Feds thought she was missing in Humboldt, but woman was spotted on 'The Bachelor'

Rebekah Martinez was reported as missing in Humboldt County on Nov. 18, 2017. After she was found on the reality series, "The Bachelor," she was removed from the California Department of Justice's website. Rebekah Martinez was reported as missing in Humboldt County on Nov. 18, 2017. After she was found on the reality series, "The Bachelor," she was removed from the California Department of Justice's website. Photo: Left: Attorney General's Office. Right: Craig Sjodin/ABC Via Getty Images Photo: Left: Attorney General's Office. Right: Craig Sjodin/ABC Via Getty Images Image 1 of / 56 Caption Close Feds thought she was missing in Humboldt, but woman was spotted on 'The Bachelor' 1 / 56 Back to Gallery

A woman who was reported as missing in Humboldt County was found this week in a rather visible place — the reality series "The Bachelor."

Rebekah Martinez, 22, of Fresno, was reported missing on Nov. 18 by her mother, who told the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office that her daughter had gone to the area to work on a marijuana farm.

The North Coast Journal included Martinez in a cover story featuring images of the 35 people listed as missing in Humboldt County on the California Department of Justice's website.

The story titled "The Humboldt 35: Why does Humboldt County have the highest rate of missing persons reports in the state?" was published on Facebook on Thursday in a post that asked readers if they recognized anyone.

Amy Bonner O'Brien of Trinidad was the first to respond on the Facebook post and identify Martinez as a contestant on the current season of "The Bachelor."

"My sister always calls me Sherlock Holmes," O'Brien said. "I was just scrolling through the 35 missing people and I recognized some of them from news stories. When I got to her, I was like wait a minute, she looks so familiar and I instantly thought of 'The Bachelor.'"

O'Brien doesn't regularly tune into "The Bachelor," but on a recent visit to see her sister they watched this season's first episode together.

The North Coast Journal reached out to the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office, who contacted Martinez over the phone and promptly removed her from the missing person's list.

"(The mother) had phone contact with Bekah via a friend on November 12th," said Public Information Officer Samantha Karges. "Bekah had told her she was coming to Humboldt County to work on a marijuana farm and she wouldn't be able to contact her for a week or so."

On "The Bachelor," Martinez got attention for her 14-year age difference with the lead Arie Luyendyk Jr.

She has been actively posting on Instagram and Twitter since she was reported missing and often posts about appearing on the show. When her bizarre story was reported by media on Feb. 2, she tweeted a message referring to the photo used in the missing person's report.

"Honestly the scariest thing about this story is that my efforts to conceal The Worst Drivers License Photo Of All Time have been thwarted," she wrote.

Find more of her Tweets in the gallery at the top of the story.