At 4:20 p.m., Dia sent a worrying text to her 74-year-old ranch resident and self-described close friend, Keith Harper. Dia wanted to talk about something significant while he was hard mowing the meadow. Harper, though, decided to push back their conversation until later in the evening. He got back to her house at seven o’clock and there was no sign of Dia. Harper guessed she was somewhere on her vast 116-acre property, as her truck, keys, and handbag were still at the property.
He told Keith Morrison of Dateline that he spent the entire night searching the ranch. He got in touch with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office the next day, but Dia was still missing. Harper talked about his and Dia’s plans to tie the knot, even mentioning a proposal on the property. However, several close to Dia contest this story, arguing that she never brought up her intentions to get married to Harper, the former proprietor of a Colorado recreational company.
He revealed that they first connected on the dating app “Farmers Only.” Clinton, Dia’s son, gathered friends and drove from his La Jolla home to help with the hunt for his mother as soon as he learned of her abduction from a neighbor.
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