bachelor Nation recognized Bekah's photo. The Journal then reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office and they reached out to Bekah via her number that was in their file. After speaking to her, the deputy confirmed that she was not missing and has since removed her from the list. 

PEOPLE then reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office public information officer, Samantha Karges, who provided them with a backstory. 

Apparently Bekah was reported missing by her mother at about 1:06 a.m. on Nov. 18. She allegedly hadn’t heard from her since Nov. 12. On Dec. 12 a deputy sheriff contacted Bekah's mom asking whether she had heard from her daughter. Her mom responded quickly via email that she was headed home. However procedure states that they must make direct contact with the missing person to confirm their wellbeing. The deputy requested that Bekah contact the investigator as soon as possible but no contact was ever made. Therefore keeping Bekah on the missing persons list. 

On Friday, Bekah addressed the bizarre news of her being “missing,” tweeting: “MOM. how many times do I have to tell you I don’t get cell service on The Bachelor??”

“Honestly the scariest thing about this story is that my efforts to conceal The Worst Drivers License Photo Of All Time have been thwarted,” she added.

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Photo: Bekah Instagram 


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