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So, a missing marijuana farm employee turns up on ‘The Bachelor’. This isn’t the set up for some legalization era joke. This is a real story that actually happened. Mark Twain once said, “truth is stranger than fiction”. That statement proves absolutely true in this bizarre tale.
Rebekah Martinez
In November 2017, a 22-year-old woman named Rebekah Martinez disappeared. According to various sources, including Humboldt County’s information office Samantha Karges, her mother reported her missing at 1:06 in the morning on November 18th, 2017 after not being in contact with her daughter for a week. According to Karges, Martinez’s mother last heard from her on November 12th. Martinez had allegedly told her mother that she was going to work on a cannabis farm in Humboldt County and that she would see her in “seven to eight days.”
Here’s where the story gets weird. On December 12, 2017, the investigators working on the case asked Martinez’ mother if she had made contact with her daughter. She said she had—the same day she reported her missing. Additionally, Martinez was apparently active on social media during the time when she was supposed to be missing. Still, the police could not contact her, and since direct contact is needed to remove someone from a Missing Persons list, Rebekah Martinez retained her status as a missing person.
A local news outlet, The North Coast Journal, posted Martinez’ photo and Missing Persons report on one of their social media accounts. Their main story was about 35 people who were reported missing in Humboldt County. A follower of the Journal recognized Martinez from Instagram. The