Nikki Bevan was a woman who lived in Penarth and was the mother of Jonah Bevan. She gave birth to him on 15 February 1993.
Nikki was devastated when Jonah disappeared, actually transported by the rift. When she contacted the police, she was befriended by Andy Davidson. She kept Jonah's room and belongings exactly as she left them and also began looking through VHS tapes of crowds since the disappearance to try and find Jonah. Eventually, Andy contacted Gwen Cooper, who helped Nikki by taking a more paranormal approach. Nikki also set up a self-help group called Searchlight for families of lost people, to great success.
Gwen found Jonah had been taken to a secret hospital for those who had been taken by the rift and then returned, aged and deformed. She told Nikki, who went to see her son. At first, she denied that he was Jonah, but came to realize he was her son. The two had a heartfelt reunion before Jonah began his awful howling as a result of experiences off-world. Forced to accept that the son she knew was gone and that he could never come home Nikki was devastated. Nikki made Gwen promise not to do the same to anyone else, as she felt she'd been better off not knowing what happened to Jonah and her memories of her son had been replaced with the awful one of him howling. Nikki then threw away her crowd VHSs and packed up Jonah's belongings. (TV: Adrift)