Jacob Louis Dubois was 22 when he was last seen the evening of March 7, 2021, leaving his home in the 5100 block of Brookline in Schertz, Texas at about 11:45 p.m. He told his girlfriend he was going to meet a friend, Ethan Carl Beckman, and did not return; initial contact attempts failed. The investigation shifted from missing person to homicide with Beckman as the last person known to have seen Dubois alive.

Police say Beckman gave conflicting accounts about where they had been that night. The day after Dubois disappeared, Beckman was in a single-vehicle crash, then reportedly made ride-share trips to a Walmart where he bought bleach and lighter fluid. Officers later encountered Beckman with a disabled gray 2019 Volkswagen Jetta GTI; his clothes were reportedly stained with bleach and lighter fluid and paper towels were observed in the car. Investigators seized the vehicle and found it recently washed but still wet, with blood on and around the passenger seat and a spent bullet in the passenger seat pillar.

If anyone knew Jacob or has information about his movements on March 7–9, 2021, please come forward with what you know.