Rebecca Park, a northern Michigander who was thirty-eight weeks pregnant when she disappeared, is now at the center of a homicide case as new charges are filed following the discovery of her body and the continued search for her missing baby. A Georgia couple now faces criminal charges after investigators say they abandoned their dog just before leaving the state for a Hawaiian vacation. The grinch who stole Thanksgiving dinner takes an 80-year-old volunteer’s car while she serves meals to the homeless in Portland. Drew Nelson reports.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm
Drew Nelson. Rebecca Park, a Northern Michigander who was thirty
eight weeks pregnant when she disappeared, is now at the
center of a homicide case as new charges are filed
following the discovery of her body and the continued search
for her missing baby. An autopsy confirmed the body found
November twenty fifth and the Manistee National Forest was twenty
(00:23):
two year old Rebecca Park. She vanished from Boone Township
in Wexford County just days before her due date. The
official cause of death remains pending. The Wexford County Sheriff's
Office and Michigan State Police continue searching for the infant.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has stepped in. Sheriff Trent
Taylor said quote. The Wexford County Sheriff's Office, along with
(00:43):
multiple law enforcement agencies, is working diligently to determine the
condition and potential whereabouts of the baby. The information that
can be released is extremely limited at this time. Rebecca
was last seen November three, near her biological mother's home
on South twenty one and nurs Half Road in Boone. Township.
Family members reported her missing the next day. Her cell
(01:05):
phone was later found near her mother's property. Rebecca's due
date was November eighteenth. The hospital had sent her home
the day before. She disappeared after she arrived with contractions
and was dilated one centimeter. Forty year old Courtney Bartholomew
and her stepfather, forty seven year old Bradley Bartholomew, were
taken into custody. Sunday and Monday, respectively. Both appeared in
(01:26):
Wexford County's eighty fourth District Court. Their arraignment was delayed
after prosecutors said the criminal complaint was not ready. Judge
Corey Wiggins ordered Bradley Bartholomew held without bond. The judge
called him a threat and a flight risk based on
Search Warren information. Prosecutor Joanna Carey told the court that
there was ever a.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Case where there are circumstances that justify a delay of
any type. It's this case. This is as serious as
it gets, It's as horrible.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
As it gets.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Rebecca's sister, twenty one one year old Kimberly Park, was
arrested November twenty sixth. She was charged with tampering with evidence.
Lying to a police officer and filing a false report.
Her bond was set at seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Rebecca's fiance, forty three year old Richard Lee Fallor, was
arrested the knight Rebecca's body was found. He was charged
with two counts of delivering methamphetamine. His bond was set
(02:21):
at one million dollars. The charges against Falor are not
listed as directly related to Rebecca's disappearance. Search warrants were
served at the home where Rebecca and Falor lived in Manton. State.
Police seized knives, notebooks, and electronics. The warrant allowed a
search for human remains, suspected burial sites, and tools that
could be used to dispose of human remains. Authorities have
(02:43):
not released what evidence was recovered that directly links to
Rebecca's death. Rebecca's disappearance and death have shaken Boone Township.
A message reading justice for Rebecca near the edge of
the Manistee National Forest, close to where her body was found.
Anyone with information has urged to contact wicks Fie County
Sheriffs at two three one seven seven nine ninety two sixteen.
(03:05):
More crime and justice news. After this. A Georgia couple
now faces criminal charges after investigators say they abandoned their
dog just before leaving the state for a Hawaiian vacation.
Kenneth Bescher's and his wife, Joanna Paine, both seventy three,
(03:25):
from Morrow, south of Atlanta, were arrested and charged in
Fayette County with animal cruelty and abandoning a dog. That's
according to our TV news partners at Fox five Atlanta.
Both charges are misdemeanors. The dog's name is Blue. He
is now safe at the Fayette County Animal Shelter. Officials
say he will be eligible for adoption once the case
is resolved. They describe Blue as sweet, well behaved, and
(03:48):
the kind of dog quote a family would be lucky
to have. The case began when workers with the Fayette
County Water and Sewer Department found Blue tied up with
food and water.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
With scanned the dog for a market hip found out
who tried to call them just in you know, you
never know, sometimes animals are stolen. There was a note
left with the dog, so that was odd too.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
That's Tracy Thompson, director of Fayette County Animal Control on WAGA.
The note written as if it came from the dog
says quote, my name is Blue. My owner and I
spent four and a half years together, but he died.
I don't have anyone else to take care of me. Thanks.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video. They said it showed a couple
leaving Blue with the food, water and the note. Authority
(04:28):
said the man in the video matched Bescher's.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
We were able to do some investigating find out where
they lived, which was in Marrow, so the Marshall's Faett
County Marshals took over the case so they could make
contact with them.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Both Beschers in pain were taken into custody as soon
as they returned from Hawaii. This case unfolds in Oregon,
where the grinch who stole Thanksgiving dinner takes an eighty
year old volunteer's car while she serves meals to the
homeless in Portland. The victim's name is Cheryl. She is
a long time volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission in
downtown Portland. On Thanksgiving Day, she parked her bag nineteen
(05:03):
ninety nine Honda Accord in a lot near Northwest First
and Davis. She left her purse in the trunk before
walking to her shift. Cheryl told KOI n she had
no worries about leaving it there and continuing on foot.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I always feel safe during the day. I don't worry
too much at all about walking around or even parking
my cars there. I've always done that.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Winter shift ended, she walked back to where she parked.
The car was gone.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I went up to where I knew I parked it,
and it was missing. I just stood there for a minute,
wondering what's going on. I couldn't figure it out. I
was in shock.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Inside the trunk her purse. Inside her purse, her bank
cards and cash.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
I had over six hundred dollars on the between my
debit and my credit card on there, and so I'm
trying to resolve all that now put in fraudulent claims.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
The theft also ruined her family dinner. The Thanksgiving meals
she planned to bring after volunteering was in the car.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
They called and said, I can't make it. You know,
the food's gone and I'm a wreck.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Union Gospel Mission confirmed it sends emails to volunteers advising
them not to bring valuables and stating the mission is
not responsible for lost or stolen items because it was
Thanksgiving Day. Parking was free at the parking garage where
she left her car, that allowed the thief to exit
without paying to lift the gate. Cheryl filed a police report.
Police later confirmed the stolen Honda was recovered in Salem.
(06:33):
The condition of the vehicle was not immediately known. Cheryl
is a breast cancer survivor who completed treatment earlier this year.
Her son, Todd Schulberg, started to gofund me after watching
his mother unravel in the hours after the theft. He
wrote that she lives in a limited income and depended
on the Honda as her only way to get to
medical care and volunteer shifts. Quote, she doesn't have the
(06:55):
resources to purchase another vehicle, and without a car, she
can't get to her medical appointment, her volunteer activities, or
even basic errands. The campaign says her accord has been
kept in immaculate condition. The GoFundMe lists the immediate needs
as a replacement vehicle, recovery of a central items stolen
from her purse, and short term transportation. Todd writes, quote,
(07:17):
She's worked hard all of her life and does not
deserve this. For the latest crime and justice news, follow
crime aler's hourly update on your favorite podcast app with
his crime alergs. I'm Drew Nelson
Crime a art hourly update breaking crime news Now. I'm
Drew Nelson. Rebecca Park, a Northern Michigander who was thirty
eight weeks pregnant when she disappeared, is now at the
center of a homicide case as new charges are filed
following the discovery of her body and the continued search
for her missing baby. An autopsy confirmed the body found
November twenty fifth and the Manistee National Forest was twenty
(00:23):
two year old Rebecca Park. She vanished from Boone Township
in Wexford County just days before her due date. The
official cause of death remains pending. The Wexford County Sheriff's
Office and Michigan State Police continue searching for the infant.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has stepped in. Sheriff Trent
Taylor said quote. The Wexford County Sheriff's Office, along with
(00:43):
multiple law enforcement agencies, is working diligently to determine the
condition and potential whereabouts of the baby. The information that
can be released is extremely limited at this time. Rebecca
was last seen November three, near her biological mother's home
on South twenty one and nurs Half Road in Boone. Township.
Family members reported her missing the next day. Her cell
(01:05):
phone was later found near her mother's property. Rebecca's due
date was November eighteenth. The hospital had sent her home
the day before. She disappeared after she arrived with contractions
and was dilated one centimeter. Forty year old Courtney Bartholomew
and her stepfather, forty seven year old Bradley Bartholomew, were
taken into custody. Sunday and Monday, respectively. Both appeared in
(01:26):
Wexford County's eighty fourth District Court. Their arraignment was delayed
after prosecutors said the criminal complaint was not ready. Judge
Corey Wiggins ordered Bradley Bartholomew held without bond. The judge
called him a threat and a flight risk based on
Search Warren information. Prosecutor Joanna Carey told the court that
there was ever a.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Case where there are circumstances that justify a delay of
any type. It's this case. This is as serious as
it gets, It's as horrible.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
As it gets.
Speaker 1 (01:58):
Rebecca's sister, twenty one one year old Kimberly Park, was
arrested November twenty sixth. She was charged with tampering with evidence.
Lying to a police officer and filing a false report.
Her bond was set at seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
Rebecca's fiance, forty three year old Richard Lee Fallor, was
arrested the knight Rebecca's body was found. He was charged
with two counts of delivering methamphetamine. His bond was set
(02:21):
at one million dollars. The charges against Falor are not
listed as directly related to Rebecca's disappearance. Search warrants were
served at the home where Rebecca and Falor lived in Manton. State.
Police seized knives, notebooks, and electronics. The warrant allowed a
search for human remains, suspected burial sites, and tools that
could be used to dispose of human remains. Authorities have
(02:43):
not released what evidence was recovered that directly links to
Rebecca's death. Rebecca's disappearance and death have shaken Boone Township.
A message reading justice for Rebecca near the edge of
the Manistee National Forest, close to where her body was found.
Anyone with information has urged to contact wicks Fie County
Sheriffs at two three one seven seven nine ninety two sixteen.
(03:05):
More crime and justice news. After this. A Georgia couple
now faces criminal charges after investigators say they abandoned their
dog just before leaving the state for a Hawaiian vacation.
Kenneth Bescher's and his wife, Joanna Paine, both seventy three,
(03:25):
from Morrow, south of Atlanta, were arrested and charged in
Fayette County with animal cruelty and abandoning a dog. That's
according to our TV news partners at Fox five Atlanta.
Both charges are misdemeanors. The dog's name is Blue. He
is now safe at the Fayette County Animal Shelter. Officials
say he will be eligible for adoption once the case
is resolved. They describe Blue as sweet, well behaved, and
(03:48):
the kind of dog quote a family would be lucky
to have. The case began when workers with the Fayette
County Water and Sewer Department found Blue tied up with
food and water.
Speaker 2 (03:57):
With scanned the dog for a market hip found out
who tried to call them just in you know, you
never know, sometimes animals are stolen. There was a note
left with the dog, so that was odd too.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
That's Tracy Thompson, director of Fayette County Animal Control on WAGA.
The note written as if it came from the dog
says quote, my name is Blue. My owner and I
spent four and a half years together, but he died.
I don't have anyone else to take care of me. Thanks.
Investigators reviewed surveillance video. They said it showed a couple
leaving Blue with the food, water and the note. Authority
(04:28):
said the man in the video matched Bescher's.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
We were able to do some investigating find out where
they lived, which was in Marrow, so the Marshall's Faett
County Marshals took over the case so they could make
contact with them.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Both Beschers in pain were taken into custody as soon
as they returned from Hawaii. This case unfolds in Oregon,
where the grinch who stole Thanksgiving dinner takes an eighty
year old volunteer's car while she serves meals to the
homeless in Portland. The victim's name is Cheryl. She is
a long time volunteer at the Union Gospel Mission in
downtown Portland. On Thanksgiving Day, she parked her bag nineteen
(05:03):
ninety nine Honda Accord in a lot near Northwest First
and Davis. She left her purse in the trunk before
walking to her shift. Cheryl told KOI n she had
no worries about leaving it there and continuing on foot.
Speaker 3 (05:15):
I always feel safe during the day. I don't worry
too much at all about walking around or even parking
my cars there. I've always done that.
Speaker 1 (05:23):
Winter shift ended, she walked back to where she parked.
The car was gone.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
I went up to where I knew I parked it,
and it was missing. I just stood there for a minute,
wondering what's going on. I couldn't figure it out. I
was in shock.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Inside the trunk her purse. Inside her purse, her bank
cards and cash.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
I had over six hundred dollars on the between my
debit and my credit card on there, and so I'm
trying to resolve all that now put in fraudulent claims.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
The theft also ruined her family dinner. The Thanksgiving meals
she planned to bring after volunteering was in the car.
Speaker 3 (06:02):
They called and said, I can't make it. You know,
the food's gone and I'm a wreck.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
Union Gospel Mission confirmed it sends emails to volunteers advising
them not to bring valuables and stating the mission is
not responsible for lost or stolen items because it was
Thanksgiving Day. Parking was free at the parking garage where
she left her car, that allowed the thief to exit
without paying to lift the gate. Cheryl filed a police report.
Police later confirmed the stolen Honda was recovered in Salem.
(06:33):
The condition of the vehicle was not immediately known. Cheryl
is a breast cancer survivor who completed treatment earlier this year.
Her son, Todd Schulberg, started to gofund me after watching
his mother unravel in the hours after the theft. He
wrote that she lives in a limited income and depended
on the Honda as her only way to get to
medical care and volunteer shifts. Quote, she doesn't have the
(06:55):
resources to purchase another vehicle, and without a car, she
can't get to her medical appointment, her volunteer activities, or
even basic errands. The campaign says her accord has been
kept in immaculate condition. The GoFundMe lists the immediate needs
as a replacement vehicle, recovery of a central items stolen
from her purse, and short term transportation. Todd writes, quote,
(07:17):
She's worked hard all of her life and does not
deserve this. For the latest crime and justice news, follow
crime aler's hourly update on your favorite podcast app with
his crime alergs. I'm Drew Nelson
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