Adriana M. Bejarano: The Morning Accounts and Later Review
An older record and a dated detective interview describe the morning with different levels of detail.
Abstract
NamUs MP70241 gives November 28, 1988 as Adriana M. Bejarano’s date of last contact in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. A 2026 FOX43 report revisits that morning through a detective interview. This paper compares their attributed accounts and keeps later investigative work separate.
The Morning in the NamUs Narrative
NamUs says a family member last saw Bejarano at 6:15 a.m. on November 28, 1988, that school was out, and that she was absent when the family member returned from work that afternoon. Its narrative gives 9:33 p.m. for the missing-person report.1
The entry does not identify the family member or provide the underlying statement. It says she may have left willingly with an older man known to her.1 That is a possibility in the source, not a confirmed departure account, an identification, or a basis here to accuse anyone.
A Later Detective Interview
Sydney Nauman’s FOX43 report, published April 29, 2026 at 4:57 p.m. EDT, attributes to Detective Beth Rivera an account of Bejarano’s mother leaving for work around 5:30 a.m. after speaking with her. It also describes an unmade planned wake-up call and later unanswered calls.2
The 5:30 reference and NamUs’s 6:15 family-member observation are not automatically the same event. Different times do not by themselves establish conflicting testimony. The underlying statements would be needed to identify their participants and sequence.
Nauman’s report includes childhood friend Jessica Gorin remembering Bejarano as happy and Elizabeth Groff describing the lasting uncertainty.2 Their published memories describe the impact on friends; they are not presented as eyewitness accounts of her departure.
Description and File Identifiers
NamUs gives missing age 15, black hair, brown eyes, height 5 feet 2 inches to 5 feet 4 inches, and weight 120 to 130 pounds. It records metal braces and says jeans and a black trench coat were possible clothing.1 The ranges and clothing uncertainty are preserved.
The agency field is Ephrata Police Department, case 31-47-88 / 2025-08098, main phone 717-738-9265. Its Date Reported field is empty despite the narrative’s reporting-time reference. NamUs case creation is June 3, 2020; the webpage prints May 12, 2026.1 The identifiers do not establish a reopening date.
Sourced Accounts and Questions
Here’s where you come in: keep the family-member observation, mother’s work departure, planned call, and reporting reference as separate entries in a Research File in Almost Solved. Mark whose account supports each one.
Can you find an attributable record clarifying the participants and sequence of the morning accounts? A dated statement could explain which event each time describes without assuming they conflict.1,2
When you examine the possible companion or clothing, can you distinguish a reported possibility from an observation? An agency clarification could establish what was actually documented without identifying an unverified person or assigning intent.1
Show later developments and reported outcomes
Optional Later Investigative Review
In the April 2026 report, Rivera describes efforts to obtain usable DNA from items collected in 1988 for comparison with unidentified remains.2 This is a dated account of identification work, not a reported match or a confirmed outcome. No laboratory record or later result was inspected.
Scope and Method
The populated NamUs record and original FOX43 article were individually reviewed. News attribution does not substitute for an inspected police statement or laboratory record. Later investigative work is confined to the optional final section. Online comparison proposals, alleged private responses, accusations, and claims involving another unidentified-person case are excluded. No missing-person match, conviction, or outcome is asserted.
Prepared with AI assistance. Sources and references checked against the cited public materials. This paper is an original synthesis of the identified public sources; it does not reproduce article bodies, transcripts, or an investigative file.
Footnote References
- National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, MP70241, Adriana M Bejarano, Ephrata Police Department case 31-47-88 / 2025-08098. Populated record reviewed November 1, 2026.
- Sydney Nauman, FOX43, Ephrata case review concerning Adriana Bejarano, April 29, 2026, 4:57 p.m. EDT. Original article reviewed November 1, 2026.