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BREAKING UPDATE: ALLEGED KILLER CHARGED WITH THE 2003 MURDER OF REBECCA PARK

Last Seen Alive

Studio 222

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.2773 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

When a medical student and military reserve officer disappears during a run through a Philadelphia park, foul play is immediately suspected. The discovery of her body incriminates a deadly serial offender who is finally identified and charged in this special breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive.

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0:00.0

When a medical student and military reserve officer disappears during a run through a Philadelphia park, foul play is immediately suspected.

0:08.6

The discovery of her body incriminates a deadly serial offender who is finally identified and charged in this special breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive.

0:34.4

Music Seen Alive. Thanks for listening to this breaking update episode of Last Seen Alive.

0:38.8

I'm your host, Leah, crime analyst by day and true crime storyteller by night.

0:44.3

And as always, I'm your co-host, Scott.

0:46.5

And I gotta say, this is one of those cases that has stuck with me.

0:50.5

And every time I go to a park, I'm always extra vigilant because of it.

0:54.8

Absolutely. It's always so good to be able to air one of these update episodes letting people

0:59.6

know that a case has been solved. But this one is especially good because this is somebody

1:04.6

who has offended over and over again. And had he not been caught, he would have harmed

1:08.8

and probably killed even more victims.

1:12.6

A quick word of caution.

1:16.0

This episode contains mentions of sexual assault.

1:17.6

Please listen with care.

1:22.9

Three years ago, we told you the story of Rebecca Park's then-unsolved homicide.

1:26.8

At the time, her killer was nameless and still at large.

1:29.4

But things have very recently changed.

1:34.8

Finally, after 20 years, Rebecca's alleged killer has been identified and charged.

1:39.9

Now, I know it's been years since we covered Rebecca's case, so I'll go ahead and recap what happened to her in the summer of 2003.

1:43.2

Rebecca Park was last seen alive on July 13, 2003.

1:47.8

When last cited, she was doing something she did frequently, going for a run around Fairmont Park,

1:53.3

the largest municipal park in the city of Philadelphia. Sprawling over more than 2,000 acres,

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