Family Seeks Tips on Missing Ex-Giants Player Sam Beal

The family of former New York Giants cornerback Sam Beal is appealing to the public for information seven months after his unexplained disappearance from Kentwood, Michigan, last July.

Beal, 29, was last seen on July 12, 2025, when he dropped off his girlfriend at a family member's home in Kentwood and borrowed her car to drive to work. Instead of arriving at his job, he traveled to Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he spoke with his girlfriend by phone the following day. During that call on July 13, Beal told her he was heading back home the next day, but he has not been seen or heard from since. According to a missing persons report on the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System website, Beal left with only the clothes he was wearing, a pair of slides, and his wallet containing his banking card and driver's license. His girlfriend's vehicle was later recovered in Virginia Beach by a family member, with Beal's shoes and socks found on the front passenger seat floor along with sand scattered on the interior.

On Monday, Beal's sister, Essence Zhane, posted on Facebook urging anyone with leads to come forward, marking the approaching seven-month milestone of his absence....