CA CA - John Beck, 73, Alameda, 9 Feb 2016 #2

[Paligal]

I think about this case all the time. A friend of mine knows one of his children, so I originally became interested because of a missing person post on social media. But I think he is out there somewhere, because if he had jumped from the bridge, his folder of papers would have either been found on or near the bridge, or scattered on the water. He also would have been seen by all the people on the bridge. I personally think he crossed the bridge and someone in Marin County picked him up. He is probably in Canada or Mexico now.

 

[Lilibet]

I think about this case all the time. A friend of mine knows one of his children, so I originally became interested because of a missing person post on social media. But I think he is out there somewhere, because if he had jumped from the bridge, his folder of papers would have either been found on or near the bridge, or scattered on the water. He also would have been seen by all the people on the bridge. I personally think he crossed the bridge and someone in Marin County picked him up. He is probably in Canada or Mexico now.

Thanks for posting @Paligal. If he’s still alive I think he’s out there somewhere too. I’m sure he had friends who would have helped him disappear. He was 73 when he disappeared nine years ago so he would be 82 now. The closer I get to 80, that doesn’t seem that old. I wonder what his wife and kids think happened, and where his wife is now. Of course, it’s always possible he committed suicide a different way than the bridge and after waiting awhile. It’s a haunting mystery.

JMO

 

[Lilibet]

I googled the house address and it looks like Beck’s wife lost it in December 2022. I wonder where she went. I can’t imagine the stress. She’ll be 80 next year. Not a great time to move, although I’m not sure if she’s lived there since 2016.

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Replying to myself to add some info…

There have been more legal issues regarding the Beck’s house in 2024. I’m not sure what they mean exactly.

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Interestingly, there are five pages of entries regarding this address, quite a few involving tax liens.

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Also, on Jan. 4, 2025 Joyce Beck organized a fundraiser on g*f*m titled…

Joyce Beck's Fight Against Fraudulent Eviction​

She claims that a group of individuals posing as officials and falsely claimed it had been foreclosed and sold. They threatened her with arrest if she didn’t leave immediately, so she did. She wasn’t allowed the chance to gather her belongings. She claimed that they looted her house and stole things. This has left her homeless along with her daughter and grandson who live with her. She was asking for money to hire an attorney to fight this “fraudulent” eviction. There were photos of the house, her family and some of the damage.

So apparently she has continued to live there while all these legal issues played out.

 

[destlin]

Wasn't "tax liens" the foundation of Beck and his cronies' real estate hustle? If I remember correctly (it's been years since the first news of this broke) the FTC went after them because they were selling courses over the airwaves on how to gain wealth by buying houses at auction due to back taxes.... buying houses at tax lien auctions isn't illegal as far as I know but there must have been something about how they were selling the get-rich-quick-scheme that made it actionable to the FTC.

Anyway, my guess is that he escaped to another country. It would seem to fit the entire modus operandi, and I agree with Paligal that if he had perished that day there's a good chance that something would have been found by now.