Rebecca Rachel Modrall, a 33-year-old mother from Rancho Mirage, California, was last seen on February 5, 2019, in La Quinta, California. On the day of her disappearance, Modrall was wearing a beige skirt and top with black tights, black shoes, and a brown and black mink stole. She was driving a rented white four-door 2019 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck because her own car had broken down.
Modrall had plans to meet with her long-time boyfriend, Joe Coker, at his home in the 80900 block of Vista Bonita in La Quinta. She had been in a relationship with Coker for thirteen years, and he was married. His wife was out of town, which is why they were meeting at his residence. Before going to Coker's home, Modrall met with a friend around 2:00 p.m. and had plans to see him again later that day, telling him she only intended to be at Coker's for an hour or two. The last contact anyone other than Coker had with her was a text message she sent to her friend at 2:21 p.m.
Concern grew when Modrall failed to reply to her friend's text messages sent at 4:51 p.m. and 5:41 p.m., with the second message going undelivered. Her sister's calls to her that evening also went unanswered. According to Coker, Modrall left his house at 5:00 p.m. with the intention of possibly going to Thousand Oaks. She never returned to her home in Rancho Mirage. On February 6, a homeless man found Modrall's work phone on the ground in Coachella and used it to contact her friend, who then purchased the phone from him for $20. This discovery, coupled with the fact that Modrall was always careful with her phones, prompted her friend and sister to request a welfare check. Police found her home empty, and she was officially reported missing on February 7. Her personal phone last pinged in Coachella, not far from where her work phone was discovered.
The investigation into Modrall's disappearance took a significant turn when her rented pickup truck was found abandoned on February 8 at an undisclosed location. Subsequently, on February 19, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department reclassified her case from a missing person to a possible homicide, although her body has not been found. Less than a month after she vanished, on March 2, Joe Coker died by suicide. While he was a person of interest, he was never officially named as a suspect in her case. Modrall's family has expressed frustration with the pace of the investigation and has actively sought to keep her case in the public eye by creating memorials, which have been repeatedly removed by Coker's son-in-law. Her mother continues to appeal for information, believing there are people who know what happened to her daughter. Modrall was a mother who had a close relationship with her daughter and was scheduled to have dinner with her the day after she disappeared. All of her personal belongings were left at her home, and she was known for her consistent communication with her family.Last Seen: Feb 5, 2019
