COLD CASE
MISSING: PRESUMED HOMICIDE
Beverly Brehm
Case# 13LY04702
November 12, 2008
DATE OF BIRTH:
June 27, 1934
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DATE LAST SEEN:
November 12, 2008
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DISCOVERED MISSING:
November 14, 2013
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MISSING FROM:
Dayton, Nevada
AT TIME OF DISAPPEARANCE
Age: 74
Height: 5' 02"
Weight: 130
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
It was the suicide of her ex-husband, James MacTavish, that led to the discovery of Beverly Brehm's disappearance.
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When a next of kin was being sought after MacTavish's death in 2013, investigators learned that his ex-wife, Beverly Brehm, was last known to have remained residing with MacTavish after their divorce. However, no one had seen her since 2008. She simply vanished without a trace. And since Beverly was not close with her own family, no one even knew she was missing for five years.
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Since discovering Beverly was missing, detectives have made little headway in finding her. And what makes this case even more confounding, is the discovery that her brother, Gordon Brehm, was also supposed to be living with Beverly and MacTavish and he too was missing.
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Beverly's case is featured on NamUs and is also mentioned on James MacTavish's profile on the website Find A Grave.
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If you have any information on what happened to Beverly Brehm or her brother Gordon Brehm, or if you know their whereabouts, we urge you to contact the Lyon County Sheriff's Office Detective Division at (775) 577-5206 or the Lyon County Sheriff's Office 24-hour dispatch center at (775) 577-5023.
To provide information anonymously, call Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900.
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