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‘Bachelor’ Contestant Bekah Martinez Was Reported As A ‘Missing Person’ Prior To Her TV Appearance

“I just got off the phone with Rebekah. She is, in fact, the same person,” a deputy reported.

It’s unclear what prompted this inaccurate Missing Persons report — did Martinez simply fall out of touch with her mother? Did her mother neglect to contact the authorities when she finally heard from her daughter? Or did one of Martinez’s friends contact her mom, prompting her to alert the police?

Martinez responded to the incident on Twitter, blaming her absence on filming for The Bachelor. (And not on

Martinez didn’t seem too distressed by the incident, though. She’s mainly perturbed that everyone now gets to see her “Worst Driver’s License Photo Of All Time.”