A pregnant Michigan woman, Rebecca Park, 22, disappeared before her due date. Notably, it became a complex investigation, and several family members were detained. Last seen on November 3, an expert weighed in on developments. Read on to find out more.
38 Weeks Pregnant
On Monday this week, Jesse Weber from Law&Crime Network sat down with retired NYPD detective David Sarni to give updates and also shed some light amid a lot of misinformation and conjecture. First, Jesse recapped the case. In short, if you don’t know, Rebecca was about 38 weeks pregnant. After she drove off in a car from outside her mom’s home, she disappeared.
Later, volunteers in Wexford County found her remains on November 25 in the Manistee National Forest. Notably, it took an autopsy to confirm her identity, and the discovery that her baby was missing. Obviously, concern for the infant is high, and investigators still search for the child.
Some Arrests
So far, the arrests seem consistent with a true crime, and one of those detained was Park’s fiancé, Richard Falor, and her sister, Kimberly Park. News arrived that they faced charges of a drug nature and providing false statements. In a new development this week, Rebecca’s mom and stepdad were also detained and questioned.
Meanwhile, Jesse updated his followers, noting that “The area where she had been found had already been searched at least once. The sheriff wouldn’t comment on whether her body may have been moved.” Aside from that, it’s not yet clear if the family arrests were in connection with the baby and the death of Rebecca Park. As so little information comes, the two men discussed some of the implications.
The Secrecy Is Necessary
The former detective David Sarni weighed in by saying, “This investigation has grown really big. What happened is you look at the disappearance, and the mother was the last person to report seeing her telling the story of the dark van. She just got in and left.”
Next, he commented on the problem of public information, adding, “You work off of that initial story, but there’s a lot of speculation now. You don’t want to give everything out to the public because it taints the investigation. The court of public opinion is one thing, but you have to be careful for the actual trial.”
Then he explained the basic facts of the case, saying, “Right now, you have a missing person who’s turned up dead. The baby she was supposed to have given birth to a boy is not there. So, you have to backtrack from where the body was located to the original story from the mother, whom investigators have spoken to several times.”
Inconsistencies & More Speculation
Sarni acknowleged a lot of inconsistencies, noting, “They’ve spoken to the boyfriend and the daughter, and those stories aren’t jibing with where the investigation is going. Now you have the boyfriend locked up on unrelated meth charges, the daughter charged with tampering with evidence and lying to police, and the parents arrested.”
He concluded with a rather startling opinion, saying, “This is going into some really dark territory when you think of how families are. You report her missing, but the reality is, I don’t think she was ever missing in the first place.”
Viewers React
In the comments section, many people chimed in with their ideas on the true crime story. One of them wrote, “This town is my home. I had my own baby Nov. 7th. As I rock my own baby, thinking about hers being the same age…just as tiny, it’s heartbreaking.”
Here are a few more responses from the discussion that followed:
- I am about an hour from this area and have a friend who has been helping with the searches. This is a wild story.
- That baby was harvested from her. i live close to that area. It’s absolutely grotesque, it’s all gonna come out.
- I live an hour or two from there. I’ve been praying the baby is alive somewhere but it’s not likely. I’ve been involved in missing persons searches in the past. They rarely end positively.
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