CA LYDIA "DIA" ABRAMS: Missing from her Idyllwild, CA ranch - 6 June 2020 - Age 65

Local resident Lydia “Dia” Abrams has been missing since Sunday, June 7. She was last seen around 2 p.m. on June 6.


According to the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit (RMRU), a team of volunteers were dispatched on June 9 to Abrams’ 160-acre ranch. They conducted a search from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. with no success of locating Abrams.

RMRU went out again on June 10 to search more difficult areas on the property including a creek bed and the hills overlooking her ranch. All assignments were completed by 6 p.m. At that point, detectives took over the investigation and called off the physical ground search.


According to a story written on June 19 by CDL Life News, a 49-year-old male was arrested on June 17 in Troutdale, Oregon on suspicion of kidnapping a woman from California. Allegedly, the woman escaped his tractor trailer, ending up at a convenience store and reported that she had been assaulted, held against her will and had been transported by the suspect from California, according to the CDL Life News story.


The Town Crier contacted the Riverside County Sheriff Department (RCSD) to see if this could be Abrams.


Deanna Pecoraro, correctional sergeant from the RCSD, quickly contacted the Riverside County Sheriff investigators on the case, and they reached out to the arresting department in Oregon.


“Per the investigator from Oregon, this female victim is NOT Dia Abrams.” Pecoraro wrote in an email.


As the investigation continues, Pecoraro wrote, “We would like to urge the community to contact law enforcement if they have any information or know the whereabouts of Dia Abrams.”


Abrams is 65 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 130 lbs with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black/turquoise jack, yellow shirt and blue jeans.


If you have any information, contact Riverside County Sheriff Investigator Loureiro at 760-578-2101 or Investigator Vasquez at 951-203-3767. After hours, call the Riverside County Sheriff Dispatch Center at 951-776-1099, option 5.

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LYDIA "DIA" ABRAMS: Missing from her Idyllwild, California ranch since 6 June 2020

Abrams is 65 years old, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 130 lbs with blonde hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a black/turquoise jack, yellow shirt and blue jeans.

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[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Settlement talks underway in battle over estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams

Abrams, 65, went missing in 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

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Settlement talks underway in battle over estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams​

A mediated settlement could end the court battle over the estate of Dia Abrams, a former La Jolla resident who mysteriously went missing in 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

The probate case went to mediation on July 28, according to court records.

Any settlement agreement would have to be approved by the Riverside County probate judge in Palm Springs, John G. Evans.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Settlement talks underway in battle over estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams

Abrams, 65, went missing in 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

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Settlement talks underway in battle over estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams​

A mediated settlement could end the court battle over the estate of Dia Abrams, a former La Jolla resident who mysteriously went missing in 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

The probate case went to mediation on July 28, according to court records.

Any settlement agreement would have to be approved by the Riverside County probate judge in Palm Springs, John G. Evans.

I guess that's good but in my heart, the man deserves NONE of it.

 

[Kimster]

I guess that's good but in my heart, the man deserves NONE of it.

That’s just what I was going to post!

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Attorney’s death delays hearing over missing woman’s estate near Idyllwild

Depositions in battle over estate reveal new information in the disappearance of Dia Abrams.

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Attorney’s death delays hearing over missing woman’s estate near Idyllwild​

Earlier this month, court proceedings were delayed again in litigation over the estate of Lydia “Dia” Abrams when the attorney representing the missing woman’s ranch manager suddenly passed away.

The Palm Desert attorney, Dennis Healey, 78, died “unexpectedly,” according to an obituary in the Desert Sun newspaper.

Contacted by telephone at Healey’s law office, his sister and office manager, Nancy Healey, declined to elaborate on her brother’s cause of death, saying only he died of natural causes.

The death resulted in a four-month delay in the ongoing court battle over Abrams’ estate near Idyllwild, which includes the 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch and two additional parcels with residential homes.

 

[Mel70]

Sex offender registration continues for ranch manager near Idyllwild

A judge ruled Keith Harper, 72, must register until at least 2025.

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Sex offender registration continues for ranch manager near Idyllwild​

The former boyfriend of Dia Abrams, the woman who went missing almost two years ago from her ranch near Idyllwild, will have to continue to register as a sex offender.

Keith Harper represented himself in court Tuesday in San Juan County, Colorado, where he was convicted 10 years ago of misdemeanor sexual contact for groping two women on snowmobile tours.

“I did a year in jail. Misdemeanors are not meant to be a life sentence,” said Harper, to Judge Anthony D. Edwards in court.

In Colorado, misdemeanor sex offenders can petition the court to discontinue registration after 10 years.

“Ten years have passed that have had significant impact on my ability to acquire jobs and it's become almost a death sentence for me,” said Harper.

Harper, 72, continued to maintain his innocence court. He told the judge he had grabbed one of the women, who was driving the snowmobile, from behind because she had lost control of the vehicle.

“My involvement with the female involved was less than four seconds. If I had not acted in that moment of time, there would have been serious injury or death,” he said.


In Colorado court, Assistant District Attorney David Ottman opposed Harper's petition because, while Harper was convicted of the misdemeanor sex offenses in 2012, he appealed his conviction and didn't get released from a one-year jail sentence until 2015.

“Based upon the statute, the 10 years has not run,” said Judge Edwards in court, ruling that Harper cannot petition to discontinue his sex offender registration until 2025.

“So, I'm going to deny it,” said Edward.

He tries to downplay his actions. Excuses. It's not the amount of time you did it moron. It's that you thought you had the right to. And did it period. And how you suffered so much. Poor you. I'd have clocked ya.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Settlement would give missing woman's boyfriend 50% of liquidated estate

Dia Abrams went missing from ranch near Idyllwild, sale of estate would fund $300K reward.

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Author: David Gotfredson
Published: 6:49 PM PDT October 24, 2022
Updated: 7:12 PM PDT October 24, 2022

MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. — A settlement agreement in the court battle over the estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams, is set to be heard next week by a judge in Riverside County court.

If approved, the settlement would give Abrams’ boyfriend, Keith Harper, 50% of the estate, when and if Abrams is declared deceased.

Abrams, 65, went missing from her ranch in Mountain Center on June 6, 2020.

The draft settlement agreement filed in Palm Springs probate court last week calls for Abrams’ Bonita Vista Ranch to be sold, along with two other residential properties she owns in the area.

Money from the sale of the estate would immediately fund a $300,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the missing woman's body and leading to a conviction in the case.

The funding of a large reward is the main reason why Abrams' son, Clinton Abrams, is in favor of the settlement.

“I support the proposed settlement agreement because it will establish a $300,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Dia's disappearance. And I'm really hopeful that it will lead to a break in the case,” Clinton Abrams said on Monday during a phone interview.

If the former La Jolla resident's body is not found in the next 3 years, she will be declared dead. Then, the agreement calls for 50% of her liquidated estate to go to her adult children, Crisara and Clinton Abrams. The other 50% would go to Abrams’ boyfriend and ranch manager, Keith Harper.

Harper, 72, has been living on Abrams' 117-acre ranch for more than two years, ever since Abrams mysteriously went missing just two weeks after she signed a trust document naming Harper as beneficiary and co-trustee of her estate.

In 2021, Abrams' adult children filed petitions in probate court seeking Harper’s removal as trustee, and claiming Harper was a suspect in Abrams' homicide.
Harper denied the allegations, and claimed in court records that Abrams’ son, Clinton, was a suspect, as well.

Harper recently launched a new website advertising the Bonita Vista Ranch as a wedding venue. Court records allege he is planning construction on the ranch site.
"Harper is planning to make permanent changes to the real property by pouring cement for an RV park,” and he has "...continued to unilaterally and brazenly use the ranch for his own benefit,” the settlement motion alleged.

Harper did not respond to a message from CBS 8 seeking comment.

All parties approved a settlement “term sheet” in August, according to the settlement motion. Harper's attorney died unexpectedly in September and the final settlement agreement was never signed by the parties.

Harper is now representing himself in pro per, according to the motion.

If the settlement agreement is approved, an independent trustee would be put in place to immediately liquidate Abrams' estate.

If Abrams were to be found alive after her estate was liquidated, she would be entitled to receive all funds from the sale of her estate.

Abrams’ adult children will ask Judge John G. Evans to approve the settlement agreement at a hearing in Palm Springs probate court on November 1 at 10 a.m. in Dept. PS3 (Case # PRIN2100297).

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Court documents can be found at link

 

[Kimster]

Settlement would give missing woman's boyfriend 50% of liquidated estate

Dia Abrams went missing from ranch near Idyllwild, sale of estate would fund $300K reward.

www.cbs8.com

Author: David Gotfredson
Published: 6:49 PM PDT October 24, 2022
Updated: 7:12 PM PDT October 24, 2022

MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. — A settlement agreement in the court battle over the estate of missing woman, Dia Abrams, is set to be heard next week by a judge in Riverside County court.

If approved, the settlement would give Abrams’ boyfriend, Keith Harper, 50% of the estate, when and if Abrams is declared deceased.

Abrams, 65, went missing from her ranch in Mountain Center on June 6, 2020.

The draft settlement agreement filed in Palm Springs probate court last week calls for Abrams’ Bonita Vista Ranch to be sold, along with two other residential properties she owns in the area.

Money from the sale of the estate would immediately fund a $300,000 reward for information leading to the discovery of the missing woman's body and leading to a conviction in the case.

The funding of a large reward is the main reason why Abrams' son, Clinton Abrams, is in favor of the settlement.

“I support the proposed settlement agreement because it will establish a $300,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for Dia's disappearance. And I'm really hopeful that it will lead to a break in the case,” Clinton Abrams said on Monday during a phone interview.

If the former La Jolla resident's body is not found in the next 3 years, she will be declared dead. Then, the agreement calls for 50% of her liquidated estate to go to her adult children, Crisara and Clinton Abrams. The other 50% would go to Abrams’ boyfriend and ranch manager, Keith Harper.

Harper, 72, has been living on Abrams' 117-acre ranch for more than two years, ever since Abrams mysteriously went missing just two weeks after she signed a trust document naming Harper as beneficiary and co-trustee of her estate.

In 2021, Abrams' adult children filed petitions in probate court seeking Harper’s removal as trustee, and claiming Harper was a suspect in Abrams' homicide.
Harper denied the allegations, and claimed in court records that Abrams’ son, Clinton, was a suspect, as well.

Harper recently launched a new website advertising the Bonita Vista Ranch as a wedding venue. Court records allege he is planning construction on the ranch site.
"Harper is planning to make permanent changes to the real property by pouring cement for an RV park,” and he has "...continued to unilaterally and brazenly use the ranch for his own benefit,” the settlement motion alleged.

Harper did not respond to a message from CBS 8 seeking comment.

All parties approved a settlement “term sheet” in August, according to the settlement motion. Harper's attorney died unexpectedly in September and the final settlement agreement was never signed by the parties.

Harper is now representing himself in pro per, according to the motion.

If the settlement agreement is approved, an independent trustee would be put in place to immediately liquidate Abrams' estate.

If Abrams were to be found alive after her estate was liquidated, she would be entitled to receive all funds from the sale of her estate.

Abrams’ adult children will ask Judge John G. Evans to approve the settlement agreement at a hearing in Palm Springs probate court on November 1 at 10 a.m. in Dept. PS3 (Case # PRIN2100297).

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Court documents can be found at link.

I’m sorry but he doesn’t deserve a dime!

 

[GrandmaBear]

I’m sorry but he doesn’t deserve a dime!

It is just so wrong and unfair. I'm sure family was in an unfair but tough spot where it could go on forever while he destroyed the place or did who knows what next to it, etc. Hopefully before he would ever get anything/get paid they will find her and an arrest will be made.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

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Nine years of Dateline's Missing in America: 188 still missing​

Dateline NBC's social and digital series 'Missing in America' began nine years ago today, on December 5, 2013. We asked our Facebook community a simple question the night before. "Do you know anyone who has simply vanished?"

The response was overwhelming. Since that first post, every week we have tried to feature the story of a different missing person brought to our attention by a member of our social communities. And this year, we created a new podcast series called ‘Dateline: Missing in America,’ which highlighted six cases of the cases featured in our digital series. You can learn more about the cases featured in Season 1 and listen here.

Read and share their stories. Someone, somewhere, saw something.

Dia Abrams
It’s been more than two years since 65-year-old Lydia Abrams, known as Dia, vanished from Mountain Center, California. Dateline spoke with Keith Harper who said that he and Dia started dating in 2016 and got engaged in 2019. According to Keith, the two were living together in her Mountain Center home where he worked as the property’s ranch manager. Keith told Dateline that on June 6, 2020, he and Dia had lunch together around 2:30 p.m. in their home and then he left to do some work on the property. He said when he returned to the home around 7:30 p.m. he found Dia’s cell phone charging in their bedroom, her purse was in the house, and her truck was outside. Dia was nowhere to be found. Keith told Dateline that after Dia didn’t return home that night, he reported her missing the next day. Dia’s son, Clinton Abrams, told Dateline he learned about his mother’s disappearance from one of her neighbors and immediately left his home in San Diego to go to the ranch. “I drove up there that Sunday,” he said. And by Monday, “missing persons came out, homicide came out, there was a dive team.” Clinton told Dateline he believes Keith Harper knows more about Dia’s disappearance than he has revealed. When asked by Dateline if he had something to do with Dia’s disappearance, Keith Harper responded, “Absolutely not.” In August 2022, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told Dateline that the case is being investigated by the homicide unit and that no further details of the case will be released. Dia is 5’6” with blue eyes. When she was last seen, Dia’s hair was blonde and she weighed 135 lbs. Anyone with information on Dia’s disappearance is asked to contact the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department after-hours hotline at 951-776-1099, Investigator Loureiro at 760-578-2101, or Investigator Vasquez at 951-203-3767.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Judge appoints legal guardian to represent missing woman, Dia Abrams

Probate court issues tentative ruling in favor of estate settlement agreement.

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Judge appoints legal guardian to represent missing woman, Dia Abrams​

A Riverside County probate judge will appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of Lydia "Dia" Abrams, who went missing form her ranch near Idyllwild in 2020.

“I'll do my best to appoint the guardian ad litem in the next two days,” said Judge John Evans during Tuesday morning's hearing in Palm Springs.

The guardian ad litem will represent Abrams’ legal interests, as she is unable to advocate for herself in court, given the fact that she is missing.


If the court determines that Dia Abrams is deceased, or if she is not located by June 6, 2025 (five years after her disappearance), the agreement calls for 50% of her liquidated estate to go to her adult children, and the other 50% to go to Keith Harper.

Judge Evans set future hearings in Riverside County probate court for January 5, 2023 and March 23, 2023.

 

[kdg411]

Judge appoints legal guardian to represent missing woman, Dia Abrams

Probate court issues tentative ruling in favor of estate settlement agreement.

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Judge appoints legal guardian to represent missing woman, Dia Abrams​

A Riverside County probate judge will appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the interests of Lydia "Dia" Abrams, who went missing form her ranch near Idyllwild in 2020.

“I'll do my best to appoint the guardian ad litem in the next two days,” said Judge John Evans during Tuesday morning's hearing in Palm Springs.

The guardian ad litem will represent Abrams’ legal interests, as she is unable to advocate for herself in court, given the fact that she is missing.


If the court determines that Dia Abrams is deceased, or if she is not located by June 6, 2025 (five years after her disappearance), the agreement calls for 50% of her liquidated estate to go to her adult children, and the other 50% to go to Keith Harper.

Judge Evans set future hearings in Riverside County probate court for January 5, 2023 and March 23, 2023.

Interesting that Keith Harper would be entitled (legally) to any part of her estate. However, I'm not an attorney nor well versed in CA law.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Settlement: Missing woman Dia Abrams’ estate to be sold, $300K reward offered

Judge approves settlement agreement in court battle over former La Jolla resident's estate near Idyllwild.

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Author: David Gotfredson
Published: 4:00 PM PDT March 23, 2023
Updated: 6:50 PM PDT March 23, 2023

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A two-year court battle over the estate of missing woman, Lydia “Dia” Abrams, has been settled under the terms of an agreement negotiated last year between the parties.
Abrams’ adult children have been wrangling in probate court since 2021 with the woman’s boyfriend, Keith Harper, for control of three properties in Mountain Center near Idyllwild.

The estate will now be sold and a $300,000 reward offered for “any information regarding the disappearance or location of Dia Abrams.”

Riverside County Superior Court Judge John G. Evans approved the settlement Thursday in Palm Springs probate court.

An independent trustee, Richard Munro of Invenz, Inc, will liquidate Abrams’ estate of to fund the reward. “Any individual found to have been involved in Dia’s disappearance or death is disinherited and shall receive no distribution from the Trust,” according to the settlement order.

The former La Jolla resident owns the 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch near Idyllwild, as well as two other residential homes in the same area.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Video released of Dia Abrams from the day she went missing 3 years ago

Abrams seen on doorbell-cam video hours before she disappeared in 2020.

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Video released of Dia Abrams from the day she went missing 3 years ago​

Newly released video of Lydia “Dia” Abrams, who went missing from her ranch near Idyllwild exactly three years ago, apparently captured the woman’s last act of kindness.

Abrams, 65, is seen on doorbell-cam video delivering cinnamon rolls to a neighbor on the morning of June 6, 2020, about five and a half hours before she went missing.

The video solidifies the timeline of the woman's mysterious disappearance.

“It’s an actual video verification that she was alive Saturday morning,” said Clinton Abrams, the missing woman’s son.

Abrams’ neighbor released the video to CBS 8, asking that she not be identified or interviewed for this report.

“My understanding is that her neighbor said that what she really felt like eating were cinnamon rolls, and that she had had cancer or was undergoing chemotherapy. And so, my mother baked her cinnamon rolls that morning,” said Clinton Abrams.


In an email to CBS 8, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco wrote the following:

“We are still actively pursuing all leads concerning the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Ms. Abrams. I can not give specifics about what we are doing, or comment about any item of evidence as this is an active investigation. We have served numerous search warrants, interviewed dozens of people, in multiple states and continue working with our law enforcement partners in Arizona. We encourage anyone with information about Ms. Abrams whereabouts, or information about her disappearance, to contact our investigators.”

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Dateline: Missing in America podcast covers the June 2020 disappearance of Dia Abrams in Mountain Center, California

Keith Morrison reports.

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June 29, 2023, 4:43 PM EDT
By Dateline NBC

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Podcast and transcript at link. ~Summer

 

[Kimster]

Dateline: Missing in America podcast covers the June 2020 disappearance of Dia Abrams in Mountain Center, California

Keith Morrison reports.

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June 29, 2023, 4:43 PM EDT
By Dateline NBC

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Podcast and transcript at link. ~Summer

I’m glad Keith Morrison took up this case! Keep putting heat on the perp.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

House near Idyllwild owned by missing woman Dia Abrams for sale

Court-appointed trustee selling house to fund $300K reward.

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House near Idyllwild owned by missing woman Dia Abrams for sale​

A property near Idyllwild once owned by La Jolla millionaire Dia Abrams is being sold to help fund a $300,000 reward for information and an arrest in her disappearance.

A court-appointed trustee recently took over Abrams’ estate, including her properties in Mountain Center.

The five-bedroom, 3600 square foot house sits on five acres in Garner Valley about 15 miles southeast of Idyllwild.

It was listed for sale in early August for nearly $1 million by Richard Munro, the newly-appointed estate trustee.

The house is one of three properties in Mountain Center once owned by Abrams, who mysteriously vanished from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch in June 2020.

“The sale of Dia’s property is a process of great mourning for our family. We will not be deterred, and we will not give up,” said Clinton Abrams, Dia’s son, who believes his mother is deceased.

“I think solving Dia’s case, finding Dia, finding my mother will lead to the discovery of a lot more. And it's imperative that those secrets be exposed,” the son said.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Search warrant served on ranch of missing woman Dia Abrams

Ranch manager Keith Harper claims investigators left empty handed.

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Author: David Gotfredson
Published: 6:12 PM PDT October 16, 2023
Updated: 6:12 PM PDT October 16, 2023

MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. — Riverside Sheriff investigators brought in heavy equipment over the weekend to search for the remains of Dia Abrams on her ranch near Idyllwild.
The former La Jolla woman went missing from the ranch in 2020. Her body has not been found.

Neighbors woke up early Sunday morning to the sound of a sheriff helicopter flying over the ranch in Mountain Center. On a loudspeaker, officers told Abrams' boyfriend and ranch manager, Keith Harper, to come outside because they were serving a search warrant, according to a witness.

Neighbors recorded video showing about a dozen law enforcement vehicles driving onto the 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch.

Once there, officers set up shade structures and searched the property for evidence in the disappearance of Abrams, who has been missing for three and a half years.

Neighbors said investigators also brought in heavy equipment – a backhoe on the rear of a trailer – presumably to dig up areas on the ranch where they suspected Abrams’ remains could be located.

Abrams, 65, went missing from the ranch on June 6, 2020, two weeks after filing trust papers naming her boyfriend Harper as co-trustee of her estate.

Then, days after her disappearance, Harper left the state, driving his RV to New Mexico where officers seized it and removed a "section of front driver seat" as evidence, according to a 2020 search warrant.

Harper continues to live on the ranch and manage it, renting out cabins on the property he calls Cali's Great Escape.

Harper, 74, has repeatedly denied any involvement in Abrams disappearance, telling Investigation Discovery last month that he loved Abrams and planned to marry her.

“When somebody asks me, 'Did you kill her?', I've had that question asked. And I said, honestly, you don't kill people that you love. You kill people that you don't love,” Harper told Investigation Discovery.

This past weekend, volunteers with the Riverside Mountain Rescue team were seen searching the remote and rugged ranch for the seventh time, according to one team member who spoke to CBS 8.

The latest search effort came 10 days after a $300,000 reward was announced for information in the case leading to the arrest of a suspect and the discovery of Abrams’ remains.

 

[Summer_Breeze]

Boyfriend of missing woman Dia Abrams removed as estate co-trustee

Keith Harper is accused of trying to sell Abrams’ ranch near Idyllwild.

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Author: David Gotfredson
Published: 10:31 PM PST November 16, 2023
Updated: 10:45 PM PST November 16, 2023

MOUNTAIN CENTER, Calif. — A judge has ordered the boyfriend of missing woman Dia Abrams removed as co-trustee of her ranch near Idyllwild, after he allegedly tried to list the property with a real estate agent.

Abrams, 65, is a former La Jolla resident who went missing in 2020 and still has not been found.

During a probate court hearing in Palm Springs on Wednesday, Judge Russell Velasquez said Keith Harper had no authority to list the 117-acre ranch for sale.

“My concerns are Mr. Harper's alleged efforts to hypothecate property that he has no authority to hypothecate or sell,” Judge Velasquez said during the remote hearing.

On August 10, Harper allegedly contacted Orange County real estate agent Jennine Daniels, telling her, “he had owned the Bonita Vista property for sixteen years.”

“He also told me that he believed the property was worth $5.2 million and that he would like it to be listed on the market starting in February of 2024,” according to a sworn declaration filed in court by Daniels.

Harper, 74, has been living on the ranch since Abrams mysteriously went missing on June 6, 2020, two weeks after she amended her trust naming Harper as a co-trustee.

Abrams’ adult children filed petitions in Riverside County probate court in 2021, seeking removal of Harper as trustee of their mother’s estate.

Court filings allege Harper has failed to file tax returns, missed mortgage payments, and missed payments on the ranch's fire insurance policy since he has taken over as co-trustee.

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More at link. ~Summer

 

[Kimster]

I couldn’t be happier that he has been removed as trustee. It should’ve happened within six months of her going missing! In my humble opinion, of course.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I couldn’t be happier that he has been removed as trustee. It should’ve happened within six months of her going missing! In my humble opinion, of course.

I agree. If not sooner. And it is wrong it costs her family a small fortune to fight it over these years.