CA CA - Ralf Peeks, 43, San Diego, 21 Apr 2013

[yoshimeow]

Here are the areas we searched over the past weekend. This doesn't mean we should stop searching these areas since there are quite a lot of canyons, shrubs, bushes and trees and we could have easily missed something. This is just reference. Thanks again everyone for all for your thoughts, help and prayers.

 

[Maiko]

yoshimeow, have you searched over near the U-haul location? What route do you think he would have taken from there?

 

[mamacita]

hey yall, local here too. this is the first time i'm hearing about this, but i'll share the news articles on FB. i spent a lot of time in mira mesa / miramar growing up in SD, so i'm fairly familiar with the area. i hope and pray that Ralf is found safe, but i'm so worried! especially since he's been missing so long... plus we just had that rain over the last couple of days.

i hate to think of this, but i feel it's always an important question to be asked. could he have been suicidal at all?

 

[mamacita]

for the record:

Friends say police have Peeks passport, money and computers. He did not own a cell phone or a car, they said.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51718061/#.UYm4t6Kceq1

 

[mamacita]

http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/05/01/search-continues-for-missing-german-citizen/#axzz2SAwztgoX

 

[mamacita]

Ralf Peeks vanished after he was last seen April 21st dropping off a rented vehicle at a U-Haul center on Camino Ruiz in Miramar.

Peeks doesn’t have a car and rides his bike everywhere, Simon said. He would bike from his home in University City through a canyon to his job nearby where he worked as an engineer.


And there’s reportedly been no activity with his bank account since he disappeared.

just a few things that i found important.

http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/05/01/search-continues-for-missing-german-citizen/#axzz2SAwztgoX

 

[dillysmom11]

Who was the last person who spoke to Ralf, besides the people at Uhaul?

Does Ralf have a girlfriend or significant other?

Anyone angry with him? Borrow money from him or vice versa?

I assume Ralf does not partake in drugs, he seems to live a "clean" life and drugs wouldn't play into that...

I'm wondering about a hit and run, too, and praying that is not the case and he is found soon.

 

[Essbee]

Wow, I live in San Diego and this is the first I've heard of this story. It's sad when adult missing persons get so little attention.

To the friends who are searching, has anyone considered checking Penasquitos Canyon and Lopez Canyon?? Both go west from Mira Mesa, although it wouldn't be the most efficient route. What time of day did he leave Uhaul? Was he known to bike for pleasure in the canyons, or did he usually just bike to get from Point A to Point B? Is his destination known? Where did he live, and where did he work?

Was he ever known to use buses? Some have bike racks.

Any sign of his bike anywhere? Was it registered? In other words, if it was left somewhere, would police have a way to track it or identify it as his? Mountain lions have killed a biker in Orange County about a decade ago...

 

[JBmom]

To the friends who are searching, has anyone considered checking Penasquitos Canyon and Lopez Canyon?? Both go west from Mira Mesa, although it wouldn't be the most efficient route. What time of day did he leave Uhaul? Was he known to bike for pleasure in the canyons, or did he usually just bike to get from Point A to Point B? Is his destination known? Where did he live, and where did he work?.

Good questions. I was also wondering about LPQ. The Camino Ruiz trail is a favorite connector down into the canyon.

 

[Essbee]

Googling...

There is one person by his name on Facebook. However, I don't think it is him.

I found the name of his company in San Diego on a post on Twitter, as a coworker has been talking about the missing person case. Am I allowed to post the name of the company here? The reason being that if we know the name of the company, we can find it on a map and speculate further about routes. It is a GPS company.

Only other interesting thing is that he seems to be a runner/jogger, having run the Carlsbad 5000 every year between 2008-2013. His results are good but not phenomenal (22 to 26 minutes for 5K). The 2013 race was April 7, just 2 weeks before he disappeared.

 

[yoshimeow]

Good questions. I was also wondering about LPQ. The Camino Ruiz trail is a favorite connector down into the canyon.

Yes, this was also a thought of ours. It's a bit more out of the way than his normal route but Ralf Peeks is an avid biker and was known to go as far north as Carlsbad on his bike on weekends.

 

[summer_breeze]

http://www.sandiego.gov/police/news/

http://www.sandiego.gov/police/pdf/2013/Bulletin-MissingPerson-RalfPeeks-April 26,2013.pdf

View attachment Bulletin-MissingPerson-RalfPeeks-April%2026,2013.pdf

 

[janat]

I heard about this on Facebook. my sister worked with Ralf and I did some consulting there on a couple of occasions and worked with Ralf. I am worried sick about his disappearance and hope he is found alive. I found this site but it looks like not much has been done recently.

 

[Maiko]

I haven't heard any updates, does anyone have anything new?

 

[yoshimeow]

The search continues unfortunately. He was scheduled to fly back to Germany last week to see his mom. His mom and family are now aware of his dissapearance and communited they have not heard from him either. Apparently Ralf's cousin was made aware of Ralf's dissaperance through a post on reddit and informed the family.

 

[dillysmom11]

Tomorrow is a month since Ralf disappeared. Yoshimeow, have there been any leads, or any more speculation- between friends- on what might have happened? Any new information that might help?

 

[Maiko]

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/May/21/engineer-missing-miramar-ralf-peek-san-diego/

This is from May 21, nothing new to report. Where are you, Ralf?

 

[Drewdaman]

Has anyone checked to see if any video cameras may have videotaped Ralf as he left the U-Haul? Like those at ATM's and/or security cameras at other businesses?

 

[IHAVENOCLUE]

I hope Ralph is found soon!

lease:

 

[Curious Me]

Shocked that I have not heard much on the local news about Ralf missing!
It's going on two months. Any updates to this case?

raying: