The probable cause affidavit in the Rebecca Park case has been released,

detailing why her own biological mother, Courtney Bartholomew, and stepfather, Bradley Bartholomew,

have been charged with her murder as well as her unborn son's murder.

The affidavit goes through their interviews, showing the conflicting stories, the attempts

to distance themselves and shift blame, and eventually leads to a clear picture of what likely

happened. Likely. Both Courtney and Bradley tried to place the responsibility on other people and

even each other before investigators were able to piece together

the events surrounding Rebecca's murder. We'll go through it all in this episode, but what

happened to Rebecca didn't begin the night she vanished. While the newly released probable cause

affidavit lays out the interviews, the contradictions, and the blame shifting that ultimately

led to murder charges, this case has roots, deep roots, and the blame shifting that ultimately led to murder charges.

This case has roots, deep roots, and we've uncovered that in a full case history.

You can find a couple of episodes back.

The affidavit that we're about to go over is 18 pages long, and I've laid it out a bit

to make it easier to follow because this story is a

complicated one with family dynamics, past accusations, complicated relationships, and hidden

resentments that investigators had to untangle before charging Rebecca's own biological mother with the crime.

My name is Lauren Matthias, and this is hidden true crime.

On November 4, 2025, at just before 12 1245 p.m., Wexford County Central Dispatch received a call from Kimberly Sue Park reporting her sister, Rebecca K. Park, 38 weeks pregnant missing.

She had last been seen the night before November 3rd in Boone Township.

Rebecca had been living with her boyfriend Richard Lee Fowler in Cedar Creek Township. Courtney, Rebecca's mother,

told deputies that she last saw her daughter on the evening of November 3rd. They had gone out to get

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