This is not the only time that Beckerle, who was reported missing by her mother on Sunday, has been in a potentially dangerous situation recently.
An arrest affidavit from less than a month ago shows that Beckerle was nearly struck by a bullet while she was sitting inside her East Iowa Street home on June 16. In that incident, police believe DeMarco W. Roach, 40 who is identified as the boyfriend of Beckerle's mother fired a handgun several times inside the residence because he was hallucinating and believed he was being chased by two men who were trying to kill him.
Roach later reportedly told investigators that he was having a schizophrenic episode and was also under the influence of Adderall and Xanax at the time of the incident. Police wrote in the arrest affidavit that investigators believe Roach fired the gun three times upstairs in the Beckerle home and twice downstairs. One of those shots struck a door frame that was "a short distance away from" Aleah Beckerle, police wrote.
Roach has remained in jail since the alleged incident. He faces charges of illegal gun possession and three counts of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon.
Investigators have talked to both Cara Beckerle and Roach about Aleah's Beckerle's reported disappearance, as well as multiple other people, police confirmed Friday. In the affidavit about the June arrest, investigators noted that there was an active protective order against Roach for Beckerle's mother, Cara Beckerle. However, Cara Beckerle told police that Roach had been living back at the Iowa Street residence for a few days prior to the gun incident.
Roach was also arrested in March after an alleged fight between he and Cara Beckerle at the Iowa Street home. According to the affidavit in that March 16 case, Cara Beckerle told investigators that Roach grabbed her by her hair and shoved her during an argument. He is also accused of breaking the dining room table and throwing a brick through a window, according to the affidavit. Police say there were children in the home at the time of the incident, but the affidavit does not specify if Aleah Beckerle was one of them. Court records indicate Roach ultimately pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of domestic violence in that case.