EFFORT
EFFORT IS
EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO FIND A MISSING WOMAN WHO WAS LAST SEEN EIGHT MONTHS AGO ON HER RANCH
NEAR IDLEWILD. DEAR ABRAM'S
FAMILY LIVES IN LA HOYA AND IS
DESPERATE FOR ANY INFORMATION.
THAT'S DAVID GOTTFREDSON SPENT
TWO DAYS IN ARIZONA SEARCHING A
REMOTE AREA FOR THE REMAINS
OF THE MISSING SIXTY FIVE YEAR
OLD VIEW ARIZONA POPULATION
TWELVE HUNDRED A RETIREMENT
COMMUNITY NEAR LAKE MEAD THAT
LIVES IN THE SHADOW OF THIS
STUNNING 2000 FOOT GRAND WASH
CLIFFS. WE ARE SEARCHING THE
CLIFFS FOR THE REMAINS OF A
MISSING WOMAN, DEAH ABRAM'S,
WHO IS LAST SEEN BY HER
BOYFRIEND KEITH HARPER ON HER
RANCH NEAR IDLEWILD. OUR MODE
OF TRANSPORT OFF ROAD
MOTORCYCLES WE'RE ACTING ON
INFORMATION THAT THE 65 YEAR
OLD'S BODY MAY HAVE BEEN DUMPED
IN THIS AREA. THE SEARCH AREA
IS ROUGHLY 20 SQUARE MILES AND
THE LOCATION EXTREMELY RUGGED
BLM LAND. OUR FIRST DESTINATION
TAKES US EIGHT MILES INTO
JOSHUA TREE WILDERNESS TO THE
EDGE OF THE CLIFFS. I GOT OVER
THERE, STOOD OUT ON THE CLIFF
AND THERE WAS SOME WIND. BUT
RIGHT NOW IT SEEMING LIKE IT
DIED DOWN. PILOTS JENSEN
LAUNCHES A DRONE TO SCOUR THE
FACE OF THE DROP LOOKING FOR
THE REMAINS OF ABRAMS WHO HAS
BEEN MISSING FOR EIGHT MONTHS.
THE DRONE SHOOTS FOURCADE VIDEO
AND JENSEN LETS ME WATCH USING
THESE VIRTUAL REALITY GOGGLES I
CAN SEE THE POINT OF VIEW
OF WHAT THE DRONE IS SEEING AS
WE SCAN THE CLIPS WE BEGIN TO
REALIZE JUST HOW DIFFICULT THIS
MASSIVE SEARCH WILL BE. WE'RE
TRYING TO SPOT CLOTHING THAT
ABRAMS MAY HAVE BEEN WEARING OR
EVEN MORE DIFFICULT THE DECAYED
REMAINS OF HER BODY. IT'S
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. I'M JUST
HAVING A HARD TIME FINDING ANY
BONES AFTER HOURS OF SEARCHING
WE DECIDE TO MOVE ON TO THE
NUMEROUS OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE
A BODY MIGHT BE FOUND. SO WHY
HERE? WHY GRAND CLIFFS,
ARIZONA? WELL, IT TURNS OUT THE
LAST PERSON TO SEE DEAH ABRAM'S
ALIVE KEITH HARPER OWNS QUITE A
BIT OF LAND OUT HERE. NEWS HAS
LEARNED KEITH HARPER TRAVELED
TO THE GRAND WASH CLIFFS AREA
IN MAY TWENTY TWENTY ABOUT A
MONTH BEFORE ABRAMS WENT
MISSING. HE OWNS EIGHTY FIVE
ACRES OF LAND OUT HERE AND SOME
OF THE PARCELS ARE RIGHT ALONG
THE CLIFF'S EDGE. I HAVE NO
REASON TO BRING HARM TO HER. I
LOVE THAT WOMAN. NEWS EIGHT
FIRST INTERVIEWED HARPER IN
AUGUST TWO MONTHS AFTER ABRAMS
WENT MISSING FROM HER RANCH 11
MILES EAST OF IDLEWILD. HARPER
LIVED ON THE RANCH WITH ABRAMS
AND HE SAID THEY WERE PLANNING
ON GETTING MARRIED. BUT TWO
DAYS AFTER SHE WENT MISSING,
HARPER DROVE THIS RV FROM THE
RANCH IN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
ARIZONA TO AZTEC, NEW MEXICO
WHERE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES ARMED
WITH A SEARCH WARRANT FINALLY
IMPOUNDED THE VEHICLE AND TOOK
A SECTION OF THE FRONT SEAT AS
EVIDENCE AND THAT'S NOT ALL.
HAVE THEY SERVED SEARCH
WARRANTS ON YOUR CELL PHONE ON
YOUR HOUSE? OH YEAH. WE'VE HAD
WE'VE HAD OUR CELL PHONES,
COMPUTERS. THEY WERE ALL TAKEN.
COURT RECORDS SHOW HARPER HAS A
CRIMINAL HISTORY OUT
OF COLORADO THE YEAR 2000
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSAULT 2011
UNLAWFUL SEXUAL CONTACT FOR
GROPING TWO WOMEN DURING A
SNOWMOBILE TOUR HE WAS ORDERED
TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER
2013 ILLEGALLY OPERATING ALL
TERRAIN VEHICLE DOORS ON U.S.
FOREST LAND SENTENCED TO FOUR
MONTHS IN CUSTODY ALL HIS
CONVICTIONS ENDED UP BEING
MISDEMEANORS WAS DEER AWARE
OF YOUR CRIMINAL CODE ?
ABSOLUTELY. HARPER HAS NOW
TAKEN OVER AS TRUSTEE
OF ABRAM'S RANCH NEAR IDLEWILD
AND HE HAS POWER OF ATTORNEY
OVER HER ESTATE UNDER THE TERMS
OF A TRUST THAT ABRAM'S
TRANSFERRED PROPERTY INTO JUST
TWO WEEKS BEFORE SHE WENT
MISSING. EVEN SO, THE RIVERSIDE
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS NOT
PUBLICLY NAMED HARPER OR ANYONE
ELSE AS A SUSPECT IN ABRAM'S
DISAPPEARANCE. WE SPENT TWO
DAYS SEARCHING THE PLATEAU
ABOUT THE CLIFFS LOOKING FOR
LOOSE DIRT, CLOTHING OR BONES
ALONG MILES OF HIGH DESERT
ROADS AND IN DRY CREEK BEDS.
BUT WE LEFT MEAD VIEW ARIZONA
STILL ASKING WHERE IS ABRAM'S
DAVID GOTTFREDSON NEWSIE KEITH
HARPER DID NOT RESPOND TO
MULTIPLE MESSAGES FROM
NEWS EIGHT SEEKING COMMENT. WE