In the autumn of 2009, 38-year-old Garren Rudolf Beller, a resident of Ashland, Oregon, traveled to the Midwest to visit with friends and family. An Oregon-based, self-employed construction worker, Beller had spent time in Northwest Indiana between November 15 and 19 of that year. His visit concluded with plans to return home to Oregon. On November 19, 2009, Beller was reportedly taken to Union Station in Chicago, Illinois, to board an Amtrak train destined for Portland, Oregon. His anticipated arrival in Portland was two days later, on November 21. Friends and family awaited his return, but as the days passed with no word, a sense of unease began to grow.
Concern turned to alarm when Beller failed to arrive in Portland as scheduled. On November 24, his roommate in Ashland officially reported him as a missing person to the Ashland Police Department.
The subsequent investigation into his whereabouts quickly revealed a critical and troubling detail: Garren Beller had never boarded the train in Chicago. His ticket, purchased for the cross-country journey, was never used. This discovery marked the beginning of a long and perplexing search for answers, transforming a simple failure to return home into a mysterious and ongoing missing person case. The investigation has been a joint effort between the Ashland Police Department in Oregon and the Porter County Sheriff's Department in Indiana, reflecting Beller's last known locations.
The circumstances surrounding Garren Beller’s disappearance are further complicated by unsettling events that unfolded in Indiana shortly after he was last seen. In the days leading up to his planned departure, Beller had been staying at a home in the Lake Eliza area of Northwest Indiana. On November 23, just four days after Beller was reportedly dropped off at the train station and a day before he was officially reported missing, that same house was destroyed by an explosion and fire. At the time, authorities did not find anyone inside the home and the cause of the incident was not immediately determined. Beller was known to be a very communicative person, making his sudden silence and the lack of any cell phone or credit card activity since his disappearance highly uncharacteristic and a source of deep concern for his loved ones.
Garren Beller is described as a white male with brown hair and brown or hazel eyes. At the time of his disappearance, his hair was shoulder-length and he often wore it in a ponytail. He stood at 5'6' and weighed approximately 160 pounds. He has several distinct physical features, including pierced ears and nipples, a half-inch scar on the bridge of his nose, a tattoo of a scorpion on his right shoulder, and another unknown tattoo on his back. The case is considered suspicious, and despite the passage of time, many questions remain unanswered. The investigation has spanned multiple states, complicated by the puzzling timeline and the disturbing events that coincided with his disappearance, leaving a void in the lives of those who knew him and a lingering mystery for the investigators tasked with finding him.Last Seen: Nov 19, 2009
