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.

Local Dia Abrams still missing - Idyllwild Town Crier

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

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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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[Kimster]

SAN DIEGO — The self-proclaimed fiancé of a woman who went missing from her ranch near Idyllwild in June has filed a lawsuit, in which he claims to have power of attorney over the woman’s estate.

Keith Harper, 71, filed the civil complaint in San Juan County, New Mexico on December 9. It seeks $3,020 in damages – including court costs and interest – stemming from a $2,000 purchase of boots, made by Lydia “Dia” Abrams before she went missing.

Abrams, 65, a former La Jolla millionaire, went missing on June 6 from her 117-acre Bonita Vista Ranch in a remote area east of Mountain Center.

The lawsuit confirms earlier reporting by News 8 that Harper has taken over as trustee, claiming power of attorney to run the estate.

Property records revealed that Abrams transferred ownership of her ranch, along with two nearby properties, into the restated Dia Kenshalo Abrams Trust two weeks before she went missing.

The written trust agreement has not been made public.

Harper’s lawsuit seeks a refund from Boot Junky of Scottsdale, Arizona. Abrams was a frequent customer of boot outlet, according to the lawsuit.

“Ms. Abrams ordered boots from Boot Junky but never picked up her order,” the company wrote in a December 18 motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

“The transaction took place in Scottsdale, Arizona. At the time, Ms. Abrams lived in California. Ms. Abrams has since gone missing and has been missing since June 6, 2020,” the motion continued.

“Mr. Harper, the Plaintiff, has since tried to collect a refund from Boot Junky for the boots Ms. Abrams ordered. Mr. Harper was never a party to the boot transaction that took place in Arizona,” according to the court records.

The owner of Boot Junky, Greg Swan, argues in his response that the New Mexico court has no jurisdiction over the transaction.

“Indeed, no New Mexico court would have jurisdiction over a transaction that took place between two non-New Mexico residents in Scottsdale, Arizona,” the response states.

San Juan County Magistrate Judge Stacey Biel set a motion hearing to be held on February 15, 2021, at 8 a.m., according to court records. Keith Harper is representing himself in the legal action.

B. Tell Ward, the Farmington, New Mexico attorney representing Boot Junky, told News 8 in a telephone interview that Abrams' purchase consisted of several women's boots. The attorney said the lawsuit "has no jurisdiction in New Mexico" because Harper filed it in the wrong state.

Harper previously told News 8 he had lunch with Abrams at the ranch on the afternoon of Saturday, June 6; and last saw her around 2:30 p.m., when he went to mow the grass and do some ranch work.

Upon Harper's return from his ranch work around 7:30 that evening, he said, Abrams was gone. She had left her cell phone, purse and Ford truck behind.

The Riverside Sheriff’s Department is investigating Abrams’ disappearance as a missing persons case, and investigators suspect foul play, according to search warrants obtained in September by News 8.

Harper has not been named a suspect by law enforcement and he did not respond to a News 8 message seeking comment for this report. Previously, Harper has denied any involvement in Abrams’ disappearance.

Missing California woman’s fiancé claims ‘power of attorney’ in lawsuit over boots

Lydia "Dia" Abrams went missing in June from her ranch near Idyllwild.

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[Kimster]

I caught this case while watching a YouTube video about various missing persons cases in the area from last year. This is the one that stuck out to me, especially since her boyfriend seems very suspect, from the way people are writing about him.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I think you mean 2020 not 2021 in the caption?

He definitely sounds suspect...

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Family of Idyllwild missing woman seeks removal of 'fiancé' as trustee

Adult children of Dia Abrams asks court to appoint private, professional fiduciary.

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Family of Idyllwild missing woman seeks removal of 'fiancé' as trustee​

The family of Lydia “Dia” Abrams – who went missing nine months ago from her ranch near Idyllwild – is asking a judge to remove the current trustees of her estate.

The probate petition in Riverside County Superior Court targets the man claiming to be Abrams’ fiancé, as well as another woman, who both have been managing the properties since the woman’s disappearance.

Her adult son and daughter, Clinton and Crisara Abrams, of San Diego are plaintiffs in the current court action.

The petition seeks the removal of the two trustees, Keith Harper and Diana Fedder.

“I feel saddened that the children are actually going to that extent,” Fedder said in a telephone interview with News 8.

Fedder said the missing woman did not want her adult children involved in her properties.

“She made me promise, as well as several other people, that the children would not be allowed in the home because the first thing that would happen if she was gone is, they would come in and take everything,” said Fedder.

Keith Harper is currently running the ranch on a daily basis, and he claims to be Abrams’ fiancé. Harper and Fedder have co-managed the ranch since Abrams went missing.

 

[Kimster]

Family of Idyllwild missing woman seeks removal of 'fiancé' as trustee

Adult children of Dia Abrams asks court to appoint private, professional fiduciary.

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Family of Idyllwild missing woman seeks removal of 'fiancé' as trustee​

The family of Lydia “Dia” Abrams – who went missing nine months ago from her ranch near Idyllwild – is asking a judge to remove the current trustees of her estate.

The probate petition in Riverside County Superior Court targets the man claiming to be Abrams’ fiancé, as well as another woman, who both have been managing the properties since the woman’s disappearance.

Her adult son and daughter, Clinton and Crisara Abrams, of San Diego are plaintiffs in the current court action.

The petition seeks the removal of the two trustees, Keith Harper and Diana Fedder.

“I feel saddened that the children are actually going to that extent,” Fedder said in a telephone interview with News 8.

Fedder said the missing woman did not want her adult children involved in her properties.

“She made me promise, as well as several other people, that the children would not be allowed in the home because the first thing that would happen if she was gone is, they would come in and take everything,” said Fedder.

Keith Harper is currently running the ranch on a daily basis, and he claims to be Abrams’ fiancé. Harper and Fedder have co-managed the ranch since Abrams went missing.

What is Fedder's relationship with Harper all about? That's what I want to know!

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

La Jolla son pleads for help on 1-year anniversary of mother going missing

Dia Abrams, 65, went missing on June 6, 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

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La Jolla son pleads for help on 1-year anniversary of mother going missing​

It has been one year since Lydia “Dia” Abrams, a former La Jolla resident, went missing from her multi-million-dollar ranch near Idyllwild.

Her son, Clinton Abrams, is speaking publicly about the case for the first time in hopes of finding his mother.

“I want people to know that she was the kindest, gentlest, soft-hearted person that you could imagine,” said Clinton Abrams, 31, during an interview at his home in La Jolla.


“I believe she was murdered and we need to find her for her soul to rest in peace,” Clinton Abrams said.

The son said he decided to speak out in the news media – after being warned against it by Riverside Sheriff – because he believes somebody has information on where his mother’s remains may be found.

“My main thing is I want to find my mother. It's way less about what happens to Keith Harper, way less about what happens to the ranch, that's all material nonsense,” Clinton said. “If somebody knows something and they're not speaking up, we need them to find the courage in their hearts to do so right now, please.”

Keith Harper continues to live on Abrams’ ranch near Idyllwild, according to neighbors. He did not respond to a message from News 8 seeking comment for this report.

 

[Kimster]

La Jolla son pleads for help on 1-year anniversary of mother going missing

Dia Abrams, 65, went missing on June 6, 2020 from her ranch near Idyllwild.

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La Jolla son pleads for help on 1-year anniversary of mother going missing​

It has been one year since Lydia “Dia” Abrams, a former La Jolla resident, went missing from her multi-million-dollar ranch near Idyllwild.

Her son, Clinton Abrams, is speaking publicly about the case for the first time in hopes of finding his mother.

“I want people to know that she was the kindest, gentlest, soft-hearted person that you could imagine,” said Clinton Abrams, 31, during an interview at his home in La Jolla.


“I believe she was murdered and we need to find her for her soul to rest in peace,” Clinton Abrams said.

The son said he decided to speak out in the news media – after being warned against it by Riverside Sheriff – because he believes somebody has information on where his mother’s remains may be found.

“My main thing is I want to find my mother. It's way less about what happens to Keith Harper, way less about what happens to the ranch, that's all material nonsense,” Clinton said. “If somebody knows something and they're not speaking up, we need them to find the courage in their hearts to do so right now, please.”

Keith Harper continues to live on Abrams’ ranch near Idyllwild, according to neighbors. He did not respond to a message from News 8 seeking comment for this report.

I sure hope they find her! My heart goes out to her son.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Fiancé of missing woman alleges ‘hostile takeover’ of estate near Idyllwild

Keith Harper in court battle with adult children of Dia Abrams over estate.

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Fiancé of missing woman alleges ‘hostile takeover’ of estate near Idyllwild​

The man who claims to be the fiancé of missing millionaire, Lydia “Dia” Abrams, has fired back at her adult children with a scathing declaration filed in Riverside County probate court.

“They have attempted a hostile takeover of their mother's properties by financial strangulation and harassment,” wrote Keith Harper in a sworn declaration dated July 19.



Harper, 71, has been managing the Bonita Vista Ranch since Abrams went missing and, until recently, had been renting out cabins on the ranch through Airbnb.

“Her children contacted 'Airbnb' and told them that the ranch was being run by a murderer and that I had been accused of murdering their mother,” Harper alleged in his declaration.

“'Airbnb' removed the ‘ranch’ from its rental lists even though the ranch had received 29 five-star ratings,” Harper wrote.


Court filings showed Abrams was seeking to invalidate her prenuptial agreement she had signed with her husband in 1984. She also was seeking more than $6.7 million dollars in assets from the estate to fund a marital trust.

“In the five years I spent with Dia, I only remember her son, Clinton, coming to the ranch on two occasions. I never saw her daughter, Crisara, come to the ranch,” Harper wrote in his declaration.

Harper also alleged Clinton Abrams tried to poison his mother “six years ago” when she was hospitalized with lower back surgery in San Diego.

“When she woke up in the recovery room, she was surprised to see her son Clinton, since no one in the family had volunteered to assist her. Dia claimed the meeting was short and her son gave her something to drink and then left. Dia claimed what happened next was she slipped into an unexplained coma for the next four days and nearly died. When she recovered, she believed the [sic] Clinton had administered her a dose of something intending to kill her, since the medical team had no explanation of her near death experience,” Harper wrote in the court declaration.

Clinton Abrams denied ever trying to poison his mother. “What he [Harper] is saying would be comical if the situation wasn’t so serious. He needs to work writing tella-novellas. It is tragic that law enforcement hasn’t done anything of substance on this case,” the son responded in an email to News 8.

 

[Imamazed]

Woman missing near Idyllwild was in court battle over multi-million dollar estate

Dia Abrams filed a petition in 2019 seeking to invalidate a prenuptial agreement.

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[Imamazed]

Detectives serve search warrants in Dia Abrams missing person case

Investigators seized thousands of pot plants, the fiance's RV, and evidence from a ranch near Idyllwild in the case of the missing former La Jolla woman.

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[kdg411]

'Suspicious death' at ranch near Idyllwild where woman went missing in 2020

Boyfriend of missing woman, Dia Abrams, reported a female ranch hand died in a "quad rollover" Thursday evening.

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The call for assistance came in just after 5 p.m. on December 23 from 58111 Bonita Vista Road in Mountain Center. The reporting party was Keith Harper, the boyfriend of the missing woman, Lydia “Dia” Abrams, according to dispatch scanner audio from CalFire/Riverside County Fire.

First responders attempted to call in an air ambulance, according to the dispatch audio, but none were available due to rainy weather and low visibility.

Dispatchers also had trouble reconnecting with the reporting party, Keith Harper.

“The phone number for the original [reporting party] keeps going to an answering machine for American Storage, unable to get anything further from them,” a dispatcher reported at 5:23 p.m.

 

[Kimster]

'Suspicious death' at ranch near Idyllwild where woman went missing in 2020

Boyfriend of missing woman, Dia Abrams, reported a female ranch hand died in a "quad rollover" Thursday evening.

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The call for assistance came in just after 5 p.m. on December 23 from 58111 Bonita Vista Road in Mountain Center. The reporting party was Keith Harper, the boyfriend of the missing woman, Lydia “Dia” Abrams, according to dispatch scanner audio from CalFire/Riverside County Fire.

First responders attempted to call in an air ambulance, according to the dispatch audio, but none were available due to rainy weather and low visibility.

Dispatchers also had trouble reconnecting with the reporting party, Keith Harper.

“The phone number for the original [reporting party] keeps going to an answering machine for American Storage, unable to get anything further from them,” a dispatcher reported at 5:23 p.m.

Yeah, I am thinking what you’re thinking. There’s even been a lot of debate on whether or not he is/was Dia’s boyfriend. Ladies, beware!

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Journal entry and audio recording shed light on woman’s death at ranch near Idyllwild

Family of victim found Jodi Newkirk's journal entry, recorded telephone call with Keith Harper.

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Journal entry and audio recording shed light on woman’s death at ranch near Idyllwild​

We are learning more about the recent death of a woman at the Bonita Vista Ranch near Idyllwild.

Jodi Newkirk is the second woman lost at the ranch in the past 18 months.


A relative of Newkirk, who does not want to be identified, recorded the audio of Keith Harper on a telephone call, a few days after Newkirk’s death.

“Jodi was an amazing individual. You know, you had to just love her,” Harper said during the telephone conversation.

He apparently did not know the call was being recorded.

“She’s been an awesome help here, an amazing person to have on the ranch,” Harper said.

Newkirk, 46, had been working at the ranch in Mountain Center since early August as a horse handler.

“I don't know if you know this, but my fiancée, she disappeared a year and a half ago,” Harper said on the recorded phone call. “She disappeared and we've been dealing with her missing.”

During the telephone call, Harper claimed Newkirk rode off on a quad just after sunset on December 23, 2021, to cut down a live Christmas tree.

“She wanted to go get a Christmas tree and she took the ATV up on the hill and, I don't know, I don't know if she turned the wheel wrong, or what happens. But the machine flips and when I find her, she has been under that machine probably a half-hour, I would suspect,” said Harper during the call.

“The only thing I could see was her face and probably six inches of her chest, the rest of it was underneath the machine. You know, because it was on her chest she couldn't breathe. I moved the machine off. I moved it off so I could do CPR on her,” he said.

Riverside County Sheriff responded to the Bonita Vista Ranch at 5:39 p.m. and soon realized the victim had "unexplained injuries." First responders called in homicide detectives and secured a crime scene.

“I've got to file a complaint against the sheriff's office because they leave her body for a day and a half in that rain and snow, and it just pisses me off,” said Harper during the telephone conversation. “I’ve never seen inhumane treatment like that.”

Detectives questioned Harper. No arrest was made. The autopsy results and toxicology testing on Newkirk's remains are still pending.



Below is the full transcript of Jodi Newkirk's “Dear Harper” journal entry:

"Dear Harper, So I know I shouldn’t be writing this down & your [sic] most likely not going to read it anyway. Sometimes it really helps to vent. And Boy I have a ton to say about everything obviously. With you being gone it’s very hard for me to feel OK with everything. I need to communicate & in person is always best. I feel like we have gotten kinda on different pages lately. Probably because I feel like you’re a computer dog like a high class gigilo (sp?). Anyhow you really do sleep with as many females as you can & you tell all girls what they want to hear & you tell them all basically the same thing. I listen to you & I really am feeling very strange about the always going to miss me comment in the text a few days ago? What the hell was that about & you never did elaborate? Anyhow I don’t like the way that sounds. Not a bit. It’s weird. With you gone tho I do miss you but I’m thinking things are going to be different when you are back. Not sure who will initiate it but I’m feeling it big time."

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Audio released in disappearance of Dia Abrams

Private investigator interviewed co-trustee of Abrams' estate in November 2020.

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Audio released in disappearance of Dia Abrams​

An undercover audio recording has revealed new information in the mysterious disappearance of former La Jolla resident, Dia Abrams.

Abrams went missing in 2020 from her 117-acre ranch near Idyllwild and she still has not been found.

A private investigator hired by Abrams' son secretly recorded the audio during his investigation of the unsolved case.

The recording is from late November 2020 and sounds as if it was recorded in a public area, during an outdoor lunch meeting.

The private investigator interviewed Diana Fedder, a friend of Abrams who lived in the area, for more than four and a half hours, approximately five months after Abrams went missing.

Fedder, 54, is a retired Secret Service special agent.

At the time of the interview, Fedder was co-managing Abrams' Bonita Vista Ranch in Mountain Center, along with Keith Harper, 72, the missing woman's self-proclaimed fiancé.

“The week she disappeared, she was planning on breaking up with him, 100 percent,” Fedder told the private investigator.

 

[GrandmaBear]

4.5 hours is a very long interview. One has to wonder just what all was talked about or answered in it.

As to the second woman who died, if tox and autopsy results are in which they say they are and they are sealed pending the ongoing investigation, well then it is clear they are not ready to call that one an accident either.

I hope charges result one day.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

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.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Two years since Dia Abrams went missing from ranch near Idyllwild

Riverside County Sheriff offers no update on Abrams case, or death of Jodi Newkirk at same ranch

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Two years since Dia Abrams went missing from ranch near Idyllwild​

Monday, June 6 marks two years since former La Jolla resident, Lydia “Dia” Abrams, mysteriously went missing from her ranch near Idyllwild.

The 65-year-old was last seen on the Bonita Vista Ranch by her boyfriend, Keith Harper, who said she disappeared without a trace. She has not been found.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Ranch manager questioned in case of missing woman near Idyllwild

Attorneys deposed Keith Harper for six hours about the disappearance of Dia Abrams.

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Ranch manager questioned in case of missing woman near Idyllwild​

Lawyers had tough questions on Thursday for the man managing a ranch near Idyllwild, where one woman went missing in 2020 and another woman died in 2021.

Keith Harper appeared remotely for the six-hour deposition in a probate case brought by the children of the missing Dia Abrams.

Attorneys for Clinton and Crisara Abrams walked Harper though the events surrounding Dia Abrams’ disappearance on June 6, 2020.

“The last I saw her was approximately 2:20 or 2:30 p.m., when I had lunch with her,” Harper testified.

Harper, 73, testified he was the only other person at the Bonita Vista Ranch in Mountain Center that afternoon.

“You would have seen the truck go by if she had left?” Owens asked.

“Yeah,” Harper replied.

“And you never saw the truck go by?” asked Owens.

“No,” Harper said.

Abrams' two adult children are suing Harper in probate court, trying to get him removed as trustee of the 119-acre ranch, and two other properties in the area owned by Abrams.

During his deposition, Harper testified Abrams was afraid of her son, Clinton.

“She was fearful that Clinton was involved in a situation that would take her life or make her disappear,” Harper testified.

He said Abrams was in fear for her life because she was in a court battle with her children over the estate of her late husband, La Jolla developer Clem Abrams.

“She had told six of her friends that Clinton had issued an order for her extermination,” Harper testified.



On December 23, 2021, another woman, Jodi Newkirk, died on the same ranch.

During the deposition, attorneys questioned Harper about Newkirk's case as well. Harper testified Newkirk died in an accidental ATV rollover accident. Her autopsy and cause of death have been sealed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department pending the outcome of its ongoing investigation.

CBS 8 reached out to Riverside Sheriff for an update on both cases, asking if the cases had been submitted for criminal charges. A spokesperson responded, “Both these investigation are still active and on-going and have not been submitted to the DA’s office as of yet.”

 

[Kimster]

Ranch manager questioned in case of missing woman near Idyllwild

Attorneys deposed Keith Harper for six hours about the disappearance of Dia Abrams.

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Ranch manager questioned in case of missing woman near Idyllwild​

Lawyers had tough questions on Thursday for the man managing a ranch near Idyllwild, where one woman went missing in 2020 and another woman died in 2021.

Keith Harper appeared remotely for the six-hour deposition in a probate case brought by the children of the missing Dia Abrams.

Attorneys for Clinton and Crisara Abrams walked Harper though the events surrounding Dia Abrams’ disappearance on June 6, 2020.

“The last I saw her was approximately 2:20 or 2:30 p.m., when I had lunch with her,” Harper testified.

Harper, 73, testified he was the only other person at the Bonita Vista Ranch in Mountain Center that afternoon.

“You would have seen the truck go by if she had left?” Owens asked.

“Yeah,” Harper replied.

“And you never saw the truck go by?” asked Owens.

“No,” Harper said.

Abrams' two adult children are suing Harper in probate court, trying to get him removed as trustee of the 119-acre ranch, and two other properties in the area owned by Abrams.

During his deposition, Harper testified Abrams was afraid of her son, Clinton.

“She was fearful that Clinton was involved in a situation that would take her life or make her disappear,” Harper testified.

He said Abrams was in fear for her life because she was in a court battle with her children over the estate of her late husband, La Jolla developer Clem Abrams.

“She had told six of her friends that Clinton had issued an order for her extermination,” Harper testified.



On December 23, 2021, another woman, Jodi Newkirk, died on the same ranch.

During the deposition, attorneys questioned Harper about Newkirk's case as well. Harper testified Newkirk died in an accidental ATV rollover accident. Her autopsy and cause of death have been sealed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department pending the outcome of its ongoing investigation.

CBS 8 reached out to Riverside Sheriff for an update on both cases, asking if the cases had been submitted for criminal charges. A spokesperson responded, “Both these investigation are still active and on-going and have not been submitted to the DA’s office as of yet.”

What if he is innocent and just a victim of too strange circumstances? We do need to look at both sides of it. Although it seems like it’s not very plausible.