SAN DIEGO — A new wrongful death lawsuit filed in Riverside County Superior Court alleges that the longtime boyfriend of missing Mountain Center ranch owner Lydia “Dia” Abrams intentionally killed her and should be barred from inheriting proceeds from her multimillion‑dollar estate.
Crisara Abrams, Dia’s adult daughter, filed the civil complaint on Dec. 11, 2025, naming boyfriend Keith Harper as the defendant and joining Dia’s son, Clinton Abrams, as a nominal party under California’s one‑action rule for wrongful death claims. The case seeks damages for wrongful death as well as declaratory and equitable relief to determine Harper’s rights under the Dia Abrams Trust.
The suit follows a July 7, 2025, court order declaring Abrams legally dead and fixing her legal date of death as June 6, 2025, five years after she vanished from her 117‑acre Bonita Vista Ranch near Idyllwild…