Overview
- A redacted Kentwood Police Department report cites witness accounts that Beal stopped prescribed medication and made troubling statements, including that no one would care if he were gone.
- The report notes Beal was jailed from September 2024 to February 2025 over unpaid child support and had been working at an Amazon facility in Kentwood after his release.
- Beal borrowed his girlfriend’s car on July 12, 2025, saying he was going to work, then drove out of state; GPS data showed movement through Pennsylvania to Virginia Beach.
- His last known contact was a July 13 text saying he would return home, and the car was later recovered in Virginia Beach with his shoes, socks, and sand on the floorboard.
- A missing-person report was filed in August after a missed check-in, Kentwood police lead the active investigation with support from Virginia Beach police, and his family has renewed public pleas as NamUS continues to list him as missing.