A woman who was reported as missing in California was found this week in a rather visible place — the reality series The Bachelor.
Rebekah Martinez, 22, from Fresno in the US State was reported missing on November 18 by her mother, who told the local Sheriff's Office that her daughter had gone to the area to work on a marijuana farm.
The North Coast Journal included Martinez in a cover story featuring images of the 35 people listed as missing in Humboldt County on the California Department of Justice's website.
The story titled "The Humboldt 35: Why does Humboldt County have the highest rate of missing persons reports in the state?" was published on Facebook on Thursday last week in a post that asked readers if they recognised anyone.
Amy Bonner O'Brien of Trinidad was the first to respond on the Facebook post and identify Martinez as a contestant on the current season of The Bachelor.
"My sister always calls me Sherlock Holmes," O'Brien said. "I was just scrolling through the 35 missing people and I recognised some of them from news stories. When I got to her, I was like wait a minute, she looks so familiar and I instantly thought of The Bachelor."
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O'Brien doesn't regularly tune into The Bachelor, but on a recent visit to see her sister they watched this season's first episode together.
The North Coast Journal reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, who contacted Martinez over the phone and promptly removed her from the missing person's list.
"(The mother) had phone contact with Bekah via a friend on the 12th," said Public Information Officer Samantha Karges. "Bekah had told her she was coming to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm and she wouldn't be able to contact her for a week or so."
Rebekah Martinez has since commented on news that she was reported missing in Fresno, California by posting on Twitter:
What a mix-up.
FROM: SFGATE
