Park Predators

I also want to mention that another great resource I used as source material for this episode was author William Stage's book titled Litchfield, A Strange and Twisted Saga of Murder in the Midwest, which was initially published in 1998. You can still order copies online, which is what I did.

One of Connie's good friends, DJ Lee wrote a book titled Remote Finding Home in the Bitter Roots and told Washington State University professor Peter Chillson in an interview for OSU Press that so much of Connie's story, including her disappearance, had to be written into her manuscript before she could publish.

I think with the things I learned from Connie and that everybody learned from her is that wilderness is something almost mystical.

According to author Asa Merrill Fairfield in his book, Fairfield's Pioneer History of Lassen County, California, there had been a number of reported incidents of Paiute men or Pit River Native American men raiding white settlers' camps who were venturing in small groups in the Black Rock Desert.

According to author Asa Merrill Fairfield reported in his book that it wasn't very long after Lamericus showed up at the ranch claiming he'd survived a shootout before the second group from the ranch made it to the canyon.

According to Asa Merrill Fairfield's book, in the early 1850s, so several years before the murders, Peter and 13 men killed a group of Pit River Native American men who'd kidnapped some women from a neighboring tribe.

In Jason Kirsten's piece for Maxim Magazine and his book, The Journal of the Dead, he interviewed several medical doctors and sort of broke down what happens to a person when they go long periods of time without water.

According to multiple indepth articles on John Bamford, as well as a detailed chapter in Keith Layden and Michael Ray's book, The One and God of Mystery, John was rumored to be kind of a loner.

Some people even described him as a, quote, surly and hottempered man that most folks avoided if they could.

Wallace Mortimer wrote in his book Who Killed James Barclay that it's possible the entire thing was just a nasty rumor spread by someone who wanted to ruin Annie's reputation.

And according to the book, The Pembrokeshire Murders by Steve Wilkins and Jonathan Hill, the closeknit family planned to get together to share stories from their travels.

According to the book, The Pembrokeshire Murders, a guy staying at the park named Richard Lines came forward and told investigators that on Thursday, June 29th, around 9:30 in the morning, he'd talked with Peter and Gwenda at the campground.

According to the book The Pembrokeshire Murders, some of the investigators had to tie off the man's body with a rope to keep it from falling off the edge of the cliff.

According to the book The Pembrokeshire Murders, Gwenda had been shot twice with a shotgun, once in the back and once in the chest.

According to the book The Pembrokeshire Murders, the card's transaction history showed that the person had used it in a town about 15 miles away from Little Haven around 1:30pm on June29th to withdraw 10.

According to the book Unsolved Australia by Justine Ford the park ranger who took the couple's report came out to investigate right away and it wasn't long before he found something awful.

According to the book Unsolved Australia her reaction was so severe her doctor felt it was medically necessary to inject her with sedatives to keep her calm.

According to Justine Ford's book Kathleen told police that on Wednesday morning she'd brought Nigel breakfast in bed like she usually did then he'd gotten up to take Stewart to school.

According to Justine Ford's book Unsolved Australia and Andrew Kouberithis reporting for news.com.au New South Wales police received three names of people who back in 1975 would have been teenagers living near Sutherland.

According to Unsolved Australia the detectives did a lot more digging into Nigel's movements leading up to his death and that's when they discovered some big revelations.

The whole reason he was traveling with Bruno in the summer of 2022 was because he was in the middle of writing a book about all the messed up things that were happening in the Javari Valley. He titled the novel How to Save the Amazon. A big focus of the book was going to be how unwarranted contact with remote indigenous tribes was extremely dangerous and what solutions could be generated in the future.

A man named David Palladis, who authored a book called Missing 411, claimed for years that the National Park Service refused to grant his freedom of information act request to get more details about the Stacey Arras case.

Full disclosure, if you watch David's 41minute long YouTube video about this case, you'll probably get lost and question a lot of things he presents.

According to the book a father's search when Travis got to the door of one of the restroom stalls He turned around and instructed his sister to stay put while he was using the bathroom

Mike went up to the Ranger station on site, but according to his book a father's search. He found it empty with the lights off

According to the book A Father's Search, 8 year old Travis had a particularly hard time dealing with his sister's disappearance

According to the book, A Father's Search Mike worked as an antique furniture restorer and Patty was a full-time stayathome mom

Mike channeled his sorrow Into a selfpublished book Titled A Father's Search He and his fatherinlaw coauthored the book And published a limited number of copies In 2010

In 1995, Claudia wrote a book about the attack and the aftermath and titled it Eight Bullets, One Woman's Story of Surviving Anti-Gay Violence. In it, she talked about how the impact of what she'd been through had made her more willing to share her story. She said she hoped it would inspire many more people in the LGBTQ community to speak out against the violence they'd endured because of their sexual orientation.

According to Randy Minotaur's report, Death in Acadia and Other Misadventures in Maines National Park,

According to Randy Minotaur's book, not one person seemed to have known the woman or even come across her path.

In his book, Frozen Tears, J.B. wrote that from the moment he saw Juanita sitting in Mr. Needham's passenger seat, he knew something terrible had happened.

According to JB King's book, by two o'clock in the afternoon, news of the missing teens had made its way to more police officers in the area and a formal search party was organized.

JB wrote in his book that while he waited for the FBI agents to arrive from Kansas City, a few military police officers from the Army base came to the scene to get briefed on the situation.

Author Alan Warren wrote in his book Murder Times Six that after interviewing David in person he left the prison with the impression that the convicted murderer wanted to make himself out to be a changed and decent person, but Alan says that's what all serial killers do.

During his interviews with David Alan got to see the inside of David's prison cell; the small space was simple, had a TV and, on a regular basis, David could come and go as he pleased even finding time to tend a garden in the prison yard.

According to Bob Dameron's 1988 edition of his book the Dameron Address Book, Presque Isle Park was a wellknown location for gay men to meet up.

Presque Isle Park is listed as an address for gay men to meet up in the United States; Dameron's book pinpoints specific locations across the country that men can meet potential partners, and in Michigan it is highlighted as a place to go if you want to hook up with someone.

In the 1988 edition of that book the letters A Y O R are written in parentheses next to Presque Isle Park; AYOR stands for "at your own risk," indicating the location could be dangerous for a hookup.

According to Caleb Hannon's book, The Accidents, Toni's mother Yvonne got a chance to speak with Toni alone before her death.

A great book I read which expands even more about this characterization of the time period is Murder on the White Sands, The Disappearance of Albert and Henry Fountain, which was written by author Corey Recco. His novel provided a wealth of information about this case, so I highly recommend ordering a copy for yourself.

According to the book Murder on the White Sands, when Pat Garrett obtained bench warrants for the men he suspected had killed Henry and Albert, he managed to nab William McNew and another alleged suspect right away.

The book Murder on the White Sands also notes that Corey Recco wrote about the 32 indictments Albert Fountain helped secure in Lincoln, highlighting the extensive legal work behind the case.

Author Nick Buckley detailed in Julie Ward, Gentle Nature, that it was mother and daughter's shared love of wildlife that got Julie interested in wildlife photography.

In 1998, Julie's mom, Jan, wrote in a book titled Julie Ward Gentle Nature, about how devastating the entire ordeal was on her family and how their pain never went away.

Author Grace Massilla wrote in her book, A Death Retold in Truth and Rumor, that no one could deny the racial and cultural discourses swirling around Julie's case as it went through multiple criminal trials and continued to stay in the media limelight.