Sam Beal missing: Former NFL star’s sister issues desperate plea

Former Eli Manning-Era Giants cornerback missing for 7 months, family pleads for help

Sam Beal missing: Former NFL star’s sister issues desperate plea
Sam Beal missing: Former NFL star’s sister issues desperate plea

The family of Sam Beal is asking for help in attempting to locate the former Giants cornerback, who they say disappeared in July.

Beal's sister Essence Zhane posted on Facebook on Monday, January 12, “Tomorrow makes it 7 months since we’ve last heard from or seen my brother."

The 29-year-old was last seen dropping off his girlfriend before borrowing her car to drive to a job he never arrived, according to a missing persons bulletin. He later told his girlfriend on the phone that he was headed home to Virginia Beach, reported NBC Sports.

The car was found in Virginia Beach, with his shoes, socks and sand on the front passenger seat. He had taken only the clothes he was wearing, a pair of slides and his wallet containing his banking card and driver’s license.

Beal’s sister wrote on social media, “I’m not here to answer a bunch of why’s and how’s I just need this to land in the right direction to gain some form of answers or closure. I’m a Big sister and I need my brother to know that We Love You and miss you and this has been a heavy feeling for months to carry around.”

The Giants made Beal a third-round pick in the 2018 supplemental draft. He played three seasons with the team, totaling 27 tackles and one pass defensed before opting out because of COVID in 2020. The Giants released him in 2021.