Kayak company speaks out after California woman goes missing in Guatemala 

A few things that stuck out: - Group left 8-12 hours after incident - She was reported missing 24 hours after the “incident” so that report would have been made remotely, after departing Guatemala - Nancy was reported missing on Oct. 19 meaning incident occurred on Oct. 18, just a few days into the retreat - That means the group cut the trip early and fled the country

The Yoga group’s behavior is disturbing and absolutely should not be tolerated. They need to be interrogated and involved in providing details. Skipping out after the incident is utterly disgusting.

The behaviors of all people in this kayaking/yoga group are very questionable. So many questions: Why no rushing to request help? Why not even speaking to the Beal couple? Leaving the country, bills unpaid, a few hours after a missing woman? What kind of people would even think to do that? Not reporting this missing woman (Nancy) to the nearest authorities , or even contacting the American Consul there plus folks back in America? Sickening group IMO, until I find out something decent about them, they are vile and cruel.

The person who was last with her should not have been able to leave the country without an investigation and statements about the incident. It’s incredibly suspicious when they are NOT offering as much information as possible. Most people would do anything they possibly can to find her.

Why would she be so cruel and not speak to the police. She obviously knows something. The cold-heartedness of people these days is beyond comprehension.

People skipping town or out of country is never a good sign. Smh

Every person in that yoga group, especially the leader, should be absolutely ashamed. How can anyone with any conscience at all leave a family guessing like this?

I’ve been to that Lake a good 8 times. I almost drowned once, and the only reason why I didn’t was because I was wearing a a life jacket. The current under that lake is no joke, and it pulls you out of nowhere. The other time I went, they pulled someone out because they downed while swimming without a life jacket. But the “witness” is acting very strange.

I'm native of Guatemala, this lake is absolutely beautiful but it's dangerous because it's very deep and in the late afternoon hours it's known for areas with very strong currents. Many years ago a couple of tourists including a local guide went missing while on a boat tour and they were never found. The cayaking company should know this and warn people of the rapid currents as they go deeper in the lake and it's beyond me that Nancy appears not to be wearing a life jacket as they are leaving.

The "witness" sounds guilty. If she had nothing to do with the disappearance or the accident, then why wouldn't she come forward? Why wouldn't she have asked for help when she seemed distressed from leaving the water. Something sounds incredibly misleading.

This is so strange. Eventually, the truth will come out. The poor family appears to be very loving and close. Very sad.

That yoga tour group is in big trouble. They definitely know something but aren't talking. My guess is Ng drowned, the lady she was with couldn't save her. And the whole group burned off and left the country early to avoid the heat from Guatemalan law enforcement.

By not saying anything and fleeing the country already implicates the tour guide and woman.

The fact that the other kayaker probably witnessed the issue and has not been forthcoming with her testimony is a testament to how scummy people are

The Kayak company is speaking out after 3 WEEKS of the disappearance? Enough time to get their story straight? they admit they never saw Nancy come back from the excursion. They admit that they didn’t pay for the excursion and the others left the country? And just now they’re speaking out? And they refer to the other girl as the SURVIVOR - implying that Nancy is gone, because they know what happened. Everyone here is guilty. As the company of a kayak - you need to insure safety and provide life jackets. Everyone here talking about waivers, should know those don’t hold up in court and don’t mean anything. I went to high school with Nancy. Although we didn’t stay in touch, she was such a kind classmate and was always smiling. My heart goes out to the family. This is a nightmare

🤔 How strange! Why would the last person with Nancy and the tour leader, group not speak out, or help local police in search/rescue?

Once the rental owners discovered only nine came back, why didn't they contact the police that same evening to report a kayaker was missing? The owner says the last kayaker returned was visibly distraught. If they sensed something was wrong, why did they not take immediate action on the missing person? That could have included taking a motorized boat out to find her. Why did it take 24 hours to notify authorities, as had been previously reported? For the yoga group members that left the next day, was that already planned, or did they up and leave the country early? Some of these questions could have been posed in this interview.

I don't understand why the witness wont' speak to the family. That's so messed up.

There's no imaginable scenario in which the behavior of the Yoga group and the witness can be justified. The only speculation I can possibly imagine is where the lady drowned, the witness returned in a panic and told the group what happened and then they all panicked, agreed to talk to no one and left the country. Extremely difficult to imagine a group behaving that way, and of course criminally irresponsible. I sure hope there's a better explanation.

If she really just drowned by HERSELF then no one will be charged but the actions of the group speaks volumes that it was not the case. If she really drown then all they has to do is called for help and gives location but first thing they think about is coming back to the US ( to get their lawyers most likely ). Sad that her family might never know what happened because they clearly don’t have a case or evidence to prove anything but other people being there.

that's so suspicious. they left without paying and didn't even alert anyone that someone in the group was missing. don't rental companies ask for payment or deposit ahead of time to prevent something like this from happening? oh yea, that "witness" is definitely guilty. someone should find out who that witness is. maybe enough pressure from the public will make her come forward

I was literally kayaking in this lake last year. Crazy all this stuff happened. I had a beautiful experience, I was telling everybody to visit. Didn’t get a SINGLE hint of shady people or sketchy areas. The worst thing about Guatemala are honestly the roads because they are so small and old but other than that it’s paradise. That lake is huge but it’s also very busy lots of boats going back and forth carrying passengers. Crazy how no one saw anything.

Nancy seems like such a sweet woman. I feel for her family I know they miss her.

How in the heck could you keep quiet after something like that happening?! Where is the humanity??

I don’t believe it, they need to make that woman talk. She knows something.

So these people weren’t wearing life vests? If not, why weren’t they ? This is sad. And for the group to leave within 8 hours of their colleague gone missing is disgusting.

My question is what happened to Nancy’s belongings such as luggage, suitcase, personal items because she must have stayed somewhere in some place. How come there are no questions about that?

The witness needs to be found and compelled to testify

So weird? If it were a tragic accident, wouldn't the people who were with Nancy run over to the kyak company and ask for help? And to report what happened? Rather than just leave? And if you rent a kayak, don't you have to talk to the company upon check out? Last I know, the yoga retreat company hasn't spoken to the family. So much for love and light when it's really needed. I would love to know the name of the company and make sure not to give them my business.

Praying ❤for a safe miracle turn up for Nancy praying for her everyday

This is so strange. You'd figure the kayak company or yoga group would've notified search and rescue pretty early on. Seems like there'd be pretty obvious signs that would set off your alarm bells like a missing kayak or her sudden disappearance. No one acted. No one is coming forward to help.

Unfortunately u gotta put her face online that'll pressure her to speak

It is particularly odd that all 9 people in the group would collectively leave the country after something like this happened.

so your telling me all these people rented the kayaks and didnt leave a credit card on file , that sounds real fishy to me

This reminds of another recent tragedy that happened in Mexico. A young lady traveled with a group of friends. One of the friends attacked her. They called a hotel doctor. They did not want the friend to be taken by ambulance. The young lady died. The group of friends took off and returned to the US by the following day. This case reminds of the same. This young lady disappears while kayaking with her yoga group. No one in the group gets help and they flee the country the next day. This is all very suspicious.

My theory here, feel free to challenge it. If she had a medical emergency and suddenly passed out, fell off the kayak unconscious and disappeared immediately into the water; this scenario would clear everyone else of any wrongdoing and they would all cooperate with whatever information they had. So why is everyone refusing to cooperate? Because they were all participating in an illegal activity at the time of the accident; perhaps they were all high on psychedelic drugs. People that are willing to travel to a yoga retreat in a remote wilderness area in a foreign country are into hippie trippy things like "unlocking vibrations and frequencies to heal and connecting with the universe, etc". Many believe that psychedelic drugs can "open their mind" to these things. She overdosed or had a bad reaction, it could have been an interaction a prescription drug in her system, or she simply became disoriented from the drug, or incoherent, or unconscious and fell of the kayak and drowned. Everyone else was too high to respond to the emergency adequately. Paranoia and self-preservation took over and they decided they wouldn't risk going to prison in a foreign country so they all rushed to go home and didn't even pay for the kayaks. They ran away as fast as possible which indicates they were all participants in something that carries legal consequences. If there were no drugs involved and she truly just experienced an unfortunately timed medical emergency and fell off and drowned, why would everyone else flee so desperately and refuse to cooperate? Because they were all in the possession of illegal substances and they would all fail a drug test upon an investigation and they feared legal consequences from trafficking drugs to possession, consumption, and even manslaughter. In a foreign country to make it worse.

If someone was with her that made it back "distressed"... why doesnt that person have any clues to share what happened?

😢 I feel so sad for this young woman and her Mom

The rental company should have some of the names or hopefully all of the names they rented the Kayak to. Hope they are able to track them down.

These wellness groups advertising these retreats on instagram are not licensed. They are nomads trying to make a living. Not license and heartless apparently.

Imagine your loved one is gone and people directly involved simply refuse to say anything. It’s maddening. Start charging them.

Karma for that witness and the group that was involved, something just doesn't add up and they are hiding something.

That witness Needs to come forward and SPEAK UP! Tell the Truth!! Otherwise she looks guilty as hell! My prayers for her family🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Don’t tell me, the yoga group instructor/s don’t have any details of what happened either. Something really shady going on here..

Sorry to hear this. Hopefully, the family can get the answers to all of their questions.. So sorry.

I hope she is found safe 🙏🏽

I hope they're never left alone, they don't deserve to just pretend nothing happened!

Yo vivo en Guatemala y he visitado el lago ya lo conozco perfectamente. Todas las personas que viven allí saben que es peligroso meterse cuando hay mucho aire, sospechoso que los dueños no avisarán de eso.

Their silence points them to foul play. Their names should be released

This is really disturbing. I have been to this lake before and something is obviously very off about this story. Hoping for a safe return of this young lady and answers/comfort for her family.

The witness sounds more like a person of interest to me

If it was an accident why flee the country and not talk with anyone?

So was the tour/yoga retreat over as scheduled? Or they left within the next day suddenly and earlier than planned? All of this sounds so strange. Something bad happened out there and someone is hiding something. Feel so bad for the family going thru this.

sounds shady

I need these two people immediately arrested.

Thats a incredibly hard lake to swom in especially in the afternoon super choppy and dangerous. I got super tired swimming on the side near a boat. Super exhausting water even for the best of swimmers.

Prayers

If the yoga instructor is running even a semi-legitimate business, then that entity (or even solo proprietor) should be identified through the media. Public pressure and public shaming is sometimes the only thing that will work.

It was first reported the FBI, State Department and the Guatemalan Government were involved in the investigation, they are the ones I would be interested in hearing an update from.

#PSA Lifejackets saves lives. Sorry to hear, about Nancy being missing.

So the tour guide and the yoga group just left the country with bills unpaid. What kind of irresponsible tour guide is that?

What took them so long to speak? Why is anybody else wants to talk? There were others kayaking with her, if the waters were choppy, the others made it and she didn’t… this is way too suspicious…

Something sounds fishy with the group, innocent people with no knowledge would not flee the scene. Maybe fight/argument broke out where someone punched her causing her to fall unconscious into the water.. something along those lines. This is why the witnesses don't want to speak.

This scenario of the witness who last saw Nancy & tour guide who are not cooperating with authorities to not give their statement about the whereabouts of Nancy or to help authorities find her but instead skipped out of a hotel bill and fly out of the country knowing that Nancy is missing, reminds me of the Gabby Petito story. Remember how Gabby’s boyfriend killed her and avoided texts/calls from her family, took Gabby’s vehicle/van and drove it to his parents home and still did not notify Gabby’s family or authorities that Gabby was missing until days later. The tour guide and the witness as well as the rest of the people on that ‘so-called’ yoga retreat are suspicious. Also, what did they do with Nancy’s belongings/ luggage and purse with her personal information as well as money or credit cards 💳?

From what im hearing this so called “yoga retreat” is nothing but sham. The people who rented that hotel with yng should be prosecuted. The towns people who own that hotel weren’t payed and they didn’t get the chance to speak with the tourist probably becuase they wanted to leave as soon as possible without interaction. I’m from Guatemala and I visit every year and we Guatemalans tend to avoid suspicious people. We are very timid and we trust our companions to pay back what we gave. Im guessing these people rushed out without warning. We Guatemalans work very hard for what we have even if its small the people must have been busy doing something since those people weren’t suppose to check out until later date.

What a nightmare. How sad. I hope she's found somehow...

Thank you for covering the case. Dont see this news spread anywhere else. I saw this news on insta a week ago.

The fact that the media keeps twisting the facts around is astonishing. The yoga group has been in contact with local authorities, US embassy, and the family. They provided photos and videos directly to the family. The family was contacted directly by the yoga instructor who let them know that she drowned. Its so unfortunate that they have yet to recover her body but this all needs to stop - everyone is traumatized.

These horrible people bailed as soon as they could to dodge any possible responsibility. They need to be detained and interrogated as suspects until they tell the truth.

public pressure may be needed. name the yoga company at least. Name witness? I'm not sure but something is shady about them skipping the country and not helping

Very suspicious leaving the country and not cooperating. Speaks volumes on their level of involvement in my opinion.

Very strange reaction of that tourist group, they have a missing member, they don't report it to authorities and then just leave the country like fugitives.

Where is the FBI? Everyone in the Yoga group should be in custody.

They have alot of questions but nobody ask the obvious. Why tf nobody wear any life vest to begin with??? Safety's first

Was the missing woman'a kayak recovered?

If it was an accident, why didn't the witnesses talk to authorities? Their behaviour strikes me as very suspicious.

If it was an accident then this behavior is unimaginable. But even if it was a murder or some sort of not totally innocent accident, how could an entire group of people be kept quiet?

They aren't 'witness'. They are clearly suspects from their actions. Only criminals flee from the scene. If they were normal witness they could have at least informed the police immediately or the kayak owners immediately.

It's totally bizarre how everyone there just clammed up.

Two go out. One comes back.

Terribly sad. I've always thought companies doing these sorts of sport adventure tours should have a rescue boat if bad things happen. And keep a closer eye on their customers.

The irony of a yoga group, a group trying to “unite” with the Good, the light, awareness, acting like an evil cult without any intention to help ease the suffering of an entire family. The irony! They need to arrest the guide and the girl who was with her. The Guatemalan government needs help from the US on this.

My dad owned a similar kayak before he upgraded to a small boat and I remember he would always wear a life vest. From the footage, I don't see her wearing one.

Please bring Nancy home. She was known by her friends and I as a sweet, beautiful, and selfless person.

Man, if it was just an accident then WHY not speak up?! Why leave the country without paying the kayaking company? Something is really sketchy here.

I love traveling but I’m very cautious about doing some things that might be dangerous. And some places just cover up any accidents

People need to be careful with these yoga retreats. They may be cheap, but they're in alien countries with no safety guarantees.

Always protecting their business rather than caring about a person's life. They will ALWAYS protect their business. They don't care about people. They care about their BUSINESS.

What a bunch of crap. In the last known video of her the conditions are calm as can be. Sure, they may have changed suddenly ... or not. Also, as the owners of *any* sort of tourist operation like this, when one of your clients/guests doesn't return from your outing, it is YOUR responsibility to find them. Appearing on a news clip 4 weeks later doesn't count as due diligence. The kayak company should've gone out looking for the missing person + boat.

So even if the “witness” did something… what is even possible? Getting angry and pushing her in? Kayaking on drugs and losing it? There’s very limited options…

But why no one speaking out from the yoga group, the facilitator, as well as the hotel. Something is fishy. Why no one notice.

I would hold that whole crew under investigation

why they not naming out the witness yet

The lake was calm. How could she sank?

What can be done legally to make these people speak and track them down? I am not a lawyer so i don’t know. I just…even tracking them down on the grounds of not paying and then when they are found for that making them talk more? I’m just so shocked at the behavior of these people. God please comfort this poor mom and bring the truth to light here. Please Lord!

its kinda cruel to be silent being a witness.

I think they all should be arrested and put in jail so they can be questioned. Obviously they all know what happened. How can they live with themselves!!!! I pray that the parents get answers 🙏

Somebody needs to subpoena the witness(es).

😢😢😢

Was there a search?