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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Lawsuit Alleges Boyfriend's Role in Dia Abrams' Disappearance

A new lawsuit claims Keith Harper, the last person to see Dia alive and sole heir to her estate, had a powerful motive.

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Wrongful death suit alleges boyfriend murdered Dia Abrams on her Idyllwild ranch​

A new wrongful death lawsuit filed in Riverside County Superior Court alleges that the longtime boyfriend of missing Mountain Center ranch owner Lydia “Dia” Abrams intentionally killed her and should be barred from inheriting proceeds from her multimillion‑dollar estate.

Crisara Abrams, Dia’s adult daughter, filed the civil complaint on Dec. 11, 2025, naming boyfriend Keith Harper as the defendant and joining Dia’s son, Clinton Abrams, as a nominal party under California’s one‑action rule for wrongful death claims. The case seeks damages for wrongful death as well as declaratory and equitable relief to determine Harper’s rights under the Dia Abrams Trust.

The suit follows a July 7, 2025, court order declaring Abrams legally dead and fixing her legal date of death as June 6, 2025, five years after she vanished from her 117‑acre Bonita Vista Ranch near Idyllwild.

Abrams amended her trust on May 22, 2020, removing her two children as beneficiaries and naming Harper as the sole beneficiary, a change her daughter alleges gave Harper a powerful financial motive because the trust is believed to be worth more than $4 million.

Less than two weeks later, on June 6, 2020, Abrams disappeared. Harper acknowledged he was the last person to see her alive, the filing states. Her body has not been found.

The lawsuit accuses Harper of providing “inconsistent and contradictory” accounts of that day, including differing explanations of his activities on the ranch, what Abrams planned to do that afternoon and when he began searching for her.

It further alleges Harper failed to notify law enforcement promptly and left the ranch while volunteers searched and drove out of state shortly before a scheduled law‑enforcement search of the property.

The complaint also highlights Harper’s prior criminal history, alleging he is a convicted sex offender who has previously assaulted women in romantic relationships and was convicted in Colorado in 2011 for sexual assault tied to his “Outlaw Tours” adventure business. The pleading claims this history is relevant to motive, intent and “absence of mistake,” and not offered solely as character evidence.

It also points to the December 2021 death of a woman who worked with horses on the Bonita Vista Ranch. Law enforcement found the body of Jodi Newkirk under an ATV on the ranch after Harper called 911. The lawsuit notes that the coroner listed acute methamphetamine toxicity as the cause of Newkirk’s death, but could not rule out foul play, and that responding officers reported scene details inconsistent with a simple accident.

Harper has previously denied any wrongdoing in connection with the two deaths.

Beyond damages, the suit asks the court to declare that Harper’s alleged acts triggered California’s “slayer rule,” which bars anyone who “feloniously and intentionally” kills a person from receiving property or benefits as a result of the death. An earlier settlement in Riverside probate court splits the estate 50% to Harper and 25% each to Crisara and Clinton, with a provision disinheriting anyone found involved in Abrams’ death or disappearance.

 

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Lawsuit Alleges Boyfriend's Role in Dia Abrams' Disappearance

A new lawsuit claims Keith Harper, the last person to see Dia alive and sole heir to her estate, had a powerful motive.

www.cbs8.com

Wrongful death suit alleges boyfriend murdered Dia Abrams on her Idyllwild ranch​

A new wrongful death lawsuit filed in Riverside County Superior Court alleges that the longtime boyfriend of missing Mountain Center ranch owner Lydia “Dia” Abrams intentionally killed her and should be barred from inheriting proceeds from her multimillion‑dollar estate.

Crisara Abrams, Dia’s adult daughter, filed the civil complaint on Dec. 11, 2025, naming boyfriend Keith Harper as the defendant and joining Dia’s son, Clinton Abrams, as a nominal party under California’s one‑action rule for wrongful death claims. The case seeks damages for wrongful death as well as declaratory and equitable relief to determine Harper’s rights under the Dia Abrams Trust.

The suit follows a July 7, 2025, court order declaring Abrams legally dead and fixing her legal date of death as June 6, 2025, five years after she vanished from her 117‑acre Bonita Vista Ranch near Idyllwild.

Abrams amended her trust on May 22, 2020, removing her two children as beneficiaries and naming Harper as the sole beneficiary, a change her daughter alleges gave Harper a powerful financial motive because the trust is believed to be worth more than $4 million.

Less than two weeks later, on June 6, 2020, Abrams disappeared. Harper acknowledged he was the last person to see her alive, the filing states. Her body has not been found.

The lawsuit accuses Harper of providing “inconsistent and contradictory” accounts of that day, including differing explanations of his activities on the ranch, what Abrams planned to do that afternoon and when he began searching for her.

It further alleges Harper failed to notify law enforcement promptly and left the ranch while volunteers searched and drove out of state shortly before a scheduled law‑enforcement search of the property.

The complaint also highlights Harper’s prior criminal history, alleging he is a convicted sex offender who has previously assaulted women in romantic relationships and was convicted in Colorado in 2011 for sexual assault tied to his “Outlaw Tours” adventure business. The pleading claims this history is relevant to motive, intent and “absence of mistake,” and not offered solely as character evidence.

It also points to the December 2021 death of a woman who worked with horses on the Bonita Vista Ranch. Law enforcement found the body of Jodi Newkirk under an ATV on the ranch after Harper called 911. The lawsuit notes that the coroner listed acute methamphetamine toxicity as the cause of Newkirk’s death, but could not rule out foul play, and that responding officers reported scene details inconsistent with a simple accident.

Harper has previously denied any wrongdoing in connection with the two deaths.

Beyond damages, the suit asks the court to declare that Harper’s alleged acts triggered California’s “slayer rule,” which bars anyone who “feloniously and intentionally” kills a person from receiving property or benefits as a result of the death. An earlier settlement in Riverside probate court splits the estate 50% to Harper and 25% each to Crisara and Clinton, with a provision disinheriting anyone found involved in Abrams’ death or disappearance.

Removed her children from being beneficiaries. I wonder what the story is on that. Sex offender. Wonderful. Previous death on the ranch before her. He sounds like a prize. Of course he denies it. They always do. Hardly any break down and confess. When they do it seems because they ate offered a plea deal. I'm so tired of that.